Biomass for thermochemical conversion: targets and challenges

P Tanger, JL Field, CE Jahn, MW DeFoort… - Frontiers in plant …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Bioenergy will be one component of a suite of alternatives to fossil fuels. Effective
conversion of biomass to energy will require the careful pairing of advanced conversion …

Bioenergy technologies and biomass potential vary in Northern European countries

MJ Stolarski, K Warmiński, M Krzyżaniak… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the geographical and economic conditions, northern European and, particularly, the
Baltic Sea region (BSR) countries are especially predisposed to biomass production and …

Assessment of biomass energy potential for SRC willow woodchips in a pilot scale bubbling fluidized bed gasifier

IU Hai, F Sher, A Yaqoob, H Liu - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
The current study investigates the short rotation coppice (SRC) gasification in a bubbling
fluidized bed gasifier (BFBG) with air as gasifying medium. The thermochemical processes …

Poplar and shrub willow energy crops in the United States: Field trial results from the multiyear regional feedstock partnership and yield potential maps based on the …

TA Volk, B Berguson, C Daly, MD Halbleib… - Gcb …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To increase the understanding of poplar and willow perennial woody crops and facilitate
their deployment for the production of biofuels, bioproducts, and bioenergy, there is a need …

Short rotation woody crops and forest biomass sawdust mixture pellet quality

P Stachowicz, MJ Stolarski - Industrial Crops and Products, 2023 - Elsevier
Global pellet production has been growing steadily, and it was higher in 2021 by
approximately 6.8% compared with 2020, with EU production increasing by 9%. In …

Molecular breeding for improved second generation bioenergy crops

MR Allwright, G Taylor - Trends in Plant Science, 2016 - cell.com
There is increasing urgency to develop and deploy sustainable sources of energy to reduce
our global dependency on finite, high-carbon fossil fuels. Lignocellulosic feedstocks, used in …

Untapped potential: opportunities and challenges for sustainable bioenergy production from marginal lands in the Northeast USA

CR Stoof, BK Richards, PB Woodbury, ES Fabio… - BioEnergy …, 2015 - Springer
Over two million hectares of marginal land in the Northeast USA no longer used for
agriculture may be suitable and available for production of second-generation cellulosic …

Willow productivity from small-and large-scale experimental plantations in Poland from 2000 to 2017

MJ Stolarski, D Niksa, M Krzyżaniak… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Studies of the production and use of biomass of perennial plants as energy feedstock have
been conducted by Polish researchers for over 20 years. One genus of particular interest is …

Advances in shrub‐willow crops for bioenergy, renewable products, and environmental benefits

TA Volk, JP Heavey, MH Eisenbies - Food and Energy Security, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Short‐rotation coppice systems like shrub willow are projected to be an important source of
biomass in the United States for the production of bioenergy, biofuels, and renewable bio …

Pellets from mixtures of short rotation coppice with forest-derived biomass: Production costs and energy intensity

P Stachowicz, MJ Stolarski - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The demand for feedstock for pellet production is growing, with a consequent increase in the
cost of their purchase and the cost of production. The objective of this study was to …