Economic viability of biomass cofiring in new hard-coal power plants in Germany

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-47

  Lüschen, Andreas ^a   Madlener, Reinhard ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co combustion; CO2 mitigation; Fuel flexibility; Hard coal; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS COMBUSTION; COCOMBUSTION; ECONOMIC POTENTIALS; ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION; ELECTRICAL POWER POTENTIAL; FUEL FLEXIBILITY; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; THERMAL CONTRIBUTIONS;

ANTHRACITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FUELS; INVESTMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPERATING COSTS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; MARKET SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84887024406     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.11.017     Document Type: Article

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