Identifying potential environmental impacts of large-scale deployment of dedicated bioenergy crops in the UK

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 271-290

  Rowe, Rebecca L ^a   Street, Nathaniel R ^a   Taylor, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioenergy crops; Biofuel; Greenhouse gas mitigation; Hydrology; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CANNING; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH SCIENCES; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRESERVATION; FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROLOGY; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; REUSABILITY; RUNOFF; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARABLE CROPS; BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY CROPS; BIOFUEL; CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; COMBINED HEAT-AND-POWER; CROP GROWTH; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; GLOBAL CONTEXTS; GREEN HOUSE GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; HEAT AND POWER; HEAT AND POWER GENERATION; HIGH CURRENTS; HIGH WATER; HYDROLOGICAL RESOURCES; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; LIQUID BIOFUELS; LIQUID TRANSPORT; LIQUID TRANSPORTATION; MISCANTHUS; PERENNIAL CROPS; PLANT BIOMASS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; SCALE MANAGEMENT; SECOND GENERATION; SHORT-ROTATION COPPICE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL PROPERTIES; VISUAL IMPACTS;

CROPS;

EID: 53049097171     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2007.07.008     Document Type: Review

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