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Ireland is currently importing 90 percent of its energy. The burning of domestically produced nonrenewable peat provides 4.9 percent of Ireland’s total primary energy supply while renewable biomass crops currently account for only 1 percent of the domestically produced energy supply. The Irish...
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When the lignocellulosic biofuels industry reaches maturity and many types of biomass sources become economically viable, management of multiple feedstock supplies – that vary in their yields, density (tons per unit area), harvest window, storage and seasonal costs, storage losses, transport...
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energy crops under review are Arundo donax L. (Giant Reed), Miscanthus x giganteus (Miscanthus), Panicum virgatum L … biomass between 2 and 4 Euro per ton. Switchgrass appears to be the most attractive option, followed by Cardoon and Miscanthus …
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Current study analyzed the socio-economic factors that impact farmers’ willingness to grow switchgrass and Miscanthus …
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: Miscanthus energy crop production, managed forest and natural forest. The results illustrate the significance of taking into …
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. The cultivation of sugar beet and Miscanthus for bioethanol production in the North of the Netherlands is used as a case … generally causes more negative environmental impacts than LUC to Miscanthus. LUC to Miscanthus could have positive environmental … impacts in some areas. The most negative environmental impacts of a shift towards sugar beet and Miscanthus occur in the …
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miscanthus are potential biomass feedstocks; however, supply will rely on farmer willingness to grow these crops. Despite … on-farm survey with 244 English arable farmers, 81.6% (87.7%) of farmers would not consider growing miscanthus (SRC … agricultural area to these crops, 50,700ha and 89,900ha of SRC and miscanthus would, respectively, be grown on English arable farms …
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Current study analyzes the socio-economic factors that impact farmers’ willingness to grow switchgrass and miscanthus …
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combustion characteristics. In this work, torrefaction of beech wood and <i>miscanthus</i> (<i>sinensis</i>) was carried out to … (>280 °C). Torrefied miscanthus resulted in higher energy densification compared to beech wood for a residence time of 30 …
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