Redefining marginal land for bioenergy crop production

M Khanna, L Chen, B Basso, X Cai, JL Field… - Gcb …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Marginal land has received wide attention for its potential to produce bioenergy feedstocks
while minimizing diversion of productive agricultural land from food crop production …

Supply chain configuration of sustainable aviation fuel: Review, challenges, and pathways for including environmental and social benefits

L Martinez-Valencia, M Garcia-Perez… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The efficient configuration of supply chains is a current challenge for deploying sustainable
aviation fuel (SAF), a key element of the decarbonization of the aviation industry. Despite …

Biomethane production from starch and lignocellulosic crops: a comparative review

JC Frigon, SR Guiot - Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The methane produced from the anaerobic digestion of organic wastes and energy crops
represents an elegant and economical means of generating renewable biofuel. Anaerobic …

Structural characterization and comparison of switchgrass ball-milled lignin before and after dilute acid pretreatment

R Samuel, Y Pu, B Raman, AJ Ragauskas - Applied biochemistry and …, 2010 - Springer
To reduce the recalcitrance and enhance enzymatic activity, dilute H 2 SO 4 pretreatment
was carried out on Alamo switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). Ball-milled lignin was isolated …

Impact of mechanical, chemical and enzymatic pre-treatments on the methane yield from the anaerobic digestion of switchgrass

JC Frigon, P Mehta, SR Guiot - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2012 - Elsevier
The conversion of cellulosic crops into biofuels, including methane, is receiving a lot of
attention lately. Panicum vergatum, or switchgrass, is a warm season perennial grass well …

Limited adoption of short rotation coppice: The role of farmers' socio-cultural identity in influencing practice

CR Warren, R Burton, O Buchanan, RV Birnie - Journal of Rural Studies, 2016 - Elsevier
UK energy policy promotes biomass energy crops as potentially significant contributors to
renewable energy targets, but few farmers have planted these crops. Amongst the many …

Managing and enhancing switchgrass as a bioenergy feedstock

R Mitchell, KP Vogel, G Sarath - Biofuels, Bioproducts and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has identified switchgrass
(Panicum virgatum L.) as a viable perennial herbaceous feedstock for cellulosic ethanol …

The synergy between stakeholders for cellulosic biofuel development: perspectives, opportunities, and barriers

C Leibensperger, P Yang, Q Zhao, S Wei… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
While understanding individual stakeholders' perspectives on the adoption and conversion
to a biofuel-based landscape has been a subject of many previous studies on biofuels, there …

A typology and assessment of innovations for circular plastic packaging

F Hafsa, KJ Dooley, G Basile, R Buch - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic packaging is a valuable part of the consumer economy, but it creates negative
environmental externalities throughout its lifecycle. To reduce these effects, more circular …

Farmers' attitudes about growing energy crops: a choice experiment approach

S Paulrud, T Laitila - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2010 - Elsevier
The present study adapts the choice experiment (CE) method for an analysis of how
Swedish farmers assess the relative value of the characteristics associated with growing …