Biomass and biofuels in China: Toward bioenergy resource potentials and their impacts on the environment

Qin, Zhangcai; Zhuang, Qianlai; Cai, Ximing; He, Yujie; Huang, Yao; Jiang, Dong; Lin, Erda; Liu, Yaling; Tang, Ya; Wang, Michael Q.

doi:10.1016/J.RSER.2017.08.073

Title: Biomass and biofuels in China: Toward bioenergy resource potentials and their impacts on the environment

Journal Article · Thu Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RSER.2017.08.073· OSTI ID:1379952

Qin, Zhangcai ^[1]; Zhuang, Qianlai ^[1]; Cai, Ximing ^[2]; He, Yujie ^[3]; Huang, Yao ^[4]; Jiang, Dong ^[5]; Lin, Erda ^[6]; Liu, Yaling ^[7]; Tang, Ya ^[8]; Wang, Michael Q. ^[9]

Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL (United States). Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States). Department of Earth System Science
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China). State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China). State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information Systems, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing (China). Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Joint Global Change Research Institute
Sichuan University, Chengdu (China). Department of Environment, College of Architecture and Environment
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Energy Systems Division

We present that bioenergy can be a promising solution to the energy, food and environment trilemma in China. Currently this coal-dependent nation is in urgent need of alternative fuels to secure its future energy and improve the environment. Biofuels derived from crop residues and bioenergy crops emerge as a great addition to renewable energy in China without compromising food production. This paper reviews bioenergy resources from existing conventional crop (e.g., corn, wheat and rice) residues and energy crops (e.g., Miscanthus) produced on marginal lands. The impacts of biofuel production on ecosystem services are also discussed in the context of biofuel's life cycle. It is estimated that about 280 million metric tons (Mt) of crop residue-based biomass (or 65 Mt of ethanol) and over 150 Mt of energy crop-based ethanol can become available each year, which far exceeds current national fuel ethanol production (<2 Mt year^-1) and the 2020 national target of 10 Mt year^-1. Review on environmental impacts suggested that substituting fossil fuels with biofuels could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution (e.g., particulate matter). However, the impacts of biofuel production on biodiversity, water quantity and quality vary greatly among biomass types, land sources and management practices. Improved agricultural management and landscape planning can be beneficial to ecosystem services. Lastly, a national investigation is desirable in China to inventory technical and economic potential of biomass feedstocks and evaluate the impacts of biofuel production on ecosystem services and the environment.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830; FG02-08ER64599; NSF-1028291; B08037

OSTI ID:: 1379952

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1549776

Journal Information:: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 82, Issue 3; ISSN 1364-0321

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Izaurralde, Roberto C; Zhang, Xuesong; Sahajpal, Ritvik; +1 more

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Title: Biomass and biofuels in China: Toward bioenergy resource potentials and their impacts on the environment

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