Sugar-cane as an Energy Crop

Coombs, J.

doi:10.1080/02648725.1984.10647789

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“…It has provided a benchmark for several subsequent research studies related to sugar-cane water use and biomass production (e.g. Coombs, 1984;Schulze, 1995;Lumsden et al, 1998;Singels and Bezuidenhout, 2002) and has since been widely referenced and acknowledged by researchers all over the world, including Brazil (Scarpari and De Beauclair, 2004), Australia (Muchow et al, 1994;Robertson et al, 1996;Evensen et al, 1997), Thailand (Brzesowsky andVan Vilsteren, 1988), the USA (Legendre and Burner, 1995) and Mauritius (Cheeroo-Nayamuth et al, 2000). Regional production data from 1979 to 2002 were collated for the 15 sugar mills that were operational in 2002 (data courtesy of the SA Cane Growers Association).…”

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Regional based estimates of water use for commercial sugar-cane in South Africa

Bezuidenhout¹,

Lecler²,

Gers³

et al. 2007

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The water use of rain-fed sugar-cane has come under the spotlight in South Africa, largely as a result of changes in legislation and a focus on streamflow reduction activities. In this study a robust relationship between sugar-cane yield and evapotranspiration derived by Thompson in 1976 is applied in conjunction with regional cane production records in South Africa. These were used to provide regional estimates of water use of commercial rain-fed and irrigated sugar-cane as affected by environmental limitations. The mean water use of sugar-cane at an industry scale was 598 mm·a -1 . This included irrigated cane and is approximately 40% of the mean industry potential evapotranspiration for a full canopy crop. An estimate of water use of rain-fed cane is approximately 36% of potential evapotranspiration. The results shown in this paper provide strong evidence that simple comparisons of the potential evapotranspiration of different crops or land covers are of little value in determining potential hydrological impacts of land-use changes. This illustrates that the use of potential sugar-cane evapotranspiration to compare this crop's impacts on streamflow reduction to those of original vegetation is a problematic approach and is fundamentally flawed.

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Regional based estimates of water use for commercial sugar-cane in South Africa

Bezuidenhout¹,

Lecler²,

Gers³

et al. 2007

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“…Since its inception, the Brazilian PROALCOOL was the object of observation and analysis, thanks to their daring ownership and originality [22,35,38]. In 1977, Hammond [32] noted that the program had 'the possibility of making Brazil not only a world leader in renewable energy but also the first country in development stage … to find their own path of energy independence-an original path'.…”

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“…Fibrous plants bring several advantages and fit well within the requirements deemed important to be elected as producers of biomass. From the work of Hill et al [9], Rubin [11], Sticklen [12,18], Coombs [22], and Schmer et al [25], the following characteristics may be listed:…”

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“…In relation to the dedicated crops, the aim is to elect one biomass that can contribute more efficiently, especially not competing with food (which depends on the region of the world or country that is considered), and can provide significant energy gain if considered in the all input-output equation [9,10,[22][23][24][25][26]. In this context, the tropical and subtropical regions are privileged, as they have greater availability of solar energy as well as arable land and water, which are essential elements in agriculture.…”

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The potential of the energy cane as the main biomass crop for the cellulosic industry

Carvalho-Netto¹,

Bressiani²,

Soriano³

et al. 2014

Chem. Biol. Technol. Agric.

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The last century was the scene of an extraordinary social and economic development of mankind. This development had the fossil energy as one of its pillars. The discovery of petrol led the society to shape a development model highly dependent on this source of energy, which has finite resources and also promotes a big increase on the greenhouse gases, with unforeseeable consequences for the human beings as well as the entire life. It is imperative that we change the pillars of energy from fossil to renewables that will be more sustainable and less aggressive to the environment. One of the sources of this new energy platform, probably the best, is biomass. Fibrous plants bring several advantages and fit well within the requirements deemed important to be elected as producers of biomass. Among these characteristics we have the high processing capacity of solar energy into biomass, fast growth, long-term canopy, possibility of large-scale production. Despite of that this plants are adapted to suboptimal environments that allows its production not compete with food production because it requires less energy input, bringing marginal lands into production with its all social-benefit consequences. Among the fibrous plants, SUGAR CANE or, better, ENERGY CANE has one of the biggest potential for biomass productions. Results from several breeding programs has showing the high biomass potential of energy cane over other biomass crops like sorghum, elephant grass and eucalyptus.

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“…This caused a general attention to planning for alternative energy sources (e.g., [1]). Brazil took the lead during this period by starting a project of mass production of ethanol to use it as fuel to run cars by fermenting the sucrose of sugarcane (e.g., [2][3][4][5][6]), soon followed by the USA that decided to make ethanol from corn instead (e.g., [7]). …”

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Energy Cane: Its Concept, Development, Characteristics, and Prospects

Matsuoka¹,

Kennedy

Santos³

et al. 2014

Advances in Botany

133

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Unlike conventional sugar cane (Saccharum spp.) energy cane is a cane selected to have more fiber than sucrose in its composition. This is obtained simply by altering the genetic contribution of the ancestral species of sugarcane using traditional breeding methods. The resulting key feature is a significant increase in biomass yield. This happens because accumulating sugar is not physiologically a simple process and results in penalty in the side of fiber and yield. This review paper describes the initial conception of fuel cane in Puerto Rico in the second half of 1970s, the present resurgence of interest in it, how to breed energy cane, and the main characteristics that make it one of the most favorable dedicated bioenergy crops. The present status of breeding for energy cane in the world is also reviewed. Its potential contribution to the renewable energy market is discussed briefly.

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Sugar-cane as an Energy Crop

Cited by 24 publications

References 42 publications

Regional based estimates of water use for commercial sugar-cane in South Africa

Regional based estimates of water use for commercial sugar-cane in South Africa

The potential of the energy cane as the main biomass crop for the cellulosic industry

Energy Cane: Its Concept, Development, Characteristics, and Prospects

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