The use of biotechnology and biomass in the production of goods, services, or energy requires commitment, creativity, scientific realism and a holistic perspective. The world is changing very fast and fossil fuels are increasing in costs. The industries start to consider residues and biomass as feed-stock for boilers, co-firing, biogas or biofuels. A new paradigm is shifting how industries and companies evolve and adapt to climate change and sustainability goals. Every day new technologies are being developed that are capable of efficiently converting a broad range of biomass feedstocks into commercially viable biofuels, biopower, and other bioproducts.
Regional feedstock basins connecting residues, intermediate crops, dedicated energy crops, marginal land and biomass hubs are becoming strategic infrastructure for renewable fuels, SAF and biobased industries.
AI data centers are becoming an energy infrastructure challenge. This article explores how biomass, biomethane, heat reuse, cooling and carbon removals could support hybrid data center energy campuses.
Expert advice on energy crops can save millions by improving species choice, land assessment, yield assumptions, logistics, contracts and project design from the start.
Biomass and wildfire reduction models can support regeneration where forest management, residue logistics, local energy use and long-term offtake are planned together.
Energy crops can improve soil fertility in European systems when species, rotations, residue management, biodiversity and land-use context are designed carefully.
Energy crops can increase biodiversity when perennial cover, habitat structure, flowering resources, low disturbance and landscape planning are part of the production model.
Cultivating renewable biomass can support energy security, land restoration, farmer income, biodiversity and resilient local value chains when projects are well designed.
Marginal lands can host alternative energy crops where species selection, water limits, soil quality, yield expectations and biomass logistics are assessed realistically.
Bioenergy crops have already met many expectations in systems where land use, productivity, soil benefits, biodiversity and long-term biomass demand are aligned.
Regenerative agriculture can strengthen bioenergy projects when biomass production, soil health, biodiversity, carbon outcomes and farm economics are planned together.
Matías es sociólogo y doctor en Ciencias Políticas por la Universidad de Buenos Aires y la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, respectivamente. Tiene una amplia experiencia en investigación social y de mercado, relaciones públicas y capacitación en varios países de América Latina, trabajando con Amnistía Internacional y otras organizaciones. Matías fue Director Nacional de Políticas contra la Violencia Institucional en la Secretaría de Derechos Humanos y Pluralismo Cultural de la Argentina de 2016 a 2019. Actualmente, contribuye al desarrollo de cultivos de bioenergía y bioeconomía en países en desarrollo, en línea con los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible.
