Impact of the Renewable Energy Sources Act in Germany on electricity produced with solid biofuels - Lessons learned by monitoring the market development

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-171

  Sauter, P ^a   Witt, J ^a   Billig, E ^a   Thran D ^a,b  

^a DBFZ DEUTSCHES BIOMASSEFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEMEINNÜTZIGE GMBH   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combined heat and power plants (CHP); Database; Feed in tariffs; Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG); Solid biomass; Technology parameter

Indexed keywords

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANTS; FEED-IN TARIFF; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; TECHNOLOGY PARAMETERS; USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

BIOMASS; COGENERATION PLANTS; COMMERCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; NATURAL RESOURCES;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BIOFUEL; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MONITORING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER;

GERMANY;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 84878233127     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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