Rice straw as a renewable energy source in India, Thailand, and the Philippines: Overall potential and limitations for energy contribution and greenhouse gas mitigation

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1532-1546

  Gadde, Butchaiah ^a   Menke, Christoph ^b   Wassmann, Reiner ^c  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b TRIER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Energy; Field burning; GHG emissions; GIS; Rice (Oryza sativa); Straw to Grain Ratio (SGR)

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONTRIBUTION; ENERGY FIELDS; ENERGY POTENTIAL; GHG EMISSION; GHG EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; PHILIPPINES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RICE (ORYZA SATIVA); RICE STRAWS; ROUGH RICE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

GAS EMISSIONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; INSULATING MATERIALS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

BIOMASS BURNING; CROP PRODUCTION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY CROP; GIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RICE; STRAW;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 71549120412     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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