The future of biomass energy: A Fermi-calculation perspective

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1672-1674

  Pickard, William F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Efficiency; Energy

Indexed keywords

BIO-MASS ENERGY; BIOMASS CONVERSION; NICHE APPLICATIONS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROCESS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; ENERGY HARVESTING; HARVESTING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

SOLAR ENERGY;

BIOMASS POWER; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 75149167074     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.11.075     Document Type: Article

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