Regional economic impacts of biomass based energy service use: A comparison across crops and technologies for East Styria, Austria

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5912-5926

  Trink, Thomas ^a   Schmid, Christoph ^a   Schinko, Thomas ^a   Steininger, Karl W ^a   Loibnegger, Thomas ^a   Kettner, Claudia ^a   Pack, Alexandra ^a   Töglhofer, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomass energy; CGE regional analysis; Land competition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COSTS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; REGIONAL PLANNING; THERMAL INSULATION; TIMBER;

AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS; BIO-MASS ENERGY; BIOMASS TECHNOLOGIES; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; CONSUMER PRICE INDEX; CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURES; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; REGIONAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY USE; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; MACROECONOMICS; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

AUSTRIA; STYRIA;

EID: 77956432949     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.05.045     Document Type: Article

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