Bioenergy in Europe: Opportunities and barriers

VTT Tiedotteita - Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus

Volumn , Issue 2352, 2006, Pages 3-118

  Fagernäs, Leena ^a   Johansson, Allan ^a   Wilén, Carl ^a   Sipilä, Kai ^a   Mäkinen, Tuula ^a   Helynen, Satu ^a   Daugherty, Erik ^b   Den Uil, Herman ^b   Vehlow, Jürgen ^b   Kåberger, Tomas ^b   Rogulska, Magdalena ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b JR ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Availability; Barriers; Bioenergy; Biofuels; Biomass; Energy policy; Energy technology; EU; Fuel resources; R D; Renewable energy sources; Research and development; Transportation; Waste; Waste to energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750296952     PISSN: 12350605     EISSN: 14550865     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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