Economic sustainability of a biomass energy project located at a dairy in California, USA

Energy Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 790-798

  Kay Camarillo, Mary ^a   Stringfellow, William T ^a,b   Jue, Michael B ^a   Hanlon, Jeremy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Dairy manure; Economics

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; BIO-MASS ENERGY; BIOMASS ENERGY SYSTEMS; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA , USA; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COST SAVING; DAIRY FARMS; DAIRY MANURES; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; MINIMAL EFFECTS; OPERATIONAL FACTORS; PLANT BIOMASS; REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS;

AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FLUE GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MANURES; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PROPANE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

BIOMASS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; DAIRY FARMING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MANURE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SUSTAINABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865022398     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.06.020     Document Type: Article

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