by | Feb 9, 2021 | News, Sustainability
As most of us learned in school, plants use sunlight to synthesize carbon dioxide (CO2) and water into carbohydrates in a process called photosynthesis. But nature’s “factories” don’t just provide us with food — they also generate insights into how ecosystems...
by | Jan 5, 2021 | News, Sustainability
Large perennial grasses like miscanthus are a primary target for use as bioenergy crops because of their sustainability advantages, but they take several years to establish and aren’t ideal for crop rotation. Maize and other annual crops are easier to manage with...
by | Dec 22, 2020 | CABBI Data, Sustainability
Biogeochemical Fluxes for Three Bioenergy Crops CABBI Theme: SustainabilityKeyword: Field Data CitationMoore, C.E., von Haden, A.C., Burnham, M.B., Kantola, I.B., Gibson, C.D., Blakely, B.J., Dracup, E.C., Masters, M.D., Yang, W.H., DeLucia, E.H., Bernacchi, C.J.,...
by | Dec 9, 2020 | News, Research Profiles, Sustainability
While the month of December concludes the 2020 calendar year, it marks new beginnings for the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), which is poised to begin its fourth year of Department of Energy-funded research. This fall, the Center...
by | Dec 2, 2020 | CABBI Data, Sustainability
Land Productivity and Land Availability for Growing Bioenergy Crops in the Contiguous U.S. CABBI Themes: SustainabilityKeywords: Geospatial, Modeling CitationYang, P., Cai, X., Khanna, M. Dec. 2, 2020. “Farmers’ Perceptions of Marginal Land for Biofuel Crops.”...
by | Nov 15, 2020 | CABBI Data, Sustainability
BEPAM-E Model Code and CABBI Simulation Results for ‘Repeal of the Clean Power Plan: Social Cost and Distributional Implications’ CABBI Theme: Sustainability Keywords: Economics, Modeling, Software Citation Khanna, M., Chen, X., Wang, W., Oliver, A. Dec. 15,...
