Estimating the potential of roadside vegetation for bioenergy production

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 213-225

  Voinov, Alexey ^a   Arodudu, Oludunsin ^b   Van Duren, Iris ^a   Morales, Javier ^a   Qin, Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Efficiency; EROEI; Grass; LCA; Rotation cropping; Willow

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; INFORMATION USE; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROADSIDES;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES; EROEI; EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES; GRASS; HIGH POPULATION DENSITY; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE; WILLOW;

BIOMASS;

POACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 84930482025     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.034     Document Type: Article

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