Time to substitute wood bioenergy for nuclear power in Japan

Energies

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1051-1057

  Sasaki, Nophea ^a,b   Owari, Toshiaki ^c   Putz, Francis E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Forest management; Forest thinning; Nuclear crisis; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS; EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS; FOREST THINNINGS; NUCLEAR CRISIS; POLICY INCENTIVES; WOODY BIOMASS;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; EMISSION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR POWER; POWER PLANTS; THINNING;

EID: 79960875315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en4071051     Document Type: Article

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