1. Affordable feedstocks for biorefineries.
- Author
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Mabee, Warren
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BIOMASS production , *BIOMASS conversion , *BUSINESS success , *FEEDSTOCK , *CROP residues , *CROP residues as fuel , *CELLULOSIC ethanol , *PRICES - Abstract
The author discusses the challenges for biorefineries in achieving commercial success, particularly in accessing inexpensive feedstocks that is mostl likely done by gathering residues from agricultural and forest harvests. He discusses issues associated with the residual feedstocks from agriculture or forestry, such as the case for cellulosic ethanol from crop residues that has been challenged by studies like the paper by Liska and colleagues, published in the journal "Nature Climate Change."
- Published
- 2014
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