Impact of biopower generation on eastern US forests
| العنوان: | Impact of biopower generation on eastern US forests |
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| المؤلفون: | Ashkan Mirzaee, Ronald McGarvey, Francisco Aguilar, Erin Schliep |
| المساهمون: | Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM], Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Missouri, Lille économie management - UMR 9221 (LEM), Université d'Artois (UA)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia |
| المصدر: | Environment, Development and Sustainability Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2023, 25 (5), pp.4087-4105. ⟨10.1007/s10668-022-02235-4⟩ |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Verlag, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Economics and Econometrics, Forest Science, Geography, Planning and Development, [SHS.GESTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration, Bioenergy, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law |
| الوصف: | Biopower, electricity generated from biomass, is a major source of renewable energy in the US. About ten percent of US non-hydro renewable electricity in 2020 was generated from biomass. Despite significant growth in woody biomass use for electricity in recent decades, a systematic assessment of associated impacts on forest resources is lacking. This study assessed associations between biopower generation, and selected timberland structure indicators and carbon stocks across 438 areas surrounding wood-using and coal-burning power plants in the Eastern US from 2005 to 2017. Timberland areas around plants generating biopower were associated with more live and standing-dead trees, and carbon in their respective stocks, than comparable areas of neighboring plants only burning coal. We also detected an inverse association between the number of biopower plants and number of live and dead trees, and respective carbon stocks. We discerned an upward temporal trajectory in carbon stocks within live trees with continued biopower generation. We found no significant differences related to the amount of MWh biopower generation within the analysis areas. Net impacts of biopower descriptors on timberland attributes point to a positive trend in selected ecological conditions and carbon balances. The upward temporal trend in carbon stocks with longer generation of wood-based biopower may point to a plausibly sustainable contribution to the decarbonization of the US electricity sector. |
| وصف الملف: | application/octet-stream; application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1387-585X 1573-2975 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::3d15838cd32840743bd9ad0d3ddb147a http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/85004 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....3d15838cd32840743bd9ad0d3ddb147a |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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