Distributed or centralised energy-from-waste policy? Implications of technology and scale at municipal level

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2622-2634

  Longden, David ^a   Brammer, John ^a   Bastin, Lucy ^a   Cooper, Nic ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Compact Power Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Energy from waste; Multi criteria analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; PLANNING;

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; ENERGY WASTE; MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS;

ENERGY POLICY;

ENERGY POLICY; GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WARWICKSHIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845489811     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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