Economics of herbaceous bioenergy crops for electricity generation: Implications for greenhouse gas mitigation

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1474-1484

  Khanna, Madhu ^a   Önal, Hayri ^a   Dhungana, Basanta ^a   Wander, Michelle ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biomass supply; Coal based electricity; Miscanthus x giganteus; Panicum virgatum; Soil carbon sequestration

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS SUPPLY; CARBON EMISSIONS; CO-FIRING; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COUNTY LEVEL; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GHG EMISSION; GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; ILLINOIS; LAND ALLOCATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PERENNIAL CROPS; PERENNIAL GRASS; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD; ROW CROP; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SPATIAL DATA; SWITCHGRASS; TRADE POLICIES;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COAL; CROPS; ELECTRICITY; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

BIOENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HERB; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE POLICY;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 79952573870     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.11.031     Document Type: Article

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