Redefining marginal land for bioenergy crop production

M Khanna, L Chen, B Basso, X Cai, JL Field… - Gcb …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Marginal land has received wide attention for its potential to produce bioenergy feedstocks
while minimizing diversion of productive agricultural land from food crop production …

Perennial biomass cropping and use: Shaping the policy ecosystem in European countries

J Clifton‐Brown, A Hastings, M von Cossel… - GCB …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Demand for sustainably produced biomass is expected to increase with the need to provide
renewable commodities, improve resource security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions …

[HTML][HTML] Socio-economic and environmental impacts of renewable energy deployments: A review

D Virah-Sawmy, B Sturmberg - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Mitigating global warming requires the rapid deployment of renewable energy (RE) systems
throughout all parts of the world economy. A crucial step for such deployments is the …

Energy transition, rural transformation and local land-use planning: Insights from Ontario, Canada

K Calvert, E Smit, D Wassmansdorf… - … and Planning E …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
A transition toward decentralized and land-intensive renewable energy production systems
is one among many factors re-shaping rural areas, leading to reimaginations and …

From thermal comfort to conflict: The contested control and usage of domestic smart heating in the United Kingdom

BK Sovacool, M Martiskainen, J Osborn… - Energy Research & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The possible benefits of the ongoing digitization and enhancement of energy services with
smart technologies has been extensively documented in the literature, but is there also …

Private land conservation towards large landscape goals: Role of relational values, property rights orientations and perceived efficacy in ranchers' actions

CB Wardropper, RA Graves, J Brandt… - People and …, 2024 - search.proquest.com
Many of the world's iconic, endangered and endemic species rely on large, contiguous
landscapes for their survival. In the US West, working ranches are integral to large …

Theorising individual agency within sociotechnical sustainability transitions frames: a social psychological review

P Upham, P Bögel, RG Klapper… - Research Handbook of …, 2021 - elgaronline.com
Despite progress in raising standards of living and, to some extent, quality of life for many, at
a global level we have continued on unsustainable pathways and are far from achieving …

Farmers' heterogeneous perceptions of marginal land for biofuel crops in US Midwestern states considering biophysical and socioeconomic factors

P Yang, X Cai, M Khanna - GCB Bioenergy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Planting bioenergy crops on marginal land is critical for avoiding competition with food crop
production. While many studies have estimated marginal land availability using various …

Adoption of perennial energy crops in the US Midwest: Causal and heterogeneous determinants

P Yang, X Cai, C Leibensperger, M Khanna - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2021 - Elsevier
The success of a bioenergy policy relies largely on the wide adoption of perennial energy
crops at the farm-scale. This study uses survey data to examine potential adoption decisions …

The role of social support on midwestern farmers' willingness to grow perennial bioenergy crops

B Yang, P Yang, E Golub, X Cai - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2023 - Elsevier
The lack of farmers' willingness to grow perennial bioenergy crops (PBCs) presents a critical
barrier to the emergence of cellulosic biofuel production. The willingness relies on a …