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Palm oil wastewater methane emissions and bioenergy potential

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Figure 1: Methane emissions from palm oil wastewater are an untapped bioenergy resource.

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  1. INSTAAR and Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 80309, Colorado, USA

    Philip. G. Taylor, Teresa M. Bilinski, Samantha R. Weintraub & Alan R. Townsend

  2. INSTAAR and Department of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, 80309, Colorado, USA

    Hana R. F. Fancher

  3. Department of Ecosystem & Conservation Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, 59812, Montana, USA

    Cory C. Cleveland

  4. INSTAAR and Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado, Boulder, 80309, Colorado, USA

    Diana R. Nemergut

  5. TSS / CGD, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, 80305, Colorado, USA

    William R. Wieder

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Taylor, P., Bilinski, T., Fancher, H. et al. Palm oil wastewater methane emissions and bioenergy potential. Nature Clim Change 4, 151–152 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2154

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