A multi-criteria reference bank of potential ligno-cellulosic resources for bioenergy is now available!
The online data bank is part of a three – year project entitled, “Establishment of a Ligno-cellulosic Data Bank and a Single Agriculture and Forestry Bioenergy Network” which is a collaborative project between the Philippine Agricultural Development and Commercial Corporation (PADCC) and UPLB as duly funded by the Korean Rural Development Administration (RDA). The main target of the project is to identify the location, costs and competing uses of existing agricultural and forest residues as well as grasses and municipal wastes and evaluate their potential for power/bioethanol.
With the leadership of Prof. Rex B. Demafelis, the first year of the project has successfully validated the agricultural wastes of the country with promising potential in the provinces of Cagayan Valley and Central Luzon for rice wastes, Northern Mindanao and SOCCSKSARGEN for corn wastes and Davao Region as well as Eastern Visayas for coconut wastes. Currently, the assessment and validation of forest residues and grasses are being implemented in coordination with the Peoples Organization and local government of every target provinces of the country.
Now on its first phase, the webpage contents showcase the major agricultural wastes in the Philippines including the quantity as well as the potential power and bioethanol that can be generated in several target provinces in the Philippines. On this year, online updates will be implemented to provide information on forest residues and grasses and their potential for power and bioethanol production.
The data bank will be continuously updated as the project progress. The maintenance of the site is based on the Department of Chemical Engineering, UPLB. For more information, please visit the website: http://www.lignoresource.com/ to access the data, list of experts and archives.
