Large-scale energy grass farming for power plants-A case study from Ostrobothnia, Finland

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1009-1015

  Pahkala, Katri ^a   Aalto, Mikko ^b   Isolahti, Mika ^c   Poikola, Juha ^d   Jauhiainen, Lauri ^e  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d Pohjolan Voima Oy   (Finland)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Energy crop; Phalaris arundinacea; Reed canary grass

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

AGRIFOOD; BIOMASS; CASE STUDIES; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FINLAND; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; REED CANARY GRASS;

POWER PLANTS;

BIOENERGY; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; ENERGY CROP; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GRASS; HARVESTING; PHYTOMASS; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; WEED; YIELD RESPONSE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; OULU [FINLAND]; POHJANMAA; SCANDINAVIA;

PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 50849114859     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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