Biomass as fuel and feedstock for reduction of carbon emissions - Erica Belmont

Biomass holds great promise as a fuel or feedstock for carbon-neutral or even carbon-negative processes, including power, heat and chemical production. This talk discusses pathways for biomass utilization as a fuel or chemical feedstock, various challenges of utilization, and a few avenues of conversion that are currently under investigation in the speaker's laboratory and elsewhere. Finally, a perspective of future biomass utilization and research is discussed.