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High tonnage forest biomass production systems from southern pine energy plantations

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Abstract

The topic of declining fossil fuels and the absolute need for renewable energy sources is very evident in today’s society. The utilization of bio-fuels is necessary to meet goals set forth in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Included in the act are standards in which bio-fuels will play a major role in ensuring national energy security and the reduction of green house gases. One of the main goals of the act is to have 36 million gallons of bio-fuel produced each year by 2022. A portion of the 36 million gallons will be derived from biomass feedstocks composed of woody biomass.

Citation

Jernigan, P.; Gallagher,T.; Mitchell, D; Teeter, L. 2011. High tonnage forest biomass production systems from southern pine energy plantations. In: Proceedings of the 34th Council on Forest Engineering annual meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 2011. 6p.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/39443