European wood pellet market integration - A study of the residential sector

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-160

  Olsson, Olle ^a   Hillring, Bengt ^a   Vinterbäck, Johan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioenergy trade; Market integration; Pellet markets; Pellet prices; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; BIO-ENERGY; ENERGY MARKETS; EUROPEAN PRICES; FOCAL POINTS; GERMANY; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; MARKET INTEGRATION; PELLET MARKETS; PELLET PRICES; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SWEDISH MARKETS; WOOD PELLET;

COSTS; ENERGY POLICY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PELLETIZING; TIME SERIES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIOENERGY; COAL; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBALIZATION; NATURAL GAS; TIME SERIES;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY; SWEDEN;

EID: 78650527328     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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