Estimation of un-used land potential for biofuels development in China

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Tian, Yishui ^a,b   Zhao, Lixin ^a   Meng, Haibo ^a   Sun, Liying ^a   Yan, Jinyue ^b,c  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING   (China)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biofuel; China; Energy crop; Land use; Rural development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; ETHANOL FUELS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAND USE; OILSEEDS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUGAR BEETS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; BIO-ENERGY; CHINA; ENERGY CROPS; GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS; JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE; POTENTIAL PRODUCTION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

BIOFUELS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOENERGY; CROP YIELD; ETHANOL; LAND USE; WINTER; YIELD RESPONSE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MICROPUS;

EID: 67949114083     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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