Implications of a 'carbon debt' on bioenergy's potential to mitigate climate change

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 228-234

  Dehue, Bart ^a  

^a Private contribution   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioenergy sustainability; Biomass; Carbon debt; Carbon flow; Climate change

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIO-ENERGY SYSTEMS; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON FLOW; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84877640579     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1383     Document Type: Article

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