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We quantified global warming potential (GWP) and cost of the produced ethanol with location-specific parameters (e.g., climate and soil conditions) across the rain-fed U.S. Our results indicated that miscanthus yield and soil organic carbon change are the main drivers of the sustainability of miscanthus-derived biofuels and the cost of the biofuel is dependent on the feedstock yield and economic parameters of the state in which it is located."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Economic and environmental evaluation of miscanthus sustainability as a bioenergy feedstock"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Guest, Jeremy S"],"dc:creator":["Lin, Emily Paige"],"dc:date":["2024-08","2024-07-17"],"dc:description":["Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01","The student, Emily Lin, accepted the attached license on 2024-07-17 at 12:36.","The student, Emily Lin, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2024-07-17 at 13:04.","This Thesis was approved for publication on 2024-07-17 at 16:01.","DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #21114 on 2025-02-04 at 21:25:56","Miscanthus is a perennial grass and has attracted great research interests as a promising biofuel and bioproduct feedstock. 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We quantified global warming potential (GWP) and cost of the produced ethanol with location-specific parameters (e.g., climate and soil conditions) across the rain-fed U.S. Our results indicated that miscanthus yield and soil organic carbon change are the main drivers of the sustainability of miscanthus-derived biofuels and the cost of the biofuel is dependent on the feedstock yield and economic parameters of the state in which it is located."],"dc:format":["application/pdf"],"dc:identifier":["https://hdl.handle.net/2142/125831"],"dc:language":["en","eng"],"dc:rights":["Copyright 2024 Emily Lin"],"dc:subject":["Biofuel","Bioenergy","Miscanthus Life Cycle Assessment","Techno-economic Analysis"],"dc:title":["Economic and environmental evaluation of miscanthus sustainability as a bioenergy feedstock"],"dc:type":["text","Thesis"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Environ Engr in Civil Engr"],"thesis:degree_level":["Thesis"],"thesis:degree_name":["M.S."],"thesis:institution_name":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:25:02Z"}