GCB Bioenergy

A special issue on research that was presented at a 2015 conference, Perennial Biomass Crops for a Resource-Constrained World.The research highlighted in this issue focuses on the growth and utilization of second generation, non-food bioenergy crops .

TThis month, choosing the right feedstocks for bioenergy systems, determining efficient harvest practices for biofuels and investment risk of bioenergy production.

This month, a new way to recycle phosphorus, how paludiculture can help reduce carbon loss and an analysis of the effects of genotypic diversity on biomass production.

This month, how perennial grass production could lead to regional cooling, the link between biofuel production and the sustainable development of countries and the environmental benefits of switchgrass-derived ethanol.

This month, the effects of carbon dioxide on rice straw; analyzing the decomposition of biochar and what drives the activity of microbial enzymes in various bioenergy systems.

This month, a study analyzing the effects of harvesting forest biomass, findings that could help sugarcane become more widely used and a consistent methodology for making carbon payback calculations.

This month, how to make bioenergy models more realistic, how bioenergy could replace acres placed in conservation and the effects of planting different types of bioenergy crops on the soil organic carbon building rates

This month, a study quantifying bioenergy crops greenhouse gas intensity when grown on marginal land, advanced bioenergy crops' water use to corn, and the accuracy of a soil and water impact model for advanced bioenergy feedstocks.

This month, how a bioenergy plant called Sorghum and evaluates how it performs in a desert, federal and state laws surrounding bioenergy plants' invasive risk. and bioenergy's potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In GCB-Bioenergy's July Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore how advanced bioenergy crops impact water quality, a new planting technique for Miscanthus and at how burnt bioenergy crops might help with other crops surviving drought conditions..