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Dedicated Energy Crops and Competition for Agricultural Land

  • by Ron Sands, Scott Malcolm, Shellye Suttles and Elizabeth Marshall
  • 1/4/2017
  • ERR-223

Overview

Crops that are grown strictly for energy use, such as switchgrass in the United States, have received much attention as potential renewable sources for bioelectricity; however, markets do not presently exist for large-scale use of this resource. This study examines three policy scenarios that could create a market for bioelectricity using dedicated energy crops.

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