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Table 1 Biomass streams for bioenergy production in the four main scenarios in this analysis

From: New feed sources key to ambitious climate targets

Bioenergy source

(yield [tDM ha\(^{-1}\) year\(^{-1}\)])

Scenario

Ref.

BAU

BioEnergy

Alg-Fuel

Alg-feed

Forest plantations (10)

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[25]

Energy crops (20)

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[25]

Agricultural residues (5.5)

 

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[33]

Microalgae (as fuel 75)

  

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[11]

  1. In the Alg-Feed scenario, algal biomass is used as feedstock, not for energy production. Biomass from all sources is assumed to generate energy (17.45 GJ tDM\(^{-1}\)) and net emissions (0.049 tC tDM\(^{-1}\), excluding land use change) uniformly