The economics of growing short rotation coppice in the uplands of mid-Wales and an economic comparison with sheep production

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-71

  Heaton, R J ^a   Randerson, P F ^a   Slater, F M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economics; Sheep Farming; Short rotation coppice; Uplands; Willow

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; COPPICE; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPREADSHEETS; WOOD WASTES;

SHEEP FARMING;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS POWER; COPPICE; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; SHEEP;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033024619     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(99)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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