Economics of electricity and heat production by gasification or flash pyrolysis of short rotation coppice in Flanders (Belgium)

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1912-1924

  Voets, Thomas ^a   Kuppens, Tom ^a   Cornelissen, Tom ^a   Thewys, Theo ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Combined heat and power; Cost benefit analysis; Flash pyrolysis; Gasification; Short rotation coppice; Willow

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CASH FLOW; COMBINED HEAT; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PRODUCTION; ELECTRICAL CAPACITY; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENERGETIC EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CROPS; FLANDERS; FLASH PYROLYSIS; HEAT PRODUCTION; INVESTMENT COSTS; KEY VARIABLES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NET PRESENT VALUE; POWER STATION; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE; SMALL SCALE; TECHNOLOGY CHOICES; UNCERTAIN VARIABLES; WILLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CROPS; ELECTRICITY; GASIFICATION; INVESTMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROFITABILITY; PYROLYSIS; ROTATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP ROTATION; ECONOMY OF SCALE; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT PRODUCTION; INVESTMENT LOCATION; LAND DEGRADATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROFITABILITY; PYROLYSIS;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SALIX;

EID: 79953281574     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.01.034     Document Type: Article

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