Costs of producing miscanthus and switchgrass for bioenergy in Illinois

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 482-493

  Khanna, Madhu ^a   Dhungana, Basanta ^a   Clifton Brown, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Costs of production; Economic analysis; Miscanthus x giganteus; Panicum viragatum; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BIOENERGY; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS; PANICUM VIRAGATUM; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CROPS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; GRASS; MODELING; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS; PANICUM; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 44249124991     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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