Assessment of biomass residue availability and bioenergy yields in Ghana

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-37

  Kemausuor, Francis ^a   Kamp, Andreas ^b   Thomsen, Sune Tjalfe ^b   Bensah, Edem Cudjoe ^a,c   Stergård, Hanne ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Kumasi Polytechnic   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biogas; Biomass; Cellulosic ethanol; Ghana

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS RESIDUE; GHANA; LOGGING RESIDUES; MUNICIPAL WASTE; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SMALL-SCALE PLANTS; TECHNICAL POTENTIAL;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOFUELS; BIOGAS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; OILS AND FATS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BIOMASS;

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; BIOGAS; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOENERGY; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ETHANOL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ENERGY; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; FORESTRY; GHANA; LIVESTOCK; LOGGING; MANURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLANT RESIDUE; WOOD;

GHANA;

EID: 84896855215     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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