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Grate-Fired Energy Crop Conversion

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During the past decade, biofuels, such as stemwood assortments, have been substantially considered to satisfy the increasing European energy market needs based on non-fossil fuels.

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Díaz-Ramírez, M.C. (2015). Introduction. In: Grate-Fired Energy Crop Conversion. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20759-9_1

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