Forest energy procurement: State of the art in Finland and Sweden

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 602-613

  Routa, Johanna ^a   Asikainen, Antti ^a   Björheden, Rolf ^a   Laitila, Juha ^a   Röser, Dominik ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMINUTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MACHINERY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ENERGY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES; ENERGY PROCUREMENT; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY SUPPLY CHAINS; NORDIC COUNTRIES; POSSIBLE FUTURES; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION;

FORESTRY;

ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FORESTRY; MACHINERY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84885909581     PISSN: 20418396     EISSN: 2041840X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wene.24     Document Type: Article

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