European-wide GIS-based modelling system for quantifying the feedstock from Miscanthus and the potential contribution to renewable energy targets

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2283-2295

  Stampfl, Paul F ^a   Clifton brown, John C ^b   Jones, Michael B ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; GIS; MISCANMOD; Miscanthus; Model; Nomenclature of Territorial Units For Statistics (NUTS); Renewable Energy Sources (RES)

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BIOMASS; DATA SET; ELECTRICITY; EUROPEAN UNION; GIS; GRASS; MODELING; PERENNIAL PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 35348916835     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01419.x     Document Type: Article

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