Regional potential yields of short rotation willow plantations on agricultural land in Northern Europe

Mola‐Yudego, Blas

doi:10.14214/sf.163

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“…Cultivation of willow and poplar can also have positive effects on e.g. farm diversification and the stands can be used as a vegetation filter for contaminated water [24]. Besides renewable energy production, establishment of willow or poplar on agricultural land can also function as a carbon sink, with an increased live biomass stock [16] and soil organic carbon (SOC) pool [10,25].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Time-dependent climate impact of heat production from Swedish willow and poplar pellets – In a life cycle perspective

Porsö

Hansson

2014

Biomass and Bioenergy

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Time-dependent climate impact of heat production from Swedish willow and poplar pellets – In a life cycle perspective

Porsö

Hansson

2014

Biomass and Bioenergy

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“…Afforestation can also reduce flood peaks (Iacob et al ., ) and may support precipitation recycling where water returned to the atmosphere falls as rain in downwind areas (Ellison et al ., ). SRF where willow or other fast‐growing tree species are grown for bioenergy production has been evaluated in Sweden (Lindroth and Båth, ) and elsewhere in the Baltic Sea basin (Mola‐Yudego, ). Short‐rotation forestry using willow or other bioenergy crops has significant potential to reduce downstream flood potential.…”

Section: Two Nwrm In the Baltic Sea Area: ‘Keeping The Rain Where It mentioning

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Realising the potential of natural water retention measures in catchment flood management: trade‐offs and matching interests

Collentine

Futter

2016

J Flood Risk Management

119

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Natural water retention measures (NWRM) are a multifunctional form of green infrastructure that can play an important role in catchment‐scale flood risk management. While green infrastructure based on natural processes is increasingly recognised as being complementary to traditional flood control strategies based on grey infrastructure in urban areas, there are a number of outstanding challenges with their widespread uptake. At a catchment scale, it is widely accepted that NWRM in upstream areas based on the concept of ‘keeping the rain where it falls’ can help reduce the risk of downstream flooding by enhancing or restoring natural hydrological processes including interception, evapotranspiration, infiltration, and ponding. However, both the magnitude of flood risk reduction and the institutional structures needed for widespread uptake of NWRM are inadequately understood. Implementing NWRM can involve trade‐offs, especially in agricultural areas. Measures based on drainage management and short rotation forestry may help ‘keep the rain where it falls’ but can result in foregone farm income. To identify situations where the implementation of NWRM may be warranted, an improved understanding of the likely reductions in downstream urban flood risk, the required institutional structures for risk management and transfer, and mutually acceptable farm compensation schemes are all needed.

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“…Mechanistically rich models provide the means to predict beyond experience. Such models have been developed for Miscanthus (Clifton‐Brown et al ., , ; Richter et al ., ; Hastings et al ., ,b; Bauen et al ., ; Pogson, ) and for willow (Lindroth & Båth, ; Aylott et al ., ; Mola‐Yudego & Aronsson, ; Mola‐Yudego, ; Tallis et al ., ), but each within its own unique modeling framework.…”

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Comparing predicted yield and yield stability of willow and Miscanthus across Denmark

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To achieve the goals of energy security and climate change mitigation in Denmark and the EU, an expansion of national production of bioenergy crops is needed. Temporal and spatial variation of yields of willow and Miscanthus is not known for Denmark because of a limited number of field trial data. The semi-mechanistic crop model BioCro was used to simulate the production of both short-rotation coppice (SRC) willow and Miscanthus across Denmark. Predictions were made from high spatial resolution soil data and weather records across this area for 1990-2010. The potential average, rain-fed mean yield was 12.1 Mg DM ha À1 yr À1 for willow and 10.2 Mg DM ha À1 yr À1 for Miscanthus. Coefficient of variation as a measure for yield stability was poorest on the sandy soils of northern and western Jutland, and the year-to-year variation in yield was greatest on these soils. Willow was predicted to outyield Miscanthus on poor, sandy soils, whereas Miscanthus was higher yielding on clay-rich soils. The major driver of yield in both crops was variation in soil moisture, with radiation and precipitation exerting less influence. This is the first time these two major feedstocks for northern Europe have been compared within a single modeling framework and providing an important new tool for decision-making in selection of feedstocks for emerging bioenergy systems.

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Regional potential yields of short rotation willow plantations on agricultural land in Northern Europe

Cited by 49 publications

References 36 publications

Time-dependent climate impact of heat production from Swedish willow and poplar pellets – In a life cycle perspective

Time-dependent climate impact of heat production from Swedish willow and poplar pellets – In a life cycle perspective

Realising the potential of natural water retention measures in catchment flood management: trade‐offs and matching interests

Comparing predicted yield and yield stability of willow and Miscanthus across Denmark

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