Green biorefinery (GBR) scenarios for a two-cut silage system: Investigating the impacts of sward botanical composition, N fertilisation rate and biomass availability on GBR profitability and price offered to farmers

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4699-4711

  O'Keeffe, S ^a,b   Schulte, R P O ^a   Lalor, S T J ^a   O'Kiely, P ^a   Struik, P C ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fibre; Grass; Green biorefinery; Protein; Silage

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS AVAILABILITY; BOTANICAL COMPOSITION; CATCHMENT AREA; DRY MATTERS; FERTILISATION; FIBRE CONTENT; GRASS; GRASS BIOMASS; GREEN BIOREFINERY; IRELAND; LOLIUM PERENNE; PRODUCTION COST; PROTEIN CONTENTS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SILAGE; TRANSPORT COSTS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; CATCHMENTS; COSTS; FIBERS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PROFITABILITY; PROTEINS; REFINING; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; DRY MATTER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; PASTURE; PRODUCTION COST; PROFITABILITY; PROTEIN; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SILAGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SWARD;

IRELAND;

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 81555208107     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.06.051     Document Type: Article

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