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Climate impact and energy efficiency from electricity generation through anaerobic digestion or direct combustion of short rotation coppice willow

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  • Ericsson, Niclas
  • Nordberg, Åke
  • Sundberg, Cecilia
  • Ahlgren, Serina
  • Hansson, Per-Anders

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Short rotation coppice willow is an energy crop used in Sweden to produce electricity and heat in combined heat and power plants. Recent laboratory-scale experiments have shown that SRC willow can also be used for biogas production in anaerobic digestion processes.

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  • Ericsson, Niclas & Nordberg, Åke & Sundberg, Cecilia & Ahlgren, Serina & Hansson, Per-Anders, 2014. "Climate impact and energy efficiency from electricity generation through anaerobic digestion or direct combustion of short rotation coppice willow," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 86-98.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:132:y:2014:i:c:p:86-98
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.06.049
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