期刊
SUSTAINABILITY
卷 13, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su13105559
关键词
tomato peels; biomethane; GIS; circular economy; bioresource policy; territorial analysis; agro-industrial by-products
资金
- project entitled Sostenibilita dell'agricoltura e dell'industria agro-alimentare Mediterranea-Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON) FSE-FESR Research and Innovation 2014-2020 [D.D. 407/2018]
- Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) [CUP: E64I19002440007]
- project Economic assessments of the sustainability of agri-food systems by UNICT 2016-2018 Piano per la Ricerca-P7/WP2 [5A722192141]
- project Agricultural mechanics and rural construction contributions to improve the sustainability of agricultural, livestock and agro-industrial productions by UNICT 2016-2018 Piano per la Ricerca-P5/WP2 [5A722192127]
Biomass is considered one of the most dominant future renewable energy sources, particularly in Italy where agro-industrial by-products are being used as a main feedstock for producing biofuels, biochemicals, and biomaterials. This research aims to address gaps in knowledge about the production and yield of by-products in the tomato industry that can be used as biomass for energy. The localization of territorial areas highly characterized by suitable biomasses highlights the importance of considering their availability and distribution in future policies for developing the biomethane sector.
Biomass is seen as one of the most dominant future renewable energy sources. In detail, agro-industrial by-products represent a cheap, renewable, and abundant feedstock useful for several new products, including biochemical, biomaterials, and above all biogas, which are taking on an ever-increasing role in Italy. In this context, the tomato chain was analysed aiming at estimating the amount of processed tomato and the related waste production as a new suitable resource for producing biofuel as a new frontier within the context of a circular economy. Due the importance of the tomato industry, this research aims at filling gaps in the knowledge of the production and yield of the by-products that are useful as biomass for energy use in those territorial areas where the biomethane sector is still developing. This aim could be relevant for planning the sustainable development of the biomethane sector by reducing both soil consumption for dedicated energy crops and GHG emissions coming from the biomass logistic supply. The achieved results show the localization of territorial areas highly characterized by this kind of biomass. Therefore, it would be desirable that the future policies of development in the biomethane sector consider the availability and the distribution of these suitable biomasses within the territory.
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