- Energy forestry
Energy forestry is a form of forestry in which a fast-growing species of tree or woody shrub is grown specifically to provide
biofuel for heating or power generation. The two forms of energy forestry areshort rotation coppice andshort rotation forestry . Short rotation coppice are crops ofPoplar orWillow grown for 2 to 5 years before harvest. Short rotation forestry are crops ofAlder , Ash,Birch ,Eucalyptus ,Poplar , andSycamore ; grown for 8 to 20 years before harvest.The advantages to using grown fuels as against fossils fuels such as
coal ,natural gas andoil is that while they are growing they absorb the equivalent in carbon dioxide, an importantgreenhouse gas that will later be released in their burning, whereas by burning fossil fuels we are increasing atmospheric carbon by burning carbon that was added to thecarbon sink in a time when the Earth would have had a very different climate, and this is a prime cause ofglobal warming .ee also
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Biofuel
*Energy crop
*Non food crops References
* [http://www.forestry.gov.uk/srcsite/INFD-5JPHSM Establishing an SRC plantation]
* [http://www.forestry.gov.uk/newsrele.nsf/WebPRByCountryLang/E09728F06ED2D7CE8025710000537C7D Potential seen to develop short-rotation forestry for wood fuel]
* [http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change/sternreview_index.cfm Stern Review on the economics of climate change]
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