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Energies 2010, 3, 194-205; doi:10.3390/en3020194 OPEN ACCESS energies ISSN 1996-1073 /journal/energies Article Decentralized Energy from Waste Systems Blanca Antizar-Ladislao 1,* and Juan L. Turrion-Gomez 2 1 Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, UK 2 Rothamsted Research, Centre for Bioenergy and Climate Change, Department of Plant Invertebrate Ecology, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK; E-Mail: juan.turrion-gomez@bbsrc.ac.uk * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: B.Antizar-Ladislao@ed.ac.uk; Tel.: +44(0)131-650-5712; Fax: +44(0)131-650-6781. Received: 4 December 2009 / Accepted: 25 January 2010 / Published: 28 January 2010 Abstract: In the last five years or so, biofuels have been given notable consideration worldwide as an alternative to fossil fuels, due to their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by partial replacement of oil as a transport fuel. The production of biofuels using a sustainable approach, should consider local production of biofuels, obtained from local feedstocks and adapted to the socio-economical and environmental characteristics of the particular region where they are developed. Thus, decentralized energy from waste systems will exploit local biomass to optimize their production and consumption. Waste streams such as agricultural and wood residues, municipal solid waste, vegetable oils, and algae resi