Which factors are effective for farmers' biogas use?-Evidence from a large-scale survey in China

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-33

  Qu, Wei ^a,d   Tu, Qin ^a,c   Bluemling, Bettina ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d Gansu Academy of Social Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Biogas; Household behavior; Rural China

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS DIGESTERS; CHINESE GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD BIOGAS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS; RURAL CHINAS; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS;

PULP DIGESTERS; SURVEYS;

BIOGAS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOGAS; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MODEL TEST; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL ENERGY;

CHINA; GANSU; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; HUBEI; SHANDONG;

EID: 84887166196     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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