A screening LCA of short rotation coppice willow (Salix sp.) feedstock production system for small-scale electricity generation

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-394

  Goglio, Pietro ^a   Owende, Philip M O ^b,c  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FERTILIZERS; LIFE CYCLE; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHIP TRANSPORTATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY; FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SHORT ROTATION COPPICE; SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

SALIX; SALIX SP.;

EID: 67349270013     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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