Prospects for arable farm uptake of Short Rotation Coppice willow and miscanthus in England

Applied Energy

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-218

  Glithero, Neryssa J ^a   Wilson, Paul ^a   Ramsden, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass supply; Farm Business Survey; Farmer survey; Miscanthus; SRC

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MACHINERY; PROFITABILITY; SURVEYS;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS SUPPLY; BUSINESS SURVEYS; MISCANTHUS; SRC;

CROPS;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARABLE FARMING; BIOENERGY; CROP ROTATION; GRASS; PHYTOMASS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

MISCANTHUS; SALIX;

EID: 84875114295     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.02.032     Document Type: Article

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