by Caroline Kennedy | Jul 10, 2024
Miscanthus is a high-yielding lignocellulosic perennial biomass crop. The low multiplication rate of clonal rhizome propagation is a bottleneck to upscaling plantation areas of feedstock needed to supply and expand the bioeconomy. Novel seeded Miscanthus hybrids are...
by Caroline Kennedy | Jul 10, 2024
The UK sixth carbon budget has recommended domestic biomass supply should increase to meet growing demand, planting a minimum of 30,000 hectares of perennial energy crops a year by 2035, with a view to establishing 700,000 hectares by 2050 to meet the requirements of...
by Caroline Kennedy | May 20, 2024
Miscanthus, a C4 perennial rhizomatous grass, is a low-input energy crop suitable for marginal land, which cultivation can improve soil quality and promote soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration. In this study, four promising Miscanthus hybrids were chosen to...
by Caroline Kennedy | Dec 18, 2023
Perennial bioenergy crops are a key tool in decarbonizing global energy systems, but to ensure the efficient use of land resources, it is essential that yields and crop longevity are maximized. Remedial shallow surface tillage is being explored in commercial...
by Caroline Kennedy | Oct 1, 2023
Bioenergy is widely included in energy strategies for its GHG mitigation potential. Bioenergy technologies will likely have to be deployed at scale to meet decarbonisation targets, and consequently biomass will have to be increasingly...
