Crop modelling to explore the impacts and trade-offs on the carbon balance of large-scale biomass use

Shepherd, A. (Author), Hastings, A. F. S. J. (Contributor), naomi vaughan (Organiser)

Biological Sciences
Aberdeen Institute of Energy

Activity: Talk, presentation, public lecture, public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Public Engagement

Activity

Poster prepared for FAB-GGR project stakeholder meeting

Description

Poster described findings from modelled projections of bioenergy from miscanthus, including:
- That we estimate M giganteus can provide just over 20% of the global bioenergy requirement to satisfy RCP 2.6 climate within 2 degrees C under the SSP2 bioenergy land use scenario by end of century.
- Potential to supply global crop potential of 1.72 Gigatonnes dry matter biomass per year, with soil sequestration potential of 42.9 Megatonnes of carbon per year.

Period	Nov 2019
Held at	NERC FAB-GGR consortium