Positive water linkages of producing short rotation poplars and willows for bioenergy and phytotechnologies

Zalesny, Jr., Ronald S.; Berndes, Göran; Dimitriou, Ioannis; Fritsche, Uwe; Miller, Constance; Eisenbies, Mark; Ghezehei, Solomon; Hazel, Dennis; Headlee, William L.; Mola‐Yudego, Blas; Negri, M. Cristina; Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie; Quinn, John; Shifflett, Shawn Dayson; Therasme, Obste; Volk, Timothy A.; Zumpf, Colleen R.

doi:10.1002/wene.345

Positive water linkages of producing short rotation poplars and willows for bioenergy and phytotechnologies

Journal Article · Thu Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Energy and Environment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.345· OSTI ID:1726087

Zalesny, Jr., Ronald S. ^[1]; Berndes, Göran ^[2]; Dimitriou, Ioannis ^[3]; Fritsche, Uwe ^[4]; Miller, Constance ^[5]; Eisenbies, Mark ^[6]; Ghezehei, Solomon ^[7]; Hazel, Dennis ^[7]; Headlee, William L. ^[8]; Mola‐Yudego, Blas ^[9]; Negri, M. Cristina ^[10]; Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie ^[7]; Quinn, John ^[10]; Shifflett, Shawn Dayson ^[7]; Therasme, Obste ^[6]; Volk, Timothy A. ^[6]; Zumpf, Colleen R. ^[10]

USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Rhinelander, WI (United States); SUNY-ESF
Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Göteborg (Sweden)
Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala (Sweden)
International Inst. for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy, Darmstadt (Germany)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome (Italy)
State Univ. of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY (United States)
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
Univ. of Arkansas, Monticello, AR (United States)
Univ. of Eastern Finland (UEF), Joensuu (Finland)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)

The production of short rotation woody crops (SRWCs) such as poplars and willows is a promising component of global bioenergy and phytotechnology portfolios. In addition to the provision of biomass feedstocks and pollution remediation, these trees and shrubs have been sustainably grown to conserve or utilize water in a variety of applications. Growing these woody plants for multiple uses supports many of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG6) and Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG7). As a result, focusing on ecosystem services such as freshwater and biomass has become an important aspect of deploying these production systems across variable landscapes. The current review consists of an introduction of ecosystem services and the SDGs, as well as SRWCs and their applications. The middle section of the review contains case studies highlighting the positive water linkages of producing short rotation poplars and willows for bioenergy and phytotechnologies. The review concludes with a section that combines the common themes that are consistent among the case studies to address options for integrating new bioenergy feedstock production systems into rural and urban landscapes to promote environmental, social and economic sustainability.

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Research Organization:: State Univ. of New York, Syracuse, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; EE0006638

OSTI ID:: 1726087

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1506707
OSTI ID: 1606361

Journal Information:: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Energy and Environment, Journal Name: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Energy and Environment Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 8; ISSN 2041-8396

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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