Woody biomass for bioenergy and biofuels in the united states- a briefing paper

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 825, 2010, Pages 1-45

  White, Eric M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forest bioenergy; Forest resources

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY USE; FOREST RESOURCE; FOSSIL FUEL; HEAT PRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; POWER GENERATION; PRICE DETERMINATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WOODY PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958018550     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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