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Life cycle energy and environmental benefits of generating electricity from willow biomass

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2004

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Heller, Martin C., Keoleian, Gregory A., Mann, Margaret K., and Volk, Timothy A., 2004, Life cycle energy and environmental benefits of generating electricity from willow biomass: Renewable Energy, v. 29, iss. 7, p. 1023-1042.

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Biomass is a key renewable energy source expected to play an important role in US electricity production under stricter emission regulations and renewable portfolio standards. Willow energy crops are being developed in the northeast US as a fuel source for increasing biomass energy and bioproduct demands. A life cycle inventory is presented that characterizes the full cradle-to-grave energy and environmental performance of willow biomass-to-electricity. A willow biomass production model is developed using demonstration-scale field experience from New York. Scenarios are presented that mimic anticipated cofiring operations, including supplemental use of wood residues, at an existing coal-fired generating facility. At a cofiring rate [...]

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citationTypeJournal Article
journalRenewable Energy
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