Potential and impacts of renewable energy production from agricultural biomass in Canada

Applied Energy

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 222-229

  Liu, Tingting ^a   McConkey, Brian ^b   Huffman, Ted ^b   Smith, Stephen ^b   MacGregor, Bob ^b   Yemshanov, Denys ^c   Kulshreshtha, Suren ^d  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioenergy policy; Canadian agricultural sector; Greenhouse gas emissions; Land use change; Renewable energy production

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; BIODIESEL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; ELECTRICITY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; BIOENERGY POLICIES; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; BIOMASS COMBUSTION; LAND-USE CHANGE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

BIOMASS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; CROP RESIDUE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCENTIVE; LAND USE CHANGE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

CANADA;

EID: 84902332970     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.05.044     Document Type: Article

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