Energy budget and greenhouse gas balance evaluation of sustainable coppice systems for electricity production

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-197

  Lettens, Suzanna ^a   Muys, Bart ^a   Ceulemans, Reinhart ^b   Moons, Ellen ^a   Garcia, Juan ^a   Coppin, Pol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bio energy; Bio energy crop; Fossil energy use; Greenhouse effect; Life cycle; Miscanthus; Mixed coppice; Willow

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HARDWOODS; POWER GENERATION;

BIO-ENERGY CROPS;

BIOMASS;

COPPICE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY CROP; GREENHOUSE GAS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HARDWOODS; POWER GENERATION;

MISCANTHUS; SALIX;

EID: 0037208340     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(02)00104-6     Document Type: Article

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