Meeting global temperature targets - The role of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Azar, Christian ^a   Johansson, Daniel J A ^a   Mattsson, Niclas ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE;

BIO-ENERGY; BIO-ENERGY SYSTEMS; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; GLOBAL ENERGY; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; MODEL RESULTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

BIOENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84885643388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034004     Document Type: Article

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