Evaluating the impact of three incentive programs on the economics of cofiring willow biomass with coal in New York State

Energy Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-347

  Tharakan, Pradeep J ^a,b   Volk, Timothy ^a   Lindsey, Christopher A ^c   Abrahamson, Lawrence P ^a   White, Edwin H ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Antares Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass tax credit; Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); Green power; Profitability

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOILERS; COAL; FEEDSTOCKS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; TAXATION;

BIOPRODUCTS; SHRUBS;

ENERGY POLICY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ENERGY CROP; FUELWOOD;

SALIX;

EID: 4143069095     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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