Project ARBRE: Lessons for bio-energy developers and policy-makers

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2044-2050

  Piterou, Athena ^a   Shackley, Simon ^b   Upham, Paul ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ARBRE; Bio energy; Project management

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENERGY POLICY; GASIFICATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ARABLE BIOMASS RENEWABLE ENERGY; BANKRUPTCY; BIO-ENERGY; COMMERCIAL STRATEGY; TECHNICAL PROBLEMS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43349098164     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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