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- Title
Análise do potencial de biomassa residual no Algarve, Portugal, baseada em SIG.
- Authors
Torres Rocha, Jéssica; Malico, Isabel; Gonçalves, Ana Cristina; de Oliveira Sousa, Adélia Maria
- Abstract
This paper focuses on the evaluation, for the Algarve, Portugal, of the residual biomass potential of forests (holm and cork oaks, eucalyptus, maritime and stone pines and chestnut) and farmlands (olive grove and vineyards) and of the biomass of scrublands and invasive species. Biomass availability is mapped in a collection area with 30 km radius around the points of a grid with 250 m cell size, which covers the entire region. A Geographical Information System (ArcGIS) was used, along with the land cover map of Portugal and the residual yields for the species of interest obtained from the literature. The total residual biomass potential obtained for the Algarve was 96,905 t dry/year, of which 65,543 t dry/year comes from forests, especially from stone pine (25%) and Eucalyptus spp. forests (19.5%), and 26,322 t dry/year (27.2%) from scrubland. In the central-east region of the Algarve, values of residual biomass above 30 kt dry/year were reached for a collection area of 30 km radius. As far as resource availability is concern, this study indicates that it is possible to supply small/medium-size residual biomass energy valorization plants in the region.
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Wood Science / Revista Ciência da Madeira, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 1, p42
- ISSN
2177-6830
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12953/2177-6830/rcm.v11n1p42-52