Environmental costs and benefits of growing Miscanthus for bioenergy in the UK

Planting the perennial biomass crop Miscanthus in the UK could offset 2–13 Mt oil eq. yr(−1), contributing up to 10% of current energy use. Policymakers need assurance that upscaling Miscanthus production can be performed sustainably without negatively impacting essential food production or the wide...

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Published in:Glob Change Biol Bioenergy
Main Authors: McCalmont, Jon P., Hastings, Astley, McNamara, Niall P., Richter, Goetz M., Robson, Paul, Donnison, Iain S., Clifton‐Brown, John
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Research Reviews
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5340280/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28331551
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12294
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