On the 6th of September 2022, the BIKE consortium partners gathered in Sardinia (Italy) to visit the pilot site of Marrubiu, operated by Eni and Bonifiche Ferraresi (BF) through the equal joint venture Agri-Energy. Eni identified this target
A new report from Cerulogy regarding ILUC and biofuel regulation Renewable energy policy is an important part of the European Union’s climate package, and since the first Renewable Energy Directive (RED) was adopted in 2009 support for biofuels
At the end of last year, BIKE partner ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) has released a new report (project deliverable) which is very important for the objectives and activities of the BIKE project. The aim of this
On the 2nd december 2021, the MAGIC project hosted its final event, which was organized in a hybrid form, with participants attending it physically and virtually. The event was organized in colalboration with the BIKE and BECOOL projects,
BIKE partner CIB (Italian Biogas Consortium) has contributed to a new insightful paper published on MDPI, focussing on the practice of sequential cropping in the context of the “Biogas done right” approach. You can read here the abstract
Professor David Chiaramonti from RE-CORD, coordiantor of BIKE, has recently published a policy brief on Biochar and the relative opportuinities arising from its exploitation. Biochar is an important element for the BIKE project, in Case study #1 the
A new paper released in March 2021 by a group of experts, and led by the BIKE partner Imperial College London, points out challenges and opportunities associated with advanced biofuels. From the abstract: Advanced biofuels are among the available
Agriculture and traffic are among the largest sources of GHG emission with 12% and 14% respectively of global emission. Any process to reduce emission from the two sources is actually an urgent need. Biofuels and agriculture are naturally
BIKE is a new Horizon 2020 project to support the market uptake of safe and reliable biomass value chains, based on improved farming practices, as well as on the cultivation of crops on abandoned and degraded land, that can deliver food, feed, fuels and materials with low risk of generating indirect land use changes.
On the 19th of November, the Wageningen University and Research (partner of the BIKE project) organised an online webinar named “Land for biomass, energy and other non-food services in the EU” together with the Institute of European Environmental Policy (IEEP) and the company Navigant.