About Us
Our team has been involved in numerous international projects at all levels, working with farmers, private companies, NGO’s, ministries and international organisations (European Commission, FAO, IEA Bioenergy).
Hans Langeveld holds a MSc. from Wageningen University with over 35 years of experience in supporting sustainable soil and fertilization management practices. He worked on inventory and valorisation of biomass residues from sugar beet, potato, coffee, oil palm, banana, avocado, olive, vegetables, and livestock production as well as urban waste including kitchen, garden, restaurant, and slaughterhouse waste. Project experience includes modelling of the availability of (lignocellulosic) feedstocks, valorisation low-grade biomass with pyrolysis, HTL, anaerobic digestion, and composting for farm communities and enterprises. He is a seasoned project manager who worked for the Dutch government, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN, the European Commission, the International Energy Agency, universities, NGO’s and commercial enterprises in Europe, Africa, North America and Latin America.
Manisha Lamichhane MSc. is an agronomist with five years of experience in soil health, nutrient management, biomass inventory and organic fertiliser valorisation across Asia, Africa, and Europe. She brings practical experience in mapping agricultural biomass resources, evaluating impact of organic fertiliser application, developing farmer-centred training programmes, and supporting sustainable soil management that contributes to improved livelihoods, climate resilience, and carbon sequestration. Project experience includes biomass residue inventory, spatial mapping, and characterisation (Netherlands Research Council), evaluation of the impact of organic fertilisers on different cropping systems and soil health in East and West Africa (Netherlands Enterprise Agency).
Golaleh Ghaffari has background in Watershed Management Engineering. During her PhD, she specialized in hydrological response modelling and sustainable land use. She has worked on different projects in Iran and Europe. She has over 16 years of experience in catchment simulation, hydrology, floodplain management, geographic information systems, remote sensing, geostatistic, regional planning and soil and water management modeling. Golaleh is focusing on data collection, analysis and project implementation. She also supports the team in practical and administrative tasks.
What we do
Biomass Research focuses on research and advice on the development and evaluation of biobased and bioenergy production. Our activities include:
- land use change assessments
- biomass and residue inventarisation
- carbon debt analysis
- market analysis and chain development
- sustainability evaluation and certification advice
- decentral bioenergy production development
Check out our calculator to estimate the biogas potential of various feedstocks:
Some of our clients
- IEA Bioenergy
- Food industry
- European Commission
- Ministry of Economic affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (NL)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
- Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency (PBL)
- Wageningen University and Research Centre
Some of our products and projects
- Optimal stover removal rate for lignocellulosic ethanol production
- Overview paper on the impacts of SRC introduction in Europe
- Evaluating the performance of decentral coffee bioenergy production in Honduras
- Inventory of biobased options from crop and industrial residues
- EU inventory project ‘Impacts of Renewable Energy’
- Market analysis for biobased products from the potato industry
- Bioenergy alongside other land use options (IEA Bioenergy Task43)
- Development of smallscale decentralised ethanol production units for Indonesia
- Sustainability assessment of biomass production (NTA8080, RFA, other)
- Analysis of indirect land use change (iLUC) of biofuels, fossil fuels
- Designing sustainable and profitable systems
- Development of innovative decentralised bioenergy production
- Project coordination and management
- Book: The Biobased economy. Biofuels, materials and chemicals in the post-oil era (www.earthscan.co.uk)
- Sustainability Quick Scan
- CEN TC383 working group developing an international standard for
- GHG emission reduction calculation