The agricultural sector can provide an important contribution to reduce the fossil fuels consumption and IHI emissions through agroenergetic production from dedicated energy crops and biomass residuals. To evaluate these topics, a research project was started in 2006 with the contribution of Tuscany Region administration. The aim was to promote a short supply chain in hilly areas of central Italy (Tuscany), furthering the local energetic biomass production and the reduction of transport cost. In particular this paper describes a study about potential local production of energetic biomass from two traditional crops suitable to biofuel production. The considered crops were maize (Zea mays L.) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus, L) used respectively to bioethanol and biodiesel production.

Biomass production in hilly areas of central Italy / Orlandini, S.; Ferrise, R.; Mancini, M.; Orlando, F.; Natali, F.; Bindi, M.. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY. - ISSN 1125-4718. - STAMPA. - (2008), pp. 491-492. (Intervento presentato al convegno 10th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy - Multifunctional agriculture as a resource for energy and environmental preservation tenutosi a Bologna nel 15-19 September 2008).

Biomass production in hilly areas of central Italy

ORLANDINI, SIMONE;FERRISE, ROBERTO;MANCINI, MARCO;ORLANDO, FRANCESCA;NATALI, FRANCESCA;BINDI, MARCO
2008

Abstract

The agricultural sector can provide an important contribution to reduce the fossil fuels consumption and IHI emissions through agroenergetic production from dedicated energy crops and biomass residuals. To evaluate these topics, a research project was started in 2006 with the contribution of Tuscany Region administration. The aim was to promote a short supply chain in hilly areas of central Italy (Tuscany), furthering the local energetic biomass production and the reduction of transport cost. In particular this paper describes a study about potential local production of energetic biomass from two traditional crops suitable to biofuel production. The considered crops were maize (Zea mays L.) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus, L) used respectively to bioethanol and biodiesel production.
2008
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10th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy - Multifunctional agriculture as a resource for energy and environmental preservation
Bologna
Orlandini, S.; Ferrise, R.; Mancini, M.; Orlando, F.; Natali, F.; Bindi, M.
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