Emiliano Maletta

Madrid Area, Spain, Madrid Spain

Expert in Energy crops, biomass and biofuels sustainability in Europe and Latin America

15 years involved on industrial and dedicated energy crops. My experience is firstly on plant eco-phisiology and extensive agriculture and crop management, and later on environmental economics. I like to use tools and models based on real measures and scientific knowledge, to estimate crop yields, environmental impacts and economic costs/benefits. During recent years in Europe, I was closely involved with several dedicated crops to produce biofuels and/or lignocellulosic biomass as well as agricultural residues, biomass and optimization of logistic chains. I worked focused on woody crops (short rotation coppice) and had special attention ro tall grasses like switchgrass, tall wheatgrass,...