Modern bioenergy from agricultural and forestry residues in Cameroon: Potential, challenges and the way forward

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-113

  Ackom, Emmanuel K ^a   Alemagi, Dieudonne ^b   Ackom, Nana B ^c   Minang, Peter A ^b   Tchoundjeu, Zac ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Agricultural and forestry residues; Cameroon; Second generation bioenergy

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CAMEROON; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; FISCHER-TROPSCH DIESEL; FORESTRY RESIDUES; NATIONAL CONSUMPTION; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS;

CHARCOAL; DIESEL FUELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; TIMBER;

BIOMASS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; CROP RESIDUE; FORESTRY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

BIOMASS; CAMEROON; CHARCOAL; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT RESIDUES;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84887169527     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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