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As supplies of non-renewable fossil fuels decrease and their costs increase, the need for identification and production of renewable energy resources becomes more urgent. Biomass production from terrestrial plants is renewable, and it could contribute significantly to the world’s energy needs. The concept of biomass production involves ‘energy plantations’ which produce crops that are used: (a) directly in combustion to replace coal in industrial plants or provide fuel wood for heating and cooling, or (b) used indirectly as biochemically-transformed fuels such as alcohol or methane.
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Newton, R.J., Goodin, J.R. (1985). Unconventional arid land plants as biomass feedstocks for energy. In: Wickens, G.E., Goodin, J.R., Field, D.V. (eds) Plants for Arid Lands. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6830-4_28
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