UK biomass energy since 1990: The mismatch between project types and policy objectives

Energy Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 705-716

  van der Horst, Dan ^a  

^a Countryside Agency ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass energy; NFFO; Renewables policy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

BIOMASS ENERGY SECTORS; ENERGY DIVERSITY; NON-FOSSIL FUEL OBLIGATION (NFFO);

BIOMASS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 6444239802     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2003.09.016     Document Type: Article

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