Agro-energy districts contributing to environmental and social sustainability in rural areas: Evaluation of a local public-private partnership scheme in Greece

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-95

  Manos, Basil ^a   Partalidou, Maria ^b   Fantozzi, Francesco ^c   Arampatzis, Stratos ^d   Papadopoulou, Olympia ^d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AUTh ^*  (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d Tero Ltd   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agro energy; Biomass; Greece; Local governance; Public Private Partnerships

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ENERGY; ENERGY PRODUCTION PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; GREECE; LOCAL GOVERNANCE; PUBLIC CONSULTATION; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS;

BIOMASS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RURAL AREAS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PUBLIC RISKS;

EID: 84884561137     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.08.080     Document Type: Review

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