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BioReGen project expands: greening brownfield sites with energy crops and biofuels

Posted on December 10, 2007

A pioneering EU-funded project which could green thousands of acres of derelict brownfield sites in North East England while providing climate friendly bioenergy is expanding after successful trials. The University of Teesside's Clean Environment Management Centre (CLEMANCE) is using energy crops to clean up contaminated sites once used by industry, a process known as phytoremediation. The combination of phytoremediation, wildlife habitat restoration and renewable bioenergy and biofuel production offers a win-win-win synergy - sustainability at its best.Entitled BioReGen ('Biomass, Remediation...

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