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 …

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 …

Spatially explicit analysis identifies significant potential for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in China

X Xing, R Wang, N Bauer, P Ciais, J Cao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
As China ramped-up coal power capacities rapidly while CO2 emissions need to decline,
these capacities would turn into stranded assets. To deal with this risk, a promising option is …

Meeting US biofuel goals with less land: the potential of Miscanthus

EA Heaton, FG Dohleman, SP Long - Global change biology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Biofuels from crops are emerging as a Jekyll & Hyde–promoted by some as a means to
offset fossil fuel emissions, denigrated by others as lacking sustainability and taking land …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing biofuels through the lens of sustainability: A data envelopment analysis approach

R Cabrera-Jiménez, JM Mateo-Sanz, J Gavaldà… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Liquid biofuels can facilitate the transition towards a more sustainable transportation sector
by curbing carbon emissions while maintaining most of the current vehicle fleet. Today, a …

Climate change and health costs of air emissions from biofuels and gasoline

J Hill, S Polasky, E Nelson, D Tilman… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Environmental impacts of energy use can impose large costs on society. We quantify and
monetize the life-cycle climate-change and health effects of greenhouse gas (GHG) and fine …

Techno-economic analysis of an integrated biorefinery strategy based on one-pot biomass fractionation and furfural production

G Zang, A Shah, C Wan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the techno-economic feasibility of an integrated biorefinery for the co-
production of furfural, lignin, and ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass (ie, switchgrass as a …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-optimal pathways towards net-zero chemicals and plastics based on a circular carbon economy

C Zibunas, R Meys, A Kätelhön, A Bardow - Computers & Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Without disruptive change, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fossil production of
chemicals and plastics will double by 2050. The transition to net-zero GHG emissions …

Improvement of lignocellulosic biomass in planta: a review of feedstocks, biomass recalcitrance, and strategic manipulation of ideal plants designed for ethanol …

P Phitsuwan, K Sakka, K Ratanakhanokchai - Biomass and bioenergy, 2013 - Elsevier
Plant biomass, or lignocellulosic biomass, is evaluated worldwide as a potential feedstock
for the sustainable production of bioenergy in the near future due to its abundance …

Growth and agronomy of Miscanthus × giganteus for biomass production

E Anderson, R Arundale, M Maughan, A Oladeinde… - Biofuels, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Miscanthus× giganteus is a highly productive, sterile, rhizomatous, C4 perennial grass that
should be considered as a feedstock for bioenergy production. Here, we review the current …