The prospects for an expansion of biogas systems in Sweden - Incentives, barriers and potentials

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1819-1829

  Lantz, Mikael ^a   Svensson, Mattias ^b   Björnsson, Lovisa ^b   Börjesson, Pål ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biogas systems; Implementation aspects; Policy instruments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947650689     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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