Short-rotation forestry of birch, maple, poplar and willow in Flanders (Belgium) II. Energy production and CO2 emission reduction potential

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 276-283

  Vande Walle, Inge ^a   Van Camp, Nancy ^a   Van de Casteele, Liesbet ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^a   Lemeur, Raoul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Birch; CO2 emission reduction; Energy efficiency; Maple; Poplar; Short rotation forestry; Willow

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATION THEORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUELS;

BIOENERGY; KYOTO PROTOCOL;

EMISSION CONTROL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATION THEORY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUELS;

BIOENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONIFEROUS TREE; EMISSION; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; PLANTATION; REDUCTION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACER; SALIX;

EID: 34147151792     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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