Coupling of energy and agricultural policies on promoting the production of biomass energy from energy crops and grasses in Taiwan

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 1495-1503

  Tsai, Wen Tien ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agricultural sustainability; Biomass energy; Carbon dioxide emissions; Energy crop; Energy grass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY; BIOMASS ENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY GRASS;

AIR QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 64249103449     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2008.09.013     Document Type: Review

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