Marginal land‐based biomass energy production in China
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Fast economic development in China has resulted in a significant increase in energy demand. Coal accounts for 70% of China's primary energy consumption and its combustion has caused many environmental and health problems. Energy security and environmental protection requirements are the main drivers for renewable energy development in China. Small farmland and food security make bioenergy derived from corn or sugarcane unacceptable to China: the focus should be on generating bioenergy from ligno-cellulosic feedstock sources. As China cannot afford biomass energy production from its croplands, marginal lands may play an important role in biomass energy production. Although on a small scale, marginal land has already been used for various purposes. It is estimated that some 45 million hm(2) of marginal land could be brought into high potential biomass energy production. For the success of such an initiative, it will likely be necessary to develop multipurpose plants. A case study, carried out on marginal land in Ningnan County, Sichuan Province with per capita cropland of 0.07 ha, indicated that some 380,000 tons of dry biomass could be produced each year from annual pruning of mulberry trees. This study supports the feasibility of producing large quantities of biomass from marginal land sources.
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The sparse distribution of biomass is very likely to limit the actual size of ethanol production in regions like the Tibetan Plateau and Loess Plateau where the cost for biomass collection and infrastructure may not be economical.
“However, the sparse distribution of biomass is very likely to limit the actual size of ethanol production in regions like TP and LP where the cost for biomass collection and infrastructure may not be economical [47,49].”
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Unlike forest conversions, marginal land conversion does not result in a significant net change of vegetation carbon as the vegetation on marginal lands could be negligible before proper cultivation.
“Unlike forest conversions, marginal land conversion does not result in a significant net change of vegetation carbon as the vegetation on marginal lands could be negligible before proper cultivation [15,47].”
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- Authors
- Tang, Y., Xie, J., & Geng, S.
- Affiliations
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Venue
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-01
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 112-121
- ISSN
- 0577-7496 (ISSN-L)
- 1672-9072
- 1744-7909
- OpenAlex
- W2080772741
- Cited by
- 132
- References
- 20
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- FWCI
- 1.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Keywords
- marginal land, biomass energy, lignocellulosic feedstock, multipurpose plants, energy security, renewable energy
- MeSH terms
- Agriculture, China, Energy-Generating Resources, Environment, Biomass
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