Fabiano Ximenes
Fabiano joined the NSW Government in 2000 and his projects over the years have focussed on the development and implementation of novel methods to more accurately estimate carbon in forest systems and in wood products, including the dynamics of decomposition of wood and paper products in landfills.
This work and other projects have informed the development of national and international greenhouse inventories, and have been actively considered in the formulation of carbon policy. Fabiano was one of Lead Authors of the IPCC 2013 Revised Supplementary Methods and Good Practice Guidance Arising from the Kyoto Protocol (Harvested Wood Products chapter). More recently Fabiano’s work has focussed on biomass assessments and its potential use for bioenergy and other applications.
Research Interests
Featured Projects
DisplayingBiomass for Bioenergy Project
Investigating opportunities for increasing the amount of sustainable biomass use in NSW with a focus on electricity generation and identifying available and potential feedstocks for bioenergy generation at varying scales, with an understanding of techno-economic and social constraints.
Previous Projects
DisplayingMechanical Fuel Load Reduction Trials
Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment
Recent Publications
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Hybrid concentrated solar biomass (HCSB) systems for cogeneration: Techno-economic analysis for beef abattoirs in New South Wales, Australia
Middelhoff E, Furtado LA, Parise JAR, Ximenes F & Florin N.
Energy Conservation and Management 262 (2022) 115620
Bioenergy siting for low-carbon electricity supply in Australia
Middelhoff E, Madden B, Li M, Ximenes F, Lenzen M & Florin N.
Biomass and Bioenergy 163 (2022) 106496
Assessing electricity generation potential and identifying possible locations for siting hybrid concentrated solar biomass (HCSB) plants in New South Wales (NSW), Australia
Middelhoff E, Madden B, Ximenes F, Carney C & Florin N.
Applied Energy 305 (2022) 117942
Scenario modelling of biomass usage in the Australian electricity grid
Li M, Middelhoff E, Ximenes F, Carney C, Madden B, Florin N, Malik A & Lenzen M.
Resources, Conservation & Recycling 180 (2022) 106198
Hybrid concentrated solar biomass (HCSB) plant for electricity generation in Australia: Design and evaluation of techno-economic and environmental performance
Middelhoff E, Furtado LA, Peterseim JH, Madden B, Ximenes F & Florin N.
Energy Conversion and Management 240 (2021) 114244
The roles of biomass and CSP in a 100 % renewable electricity supply in Australia
Li M, Lenzen M, Yousefzadeh M & Ximenes F.
Biomass and Bioenergy 143 (2020) 105802
Improving understanding of carbon storage in wood in landfills: evidence from reactor studies
Waste Management 85:341-350.
Towards a more complete quantification of the global carbon cycle
Biogeosciences, 16, 831–846. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-831-2019
Accounting for biodiversity in life cycle impact assessments of forestry and agricultural systems—the BioImpact metric
Turner P, Ximenes F, Penman T, Law B, Waters C, Grant T, Mo M & Brock P.
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 24 (2019) 1985-2007
Contact
Email: fabiano.ximenes@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Research branch: Science and Research
Location: Parramatta