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Life Cycle Assessment of Biomass for Generation of energy : Case Studies of Poplar Management in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S.A.

Creator:

Vasquez Sandoval, Marcia A.

Abstract:

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the production of poplar biomass grown under four management conditions in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) of the U.S.A. was conducted. While the extraction of fossil fuels and the subsequent generation of energy have environmental impacts, the alternative of extracting poplar biomass also has impacts...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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(consultant) from MWMC and Biocycle Tree Farm; and Jeff O’Leary and Bill Mason from Riverbend Landfill. I