Progress and challenges in utilization of palm oil biomass as fuel for decentralized electricity generation

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 574-583

  Bazmi, Aqeel Ahmed ^a,b   Zahedi, Gholamreza ^a   Hashim, Haslenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Decentralized electricity generation; Palm oil biomass; Renewable energy; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; OIL SHALE; PALM OIL; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECENTRALIZED ELECTRICITY; ENERGY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES; GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG); HUMAN CIVILIZATION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; LIBERALIZED ELECTRICITY MARKET; PALM OIL BIOMASS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 78149411040     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.09.031     Document Type: Review

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