The economic, environmental and strategic value of biomass

Renewable Energy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-22

  Carneiro, Patrícia ^a   Ferreira, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomass; Electricity generation; Feed in tariff; Project evaluation; Strategic analysis

Indexed keywords

BASE-LOADS; BIOMASS POWER PLANTS; ECONOMIC INTERESTS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; EXTERNAL ENERGY; FEED-IN TARIFF; PORTUGAL; PRIVATE INVESTORS; PROJECT EVALUATION; PROJECT RISK; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; STRATEGIC ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC VALUES;

AGRICULTURE; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; POWER PLANTS; PRIVATIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; BIOMASS POWER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HETEROGENEITY; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84858278329     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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