Potentials of typical plant species from rewetted fenlands for the supply of strategic elements.

ABSTRACT: Rewetting of peatlands requires the development of new biomass utilization pathways. The supply of strategic elements with key importance for the development of priority technologies, such as germanium (Ge), silicon (Si) and rare earth elements, from fenland plants is one option. To provide a first estimation of the potential, concentrations of strategic elements were determined in nine biomass samples covering typical fenland vegetation in northeast Germany. Subsequently, a simplified estimation of potential revenue from strategic element recovery was made. The analysed plant species can be classified as high or intermediate Si plant accumulators with highest contents of more than 16.0 g Si kg^-1 dry mass (DM) in sedges and common reeds. Ge concentrations were lower with reed ca

SUBMITTER: Michalska K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12181310 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature