The economic potential of whole-tree feedstock production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-229

  Perlack, Robert D ^a   Walsh, Marie E ^a   Wright, Lynn L ^a   Ostlie, L David ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Energy Performance Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Harvesting; Short rotation woody crops; Whole tree

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; WOOD;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CULTIVATION; FEEDSTOCKS; HARVESTING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

SHORT ROTATION WOODY CROPS; WHOLE TREE DIRECT LOAD HARVESTING;

CROPS;

BIOMASS ENERGY; ECONOMIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY PRODUCTION; WHOLE-TREE FEEDSTOCK;

EID: 0029663518     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8524(96)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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