Here you can find a short overview of the research activities that are done in our University. The contacts of the research teams can be found under Contacts page. 

Biomass from energy crops

• Biomass from grasses and traditional agricultural crops (reed, timothy, reed canary grass, rape, galega etc.); it’s use as a biofuel.
• Production and managing of semi natural communities.

Biogas

• Bioconversion of wastes and biogas production from Estonian energy crops.

Short rotation forests

• Growing and use possibilities of short rotation Salix plantations.
• Plant production and eco-physiology.
• Estonian resources for biomass production as an energy source.

• Growing of short rotation forests (Betula, Alnus and Populus species etc.) on former agricultural lands;
• Biomass production of short rotation forests;
• Resource and cost-effectiveness research of short rotation forests.

Biomass from forestry

• Biomass from traditional forestry (lumber wastes etc.), biofuel resources and production technologies.

Technological solutions of bioenergy production and usage

• Technologies for harvesting and processing biomass.
• Production and use of renewable energy.

Economical and social aspects of biofuel production and usage

• Studies on rural economy;
• Analyses on manufacturing costs of agricultural production and rural markets;
• Economic analyses of small and medium size companies.

The University also deals with research of environmental and landscape protection, multiple use of biomass production systems:

• Wastewater purification
• Landscape planning
• Semi-natural communities
• Impact of afforestation on field soils
• etc.