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

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 willow (Sa...

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Main Authors: Amidon, T.E (Author), Eisenbies, M.H (Author), Fortier, M.-O (Author), Therasme, O. (Author), Volk, T.A (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2021
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520 3 |a 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 willow (Salix spp.) crop in the northeast United States, effective and transparent life cycle assessment of these systems needs to occur. Results: Here we show, ethanol produced from the fermentation of sugars from hot water extract of willow grown on cropland can sequester 0.012 ± 0.003 kg CO2eq MJ−1 for a supply system incorporating summer harvest and storage. Despite decreases in soil organic carbon when willow is instead grown on grassland, the produced fuel still can provide significant climate benefits compared to gasoline. Conclusions: Shrub willow converted to ethanol can be a carbon negative source of transportation fuel when the electricity and heat required for the conversion process are generated from renewable biomass. The sequestration of carbon in the belowground portion of the plants is essential for the negative GHG balance for cropland and low GHG emissions in grassland.[Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2021, The Author(s). 
650 0 4 |a Bioethanol 
650 0 4 |a biofuel 
650 0 4 |a Biofuels 
650 0 4 |a Biomass 
650 0 4 |a Biomass 
650 0 4 |a Carbon dioxide 
650 0 4 |a Carbon Dioxide 
650 0 4 |a Carbon dioxide process 
650 0 4 |a Climate change 
650 0 4 |a Conversion process 
650 0 4 |a Crops 
650 0 4 |a ethanol 
650 0 4 |a Ethanol 
650 0 4 |a Ethanol 
650 0 4 |a Ethanol 
650 0 4 |a experimental study 
650 0 4 |a Extraction 
650 0 4 |a Extraction 
650 0 4 |a extraction method 
650 0 4 |a Farm Crops 
650 0 4 |a fermentation 
650 0 4 |a Fermentation 
650 0 4 |a Fermentation 
650 0 4 |a Fermentation 
650 0 4 |a Gas emissions 
650 0 4 |a Greenhouse gases 
650 0 4 |a Hot water extraction 
650 0 4 |a Hot water extraction 
650 0 4 |a Hot water extracts 
650 0 4 |a Intergovernmental panel on climate changes 
650 0 4 |a Life cycle 
650 0 4 |a life cycle analysis 
650 0 4 |a Life cycle assessment 
650 0 4 |a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) 
650 0 4 |a Life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions 
650 0 4 |a Organic carbon 
650 0 4 |a Soil organic carbon 
650 0 4 |a Sugars 
650 0 4 |a Transportation fuels 
650 0 4 |a United States 
650 0 4 |a Water 
650 0 4 |a Willow 
700 1 |a Amidon, T.E.  |e author 
700 1 |a Eisenbies, M.H.  |e author 
700 1 |a Fortier, M.-O.  |e author 
700 1 |a Therasme, O.  |e author 
700 1 |a Volk, T.A.  |e author 
773 |t Biotechnology for Biofuels