Potential and cost of electricity generation from human and animal waste in Spain

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 498-505

  Gómez, Antonio ^a   Zubizarreta, Javier ^a   Rodrigues, Marcos ^a   Dopazo, César ^a   Fueyo, Norberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogas; GIS; Livestock manure; Municipal solid waste; Renewable energy; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL POPULATIONS; ANIMAL WASTES; COMBINED TREATMENT; COST CURVES; COST MODELS; COST OF ELECTRICITY; COUNTY LEVEL; DISAGGREGATION; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; ENERGY CONTENT; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENTRY COSTS; LANDFILL GAS; LIVESTOCK MANURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIMARY ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANIMALS; BIOGAS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSULATING MATERIALS; MANURES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOLID WASTES;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GIS; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MANURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRODUCTION COST; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 71549155010     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.07.027     Document Type: Article

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