The primary forest fuel supply chain: A literature review

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 203-221

  Wolfsmayr, Ulrich J ^a   Rauch, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Forest fuel; Intermodal; Logistics; Multimodal; Transportation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY CONVERSION; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; FUEL STORAGE; FUELS; INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION; LOGISTICS; ROADS AND STREETS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

BIO-ENERGY; FOREST FUEL; INTERMODAL; INTERMODAL TRANSPORT; MULTI-MODAL; MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT; PRIMARY FOREST FUELS; TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE;

MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOREST PRODUCT; LOGISTICS; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORT;

EID: 84891483984     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.10.025     Document Type: Review

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