Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of ethanol produced via fermentation of sugars derived from shrub willow (Salix ssp.) hot water extraction in the Northeast United States

Abstract Background The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been on the rise for more than a century. Bioenergy crops are seen by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as an essential part of the solution to addressing climate change. To understand the potential impact of shrub wi...

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Main Authors: Obste Therasme, Timothy A. Volk, Mark H. Eisenbies, Thomas E. Amidon, Marie-Odile Fortier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-021-01900-6