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Description
The GRACE project will explore the potential of the non-food industrial crops miscanthus and hemp as a source of biomass for the bio-economy. Both miscanthus and hemp are relatively under-exploited, but offer an interesting business opportunity for farmers and industry. When cultivated on marginal, contaminated or unused/abandoned land, the impacts on food security can be minimized, and the potential introduction of pollutants into the food chain can be prevented.
GRACE will demonstrate and optimise the techno economic viability and environmental sustainability of ten promising miscanthus and hemp biomass-based value chains using marginal, contaminated and unused land at an industry relevant scale.
The aim is to identify hemp varieties suitable for marginal lands and to have commercial miscanthus cultivars available by the end of the project with several proven economically viable end uses creating a market pull for growth in the bio-economy.
GRACE will demonstrate and optimise the techno economic viability and environmental sustainability of ten promising miscanthus and hemp biomass-based value chains using marginal, contaminated and unused land at an industry relevant scale.
The aim is to identify hemp varieties suitable for marginal lands and to have commercial miscanthus cultivars available by the end of the project with several proven economically viable end uses creating a market pull for growth in the bio-economy.
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 01 Jun 2017 → 31 May 2022 |
Funding
- Horizon 2020 (H2020-BBI-JTI-2016-745012): £939,261.88
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Developing Miscanthus seed plug establishment protocols with mulch film for commercial upscaling
Ashman, C., Awty‐Carroll, D., Mos, M., Kam, J., Guerrini, S., Calder, S. & Clifton‐Brown, J., 15 May 2023, In: GCB Bioenergy. 15, 6, p. 746-764 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-environment assessment of a yellow hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) cultivar's eco-physiology and productivity under varying levels of nitrogen fertilisation
Blandinières, H., Croci, M., Impollonia, G., Marcone, A., Gay, A., Winters, A., Palmer, S. & Amaducci, S., 01 May 2023, In: Industrial Crops and Products. 195, 12 p., 116360.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Novel Miscanthus hybrids: Modelling productivity on marginal land in Europe using dynamics of canopy development determined by light interception
Shepherd, A., Awty‐Carroll, D., Kam, J., Ashman, C., Magenau, E., Martani, E., Kontek, M., Ferrarini, A., Amaducci, S., Davey, C., Jurišić, V., Petrie, GJ., Al Hassan, M., Lamy, I., Lewandowski, I., de Maupeou, E., McCalmont, J., Trindade, L., van der Cruijsen, K., van der Pluijm, P., & 6 others, 13 Mar 2023, In: GCB Bioenergy. 15, 4, p. 444-461 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Perennial biomass cropping and use: Shaping the policy ecosystem in European countries
Clifton‐Brown, J., Hastings, A., von Cossel, M., Murphy-Bokern, D., McCalmont, J., Whittaker, J., Alexopoulou, E., Amaducci, S., Andronic, L., Ashman, C., Awty‐Carroll, D., Bhatia, R., Breuer, L., Cosentino, S., Cracroft‐Eley, W., Donnison, I., Elbersen, B., Ferrarini, A., Ford, J., Greef, J., & 20 others, 10 Apr 2023, In: GCB Bioenergy. 15, 5, p. 538-558 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Spring emergence and canopy development strategies in miscanthus hybrids in Mediterranean, continental and maritime European climates
Magenau, E., Clifton‐Brown, J., Parry, C., Ashman, C., Awty‐Carroll, D., Ferrarini, A., Kontek, M., Martani, E., Amaducci, S., Davey, C., Dolstra, O., Jurišić, V., Kam, J., Trindade, L. M., Lewandowski, I. & Kiesel, A., 10 Apr 2023, In: GCB Bioenergy. 15, 5, p. 559-574 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Yield performance of 14 novel inter- and intra-species Miscanthus hybrids across Europe
Awty-Carroll, D., Magenau, E., Al Hassan, M., Martani, E., Kontek, M., van der Pluijm, P., Ashman, C., de Maupeou, E., McCalmont, J., Petrie, G. J., Davey, C., van der Cruijsen, K., Jurišić, V., Amaducci, S., Lamy, I., Shepherd, A., Kam, J., Hoogendam, A., Croci, M., Dolstra, O., & 5 others, 13 Mar 2023, In: GCB Bioenergy. 15, 4, p. 399-423 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Expanding the Miscanthus market in the UK: Growers in profile and experience, benefits and drawbacks of the bioenergy crop
von Hellfeld, R., Hastings, A., Kam, J., Rowe, R., Clifton‐Brown, J., Donnison, I. & Shepherd, A., 10 Oct 2022, In: GCB Bioenergy. 14, 11, p. 1205-1218 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microscale Combustion Calorimetry as a New Method of Composition and Heating Value Determination of Miscanthus: An Early View
Kontek, M., Strojin, S., Clifton Brown, J., Krička, T. & Jurišić, V., 15 Oct 2022, In: Tehnicki Vjesnik. 29, 5, p. 1721-1725 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Moisture content estimation and senescence phenotyping of novel Miscanthus hybrids combining UAV-based remote sensing and machine learning
Impollonia, G., Croci, M., Martani, E., Ferrarini, A., Kam, J., Trindade, L. M., Clifton-Brown, J. & Amaducci, S., 01 Jun 2022, In: GCB Bioenergy. 14, 6, p. 639-656 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multispectral image analysis detects differences in drought responses in novel seeded Miscanthus sinensis hybrids
Lazarević, B., Kontek, M., Carović‐Stanko, K., Clifton‐Brown, J., Al Hassan, M., Trindade, L. M. & Jurišić, V., 10 Oct 2022, In: GCB Bioenergy. 14, 11, p. 1219-1234 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optimizing seed-based Miscanthus plug plant production with supplemental heat and light, compost type and volume
Wu, P. C., Ashman, C., Awty-Carroll, D., Robson, P. & Clifton-Brown, J., 11 May 2022, In: GCB Bioenergy. 14, 6, p. 624-638 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Data for: Perennial biomass cropping and use: Shaping the policy ecosystem in European countries
Clifton-Brown, J., Hastings, A., Awty-Carroll, D. & Magenau, E., Dryad, 21 Feb 2023
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.w6m905qtf, https://zenodo.org/record/7662723
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Site impacts nutrient translocation efficiency in intra- and interspecies miscanthus hybrids on marginal lands
Magenau, E., Clifton-Brown, J., Awty-Carroll, D., Ashman, C., Ferrarini, A., Kontek, M., Martani, E., Roderick, K., Amaducci, S., Davey, C., Jurišić, V., Kam, J., Trindade, L. M., Lewandowski, I. & Kiesel, A., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 06 Jul 2022
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Data for yield performance of fourteen novel inter- and intra-species Miscanthus hybrids across Europe
Awty-Carroll, D., Magenau, E., Al Hassan, M., Martani, E., Kontek, M., Van der pluijm, P., Ashman, C., De maupeou, E., McCalmont, J., Petrie, G., Davey, C., Van der cruijsen, K., Jurišić, V., Amaducci, S., Lamy, I., Shepherd, A., Kam, J., Hoogendam, A., Croci, M., Dolstra, O., Ferrarini, A., Lewandowski, I., Trindade, L. M., Kiesel, A. & Clifton-Brown, J., Center for Open Science, 30 Jan 2022
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