Costs and CO2 benefits of recovering, refining and transporting logging residues for fossil fuel replacement

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 192-197

  Gustavsson, Leif ^a,b   Eriksson, Lisa ^a   Sathre, Roger ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Forest fuel; Logging residues; Logistics; Pellets

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; FUELS; HARVESTING; LOGISTICS; ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; RECOVERY; REFINING; TRANSPORTATION;

BIO-ENERGY; DRY MATTER LOSS; FOREST FUEL; LOGGING RESIDUES; PRIMARY ENERGIES; PRIMARY ENERGY USE; RECOVERY SYSTEMS; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

FOSSIL FUELS;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; FOSSIL FUEL; LOGGING (TIMBER); LOGISTICS; MITIGATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 77957298271     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.07.026     Document Type: Article

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