Straw use and availability for second generation biofuels inEngland

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 311-321

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Cereal straw; Farm Business Survey; Feedstock availability; Second generation biofuels

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BUSINESS SURVEYS; CEREAL STRAWS; CURRENT ESTIMATES; ENERGY EQUIVALENCE; LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; PETROL CONSUMPTION; SECOND GENERATION;

AGRICULTURE; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; SURVEYS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOETHANOL;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; CORRELATION; CROP YIELD; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; REGIONAL PATTERN; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STRAW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRASSICA NAPUS; HORDEUM; MISCANTHUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84879415154     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.02.033     Document Type: Article

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