Non-technical success factors for bioenergy projects-Learning from a multiple case study in Japan

Energy Policy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 386-395

  Blumer, Yann B ^a   Stauffacher, Michael ^a   Lang, Daniel J ^b   Hayashi, Kiyotada ^c   Uchida, Susumu ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Japan; Success factors

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIO-ENERGY UTILIZATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; JAPAN; NON-TECHNICAL FACTORS; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS; REGIONAL INTEGRATION; SUCCESS FACTORS;

ENERGY POLICY;

FORESTRY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOENERGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENERGY POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

FORESTRY; JAPAN;

JAPAN;

EID: 84880333068     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.075     Document Type: Article

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