Short Rotation Coppice Willow Salix Viminalis L.

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Short Rotation Coppice WillowSalix Viminalis L.
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• Importance of using biomass for energy purposes
• Willow as an energy and environmental crop
• Cultivation of SRC Willow
• Project Selice

Index
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Importance of using biomass for energy purposes

• Environmentaly friendly
• Creation of new job opportunities
• Alternative for unused agricultural soil

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Willow as an energy and environmental crop

• Energy crop
• Easy and inexpensive to plant (cuttings)
• Extremely rapid growth
• Harvested using efficient machinery
• Good product on the fuel market
• Environmental crop
• Use as a bio-filter
• Capable of taking up heavy metals (cadmium)

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Cultivation of SRC Willow

• Soil preparation before planting (first year)
• Planting (first year)
• Treatment after planting (first year)
• Harvesting during the winter period

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Preparation of planting material
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• Mechanical planting

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• 1 month after planting

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• 5 month after planting

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• 3-year stems

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Harvesting
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• 72 ton per hectare

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Project Selice

• Area 5100 m2
• Establishment May 2006
• Cultivars Tora, Sven, Gudrun, Tordis, Inger
• Measurements - every two weeks
• stem diameter,
• stem height,
• number of shoots

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