Electricity from energy crops in different settings - A country comparison between Nicaragua, Ireland and the Netherlands

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-98

  Van Den Broek, Richard ^a   Van Wijk, Ad ^b   Turkenburg, Wim ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ECORYS Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CO2; Electricity; Energy crops; Environmental impacts; Eucalyptus; Ireland; Macro economic impacts; Nicaragua; The Netherlands; Willow

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; WOOD;

ENERGY CROPS;

BIOMASS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY CROP; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON;

IRELAND; NETHERLANDS; NICARAGUA;

EUCALYPTUS; SALIX;

EID: 0036183912     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(01)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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