Ligno-cellulosic biomass exploitation for power generation: A case study in sicily

Energy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 613-625

  Messineo, Antonio ^a   Volpe, Roberto ^a   Marvuglia, Antonino ^b  

^a KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^b Public Research Centre Henri Tudor (CRPHT)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agro residues; GIS; Local energy chain; ORC; Semi arid land

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FEEDSTOCKS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; POWER PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RURAL AREAS;

AGRO-RESIDUES; CRITICAL ISSUES; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; FINANCIAL VIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INCENTIVE SCHEMES; LOCAL BIOMASS; LOCAL ENERGY; ORC; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; PLANT ECONOMICS; PLANT SIZE; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RESIDUAL BIOMASS; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SMALL SCALE;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CROP RESIDUE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; GIS; INCENTIVE; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL AREA; SEMIARID REGION;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84865431721     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.07.036     Document Type: Article

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