Mid-Rotation Yields of Biomass Plantations in the North Central United States

摘要

The North Central Forest Experiment Station (U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, the Electric Power Research institute, and Energy Performance Systems, has established and maintained a network of research and demonstration plantations throughout the North Central Region. These plantations, which contain large blocks of single clones, provide near commercial-scale information on biomass yields, and the economics of producing biomass for energy in addition to testing newly introduced hybrids. The report summarizes biomass yield and tree survival data of plantations halfway through an anticipated 10-year rotation.