Future energy potential of Miscanthus in Europe

• Published in: Global change biology. Bioenergy Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. 180 - 196
• Main Authors: HASTINGS, ASTLEY, CLIFTON-BROWN, JOHN, WATTENBACH, MARTIN, MITCHELL, C. PAUL, STAMPFL, PAUL, SMITH, PETE
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2009; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Agriculture; Agronomy; Alternative energy sources; Annual variations; Arable land; Archives & records; bioenergy; Biology; Biomass; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Climatic conditions; Climatic data; Crop growth; Crops; Drought; Ecosystem biology; Ecosystems; Emissions; Energy consumption; Energy crops; Equivalence; Field tests; genotype potential; Genotypes; Germplasm; greenhouse gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; Growth models; Hybrids; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Miscanthus; modelling; Nitrogen; Parameters; Potential energy; Productivity; Soil sciences; Water availability; Working groups; United States > US; Europe

European field experiments have demonstrated Miscanthus can produce some of the highest energy yields per hectare of all potential energy crops. Previous modelling studies using MISCANMOD have calculated the potential energy yield for the EU27 from mean historical climate data (1960–1990). In this p...