A full economic analysis of switchgrass under different scenarios in Italy estimated by BEE model

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 177-185

  Monti, A ^a   Fazio, S ^a   Lychnaras, V ^b   Soldatos, P ^b   Venturi, G ^a  

^a Department of Agroenvironmental Science and Technologies ^*  (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

BEE; Biomass; Economic analysis; Energy; P. virgatum; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; MARKETING;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SELLING PRICE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; MARKETING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOMASS POWER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRASS; MARKET CONDITIONS; MONOCOTYLEDON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33847119927     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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