Assessment of optimal size of anaerobic co-digestion plants: An application to cattle farms in the province of Bari (Italy)

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-70

  Pantaleo, Antonio ^a,b   Gennaro, Bernardo De ^a   Shah, Nilay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Animal manure; Biogas; Feed in tariff

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CO-DIGESTION; ANIMAL MANURE; BIOGAS POWER PLANT; BIOGAS SLURRY; CATTLE MANURES; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ENERGY CROPS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FEED-IN TARIFF; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; KEY FACTORS; OPTIMAL SIZE; ORGANIC WASTES; RECOVERY RATE; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; SCALE ECONOMIES; SOUTHERN ITALY;

AGGLOMERATION; AGRICULTURE; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; MANURES; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANTS; PROFITABILITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 84871784837     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.11.068     Document Type: Review

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