Title
DryGro Energy Crops
CoPED ID
ece978ae-c621-44c8-896a-be077e2e511f
Status
Closed
Funders
Value
£385,144
Start Date
March 31, 2017
End Date
March 30, 2018
Description
The DryGro Energy Crops (DEC) project will develop a way of producing biofuels on land that is currently too arid to support crops. Using the DryGro system that reduces the amount of water required to produce biomass by 99% compared to conventional agriculture, DEC will explore the production of biofuel in Kenya and examine the potential for application in other arid areas.
A detailed Life Cycle Assessment and Integrated Sustainability Assessment will be undertaken to determine the social, environmental and developmental impact of this approach. It is anticipated that the DEC approach will reduce the negative impacts on food production, water security, biodiversity and land tenure associated with existing biofuel production methods.
| CO2I LTD | LEAD_ORG |
| May Barn Horticultural Consultancy Ltd | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| CO2I LTD | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Green Fuels Research Ltd | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Sean Peters | PM_PER |
| Sean Peters | PM_PER |
Subjects by relevance
- Biofuels
- Environmental effects
- Energy crops
- Agriculture
- Bioenergy
- Biomass (industry)
- Production
- Evaluation
- Sustainable development
- Renewable energy sources
- Life cycle analysis
Extracted key phrases
- DryGro Energy Crops
- DryGro system
- DEC approach
- Biofuel production method
- Detailed Life Cycle Assessment
- Integrated Sustainability Assessment
- Food production
- Arid area
- Water security
- Negative impact
- Land tenure
- Developmental impact
- Project