Miscanthus for renewable energy generation: European Union experience and projections for Illinois

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 433-451

  Heaton, Emily A ^a   Clifton Brown, John ^b   Voigt, Thomas B ^a   Jones, Michael B ^b   Long, Stephen P ^a  

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

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

alternative crop; biofuel; C 4 photosynthesis; economics; European Union; feedstock; Illinois; Miscanthus; production; switchgrass

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; C4 PLANT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENERGY CROP; PERENNIAL PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444295947     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MITI.0000038848.94134.be     Document Type: Conference Paper

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