Growing trade of bioenergy in the EU: Public acceptability, policy harmonization, European standards and certification needs

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3318-3327

  Magar, Surya Bahadur ^a   Pelkonen, Paavo ^a   Tahvanainen, Liisa ^a   Toivonen, Ritva ^b   Toppinen, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Forestry Development Centre Tapio   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass trade; Certification; European Union (EU); Harmonization; Standards; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CERTIFICATION; CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS; COMPETITIVE MARKETS; DOMESTIC ENERGY; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; END-USES; ENERGY PURPOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; EUROPEAN UNION; HARMONIZATION; POTENTIAL NEGATIVE EFFECTS; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE USE; TRADE GROWTH;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; EMISSION CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CERTIFICATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 79960351146     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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