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The BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC): Perennial Bioenergy Crops Programme

Reference	BBS/E/C/00004917
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Angela Karp
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Rothamsted Research
Department	Rothamsted Research Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	655,693
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	02/03/2009
End date	01/10/2014
Duration	67 months

Abstract

The need to reduce fossil fuel contributions to climate change is the most significant and pressing challenge of this century. The mission of the BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre is to provide the underpinning research to help develop economically, socially and environmentally sustainable lignocellulose derived fuels which have a positive impact on climate change and energy security. The overall aim of the Perennial Bioenergy Crops Programme within BSBEC is to underpin the development of sustainable biofuels by optimising biomass feedstocks from perennial (non-food) biomass crops whilst maximising energy savings and minimising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Programme has scientific, integrational and capacity building specific objectives and, together with the other five Programmes that comprise the BSBEC, aims to bring focus and leadership to the UK's development of the biology and biotechnology that will generate transport fuel from the ligno-cellulosic fraction in plants. Specific objectives are: 1.Scientific objectives: To optimise: (1) Biomass yield in short rotation coppice (SRC) willow and Miscanthus; and (2) The accessibility of the carbon for conversion in these two crops, whilst maximising energy savings and minimising GHG emissions. 2.Integrational objectives: To integrate fundamental genomic, crop, plant, microbial, biochemical and bioprocessing sciences by linking with other programmes in the BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Research Centre, and scientific community, as appropriate 3.Capacity building objectives: To train a new generation of scientists in the necessary R&D skills and build capability and capacity in bioenergy research.

Summary

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Bioenergy, Crop Science, Industrial Biotechnology, Plant Science
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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