Sustainable feedstock for bioethanol production: impact of spatial resolution on the design of a sustainable biomass supply-chain
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This study assesses the role of spatial-resolution and spatial-variations in environmental impacts estimation and decision-making for corn-stover harvesting to produce biofuels. Geospatial corn-stover yields and environmental impacts [global warming potential (GWP), eutrophication, and soil-loss] dataset for two study areas in Wisconsin and Michigan were generated through Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) model and aggregated at different spatial-resolutions (i.e., 100; 1000; 10,000 ha). For each spatial-resolution, decision-making was accomplished using an optimization routine to minimize different environmental impacts associated with harvesting stover to meet varied biomass demands. The results of the study showed that selective harvesting at higher-resolution (or lower-aggregation level) can result in significantly lower environmental impacts, especially at low stover demand levels. Additionally, the increased spatial resolution had more impact in minimizing the environmental impacts of corn stover harvest under a more variable landscape such as terrains and its influences are more pronounced for soil-loss and eutrophication potential compared to GWP.
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- Authors
- Sharara, M. A., Sahoo, K., Reddy, A. D., Kim, S., Zhang, X., Dale, B., Jones, C. D., Izaurralde, R. C., & Runge, T. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (US)
- Joint Global Change Research Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Runge, Troy M.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-04
- Volume
- 302
- Pages
- 122896
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3001311086
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 1.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Bioresource Technology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- US Department of Energy
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Keywords
- corn stover, bioethanol, biomass supply chain, spatial resolution, environmental impact, global warming potential, eutrophication, soil loss, EPIC model, biomass harvesting, spatial aggregation, sustainable feedstocks, Wisconsin, Michigan
- MeSH terms
- Zea mays, Environment, Soil, Biomass, Biofuels
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