Biofuel from plant biomass

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Kerckhoffs, Huub ^a   Renquist, Richard ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioenergy potential; Biofuels; Biomass crops; Energy crops; Greenhouse gases; High dry mass yield; Land use change; LCA; Perennials

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; PERENNIAL PLANT; WINTER;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84871958142     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-012-0114-9     Document Type: Review

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