Energy storage requires bamboo charcoal

Is bamboo charcoal a sustainable fuel?

Bamboo charcoal is considered a high-quality fuel associated with low emissions during combustion, and the production of charcoal from bamboo offers alternative opportunities for the development of sustainable charcoal value chains. Biomass chips are the most traded solid biofuel commodity, with growing markets in industrial applications.

Can bamboo be used to produce charcoal?

The production of charcoal from bamboo is an opportunity to develop sustainable charcoal value chains from bamboo-producing regions (e.g. Brazil, which is the largest charcoal producer at global scale). Furthermore, wood chips (and pellets) are the most traded fuel globally and their production from bamboo should be further explored and developed.

Is bamboo biomass a viable alternative to wood & charcoal?

In recent years, bamboo biomass has received increasing attention because it has the potential to become a solid fuel alternative to wood and charcoal in industry (Saha et al., 2022).

Is bamboo a good source of energy?

According to Bhelkar et al. (2019), bamboo as a source of energy except for conventional burning remains unexplored although past research has shown that bamboo can be one of the best feedstocks to produce sustainable and green energy such as solid fuels (charcoal, pellets, briquette and charcoal briquette).

How much carbon can a bamboo system store?

Bamboo systems can store up to 1400 tCO2/ha; this carbon storage potential is equivalent to that of tree systems (Drawdown.org, 2019; Yuen, Fung and Ziegler, 2017; van der Lugt, ThangLong and King, 2018).

Can bamboo be used for bioenergy production?

In this Inbar Working Paper together with Jan van Dam, we provide an overview of the bioeconomic potential, technology options, challenges and opportunities of bamboo for bioenergy production, and provide recommendations for the strategic integration of bioenergy in the development of bamboo value chains for a circular bioeconomy.