Identifying environmentally and economically optimal bioenergy plant sizes and locations: A spatial model of wood-based SNG value chains

Renewable Energy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-68

  Steubing, Bernhard ^a,b   Ballmer, Isabel ^b,c   Gassner, Martin ^d   Gerber, Léda ^d   Pampuri, Luca ^b,c   Bischof, Sandro ^c   Thees, Oliver ^c   Zah, Rainer ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Energy wood; Life cycle assessment; Optimal location; Optimal size; SNG

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GAS PLANTS; LIFE CYCLE; LOCATION; NATURAL GASOLINE PLANTS; WOOD;

BIO-ENERGY; ENERGY WOOD; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; OPTIMAL SIZE;

NATURAL GAS SUBSTITUTES;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LOCATION DECISION; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANT; PRODUCTION COST; PROFITABILITY; SIZE; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; WOOD;

ENERGY; EVALUATION; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; WOOD;

EID: 84883555993     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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