biomass stored for off-season. The sensitivity of feedstock costs to changes in yield patterns, harvesting and transport costs …When the lignocellulosic biofuels industry reaches maturity and many types of biomass sources become economically … viable, management of multiple feedstock supplies – that vary in their yields, density (tons per unit area), harvest window …

This paper describes a global model for agriculture and bioenergy (GLOMAB) that incorporates biomass, biofuels and …) biofuels and associated biomass feedstocks (maize, sugar cane, crop residues, woody biomass). Beside biofuels, the model also … incorporates bioelectricity (as separate form conventional electricity) which competes for the same biomass feedstocks with …

plant were simulated to assess the ability of this project. These critical factors include the feedstock to be used, the …

Biomass offers an alternative renewable energy source to fossil fuels and can be used to produce energy directly or … through the production of liquid biofuels, e.g., ethanol, as a substitute for liquid transport fuels. Biomass also offers a … some cases, e.g., forests, there is a tension between biomass energy and biomass sequestration of carbon. This paper …

roots. Biomass yield and fertilizer requirements depend on harvest date. The objective is to determine switchgrass biomass … yield, nutrient concentration in biomass, fertilizer requirements, and expected production cost by month of harvest. …

potential of traditional industrial forests and supplemental dedicated fuelwood plantations to produce biomass on submarginal …

A concern of many environmentalists is that the use of biomass energy will decimate the forests. Searchinger et al … supplemental dedicated fuelwood plantations to produce biomass on submarginal lands. It finds that these sources can economically … produce large levels of biomass without compromising crop production, thereby mitigating the land conversion and carbon …