Combining harvest date and cutting height to optimize the sustainability of miscanthus production for energy in the mediterranean region

Agriculture & Biology

• ash content 33%
• biomass 40%
• combustion 23%
• energy 45%
• grasses 8%
• harvest date 87%
• leaves 4%
• Mediterranean region 82%
• Miscanthus 100%
• nitrogen content 32%
• nuts 11%
• Portugal 11%
• soil 5%
• stems 34%
• stubble 39%
• summer 7%
• temperature 4%
• water content 15%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• analysis 2%
• ash 27%
• biomass 40%
• combustion 16%
• energy 37%
• field study 9%
• grass 9%
• harvest 69%
• loss 5%
• machinery 11%
• moisture content 19%
• nitrogen 19%
• nut 14%
• productivity 7%
• soil 4%
• stem 49%
• stubble 47%
• summer 6%
• sustainability 57%
• temperature 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Ashes 40%
• Biomass 70%
• Machinery 12%
• Moisture 22%
• Nitrogen 35%
• Productivity 10%
• Soils 10%
• Sustainable development 68%
• Temperature 5%