A review of biomass energy dependency in Tanzania

Energy Procedia

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages 338-343

  Felix, Mwema ^a,b   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a,b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b Ministry of Education   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biomass; Charcoal; Energy; Firewood; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555192219     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.09.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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