Methodology for the large scale assessment of the technical power potential of forest biomass: Application to the province of New Brunswick, Canada

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-17

  Bouchard, Stéphane ^a   Landry, Mathieu ^a   Gagnon, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; Cogeneration; Combined heat and power (CHP); Forest; Resource assessment

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; COGENERATION; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; FOREST; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS;

COGENERATION PLANTS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; POWER GENERATION;

BIOMASS;

ALLOMETRY; BARK; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; LANDOWNERSHIP; POWER GENERATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 84876455378     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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