Energy and economic evaluation of a poplar plantation for woodchips production in Italy

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 164-170

  Manzone, Marco ^a   Bergante, Sara ^b   Facciotto, Gianni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Economic evaluation; Energy consumption; Manpower required; Short rotation coppice

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BIOMASS QUALITY; COMPUTING SYSTEM; CULTIVATION MODELS; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; MANPOWER REQUIRED; PLANT DENSITIES; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; COPPICE; CULTIVATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRY MATTER; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HARVESTING; HYBRID; LABOR; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

ITALY; PO VALLEY;

POPULUS;

EID: 84891373821     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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