Deriving cooperative biomass resource transport supply strategies in meeting co-firing energy regulations: A case for peat and wood fibre in Ireland

Applied Energy

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 1700-1709

  Devlin, Ger ^a   Talbot, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomass resource assessment; Co firing; Energy policy; Ireland; Linear programming; Transport supply optimization

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PEAT; POWER PLANTS; SAWING; SAWMILLS; TRANSPORTATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; BIOMASS RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; CO-FIRING; FIRED POWER STATION; IRELAND; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TRANSPORT SUPPLY;

ENERGY POLICY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS; BIOMASS POWER; ENERGY POLICY; LINEAR PROGRAMING; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; WOOD;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; ENERGY; IRELAND; OPTIMIZATION; PEAT; POWER PLANTS; SAW MILLS; SAWING; TRANSPORT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

IRELAND;

EID: 84885912719     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.09.019     Document Type: Article

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