The potential for bioenergy crops to contribute to meeting GB heat and electricity demands

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 136-141

  Wang, Shifeng ^a   Hastings, Astley ^a   Wang, Sicong ^b   Sunnenberg, Gilla ^c   Tallis, Matthew J ^d,i   Casella, Eric ^e   Taylor, Simon ^f   Alexander, Peter ^g   Cisowska, Iwona ^h   Lovett, Andrew ^c   Taylor, Gail ^d   Firth, Steven ^f   Moran, Dominic ^g   Morison, James ^e   Smith, Pete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g Scottish Agriculture College   (United Kingdom)

^h CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combined heat and power; Electricity; Greenhouse gas; Heat; Miscanthus; Renewable energy; Short rotation coppice

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CROPS; ELECTRICITY; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEATING;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; HEAT AND ELECTRICITY; MISCANTHUS; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE; TERRESTRIAL BIOGEOCHEMISTRIES;

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION;

MISCANTHUS; SALIX; SALIX VIMINALIS;

EID: 84893409663     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12123     Document Type: Article

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