Bioenergy decision-making of farms in Northern Finland: Combining the bottom-up and top-down perspectives

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 6161-6171

  Snäkin, Juha Pekka ^a   Muilu, Toivo ^a   Pesola, Tuomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bioenergy; Finland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCES;

BIO-ENERGY; BOTTOM-UP AND TOP-DOWN; BUSINESS SERVICE; FINANCIAL ABILITIES; FINLAND; MARKETING KNOWLEDGE; NETWORKING SKILLS; SERVICE PROVIDER;

INVESTMENTS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOENERGY; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY POLICY; FARM SIZE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

FINLAND; OULU [FINLAND];

EID: 77956398490     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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