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Biomass and biomass CHP - Technologies, fuels and crops
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- ARBRE monitoring: Ecology of short rotation coppice
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- 0392-GovN
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- The Game Conservancy Trust, January 2004
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- External PDF File
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- www.berr.gov.uk/files/file16069.pdf
- Four year study involving wildlife monitoring of commercial SRC plantations planted on arable land and arable control plots. Provides detailed findings and good summaries - a useful read when considering the impact of growing SRC on the countryside and its wildlife. (DTI ref. URN 04/961). See also 'The effects on Flora and Fauna of converting grassland to SRC'.v show details
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- Best practice guidelines: Growing short rotation coppice
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- 0394-GovN
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- Defra, January 2002
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- External PDF File
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- www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/short-r...
- Although aimed primarily at growers, this paper provides a comprehensive introduction to the energy crop, its land requirements, and planting and harvesting timetable.v show details
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- Best practice guidelines: Planting and growing miscanthus
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- 0395-GovN
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- Defra, January 2001
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- External PDF File
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- www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/miscant...
- A guide aimed at farmers, but also useful as an introduction to miscanthus as an energy crop; where to grow it, planting requirements and timings. Interesting section on impact on biodiversity on p17.v show details
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- Carbon and energy balances for a range of biofuels
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- 0387-GovN
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- Resources Research Unit, Sheffield Hallam University, January 2003
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- Internal PDF File
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- www.berr.gov.uk/files/file14925.pdf
- Report setting baseline energy and carbon balances for biofuel technologies; also contains a review of previous studies. The appendices are very in-depth but there are summary tables from page 21 which provide details of energy, carbon, methane, nitrous oxide and total greenhouse gas requirements for each biofuel technology; figures for conventional sources of sources of energy are also provided for comparison. (URN 03/836).v show details
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- Energy from biomass (Volume 1): Wood fuel production
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- 0362-GovN
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- ETSU, October 1998
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- External PDF File
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- www.berr.gov.uk/files/file14935.pdf
- This document contains summaries of wood fuel production projects and studies, carried out in the 'Energy from biomass' programme area as part of the DTI's New and Renewable Energy Programme. Projects are older (carried out between 1982 and 1997); studies may be useful if looking for specific information about factors impacting on the growing of energy crops. (URN 98/1210).v show details
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- Energy from biomass (Volume 2): Wood fuel supplies and supply chains
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- 0363-GovN
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- ETSU, January 1998
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- External PDF File
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- www.berr.gov.uk/files/file14936.pdf
- A document containing summaries of wood fuel supplies and supply chain projects and studies, carried out in the Energy from Biomass programme area as part of the DTI's New and Renewable Energy Programme. Projects are older (carried out between 1978 and 1997); studies may be useful if looking for specific information on the subject.v show details
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- Energy from biomass (Volume 3): Converting wood fuel to energy
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- 0364-GovN
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- ETSU, January 1998
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- External PDF File
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- www.berr.gov.uk/files/file14937.pdf
- Summaries of the many projects carried out in the ‘Converting Wood fuel to energy’ Programme Area of the DTI’s Technology Programme: New and Renewable Energy. The summaries in this volume cover issues associated with the various biomass conversion technologies; published between 1978 and 1997.v show details
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- Energy from biomass (Volume 5): Straw, poultry litter and energy crops as energy sources
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- 0365-GovN
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- ETSU, March 2009
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- External PDF File
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- www.berr.gov.uk/files/file14939.pdf
- This contains summaries of the projects carried out under the DTI’s Technology Programme: New and Renewable Energy. These papers specifically focus on straw, poultry litter and energy crops as sources of energy; useful if looking for specific information on these fuels. The projects were carried out between 1984 and 1997.v show details
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- Estimating energy requirements and carbon dioxide emissions from perennial grasses
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- 0390-GovN
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- ADAS Consulting Ltd for ETSU, on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry, March 2009
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- External PDF File
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- www.berr.gov.uk/files/file14941.pdf
- This report establishes the baseline energy ratios and carbon ratios for three energy grasses (based on full process from planting to transport for use as fuel). The results are presented in section 3 (p 38) and other, indirect, environmental impacts of energy grasses reported on in section 4 (p 54). (DTI ref. URN 01/797).v show details
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- Short rotation coppice for energy production: Hydrological guidelines
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- 0397-GovN
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- DTI, January 2003
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- External PDF File
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- www.berr.gov.uk/files/file14960.pdf
- This is a short report (21 pages) which provides guidelines for deciding whether a location is suitable for planting short rotation coppice (SRC). The likely crop productivity is weighed against possible adverse hydrological impacts. (BERR ref. URN 03/883).v show details
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- The effects of energy grass plantations on biodiversity
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- 0398-GovN
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- Cardiff University for DTI, January 2004
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- External PDF File
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- www.bis.gov.uk/files/file15002.pdf
- Short report (35 pages) which describes the second year's results in a study of the biodiversity in fields of the energy grasses switch-grass, reed canary-grass and miscanthus. Good summaries of results provided. (BERR ref. URN 04/823)v show details
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- The effects on flora and fauna of converting grassland to short rotation coppice
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- 0399-GovN
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- The Game Conservancy Trust (for DTI), January 2006
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- External PDF File
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- www.bis.gov.uk/files/file29233.pdf
- This four year study involved wildlife monitoring of commercial short rotation coppice (SRC) plantations planted on grassland. It provides detailed findings and good summaries - a useful read when considering the impact on the countryside and its wildlife of growing SRC on grassland. (BERR ref. 06/1094). See also 'ARBRE Monitoring: Ecology of Short Rotation Coppice'.v show details
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