Wood-based bioenergy products — land or energy efficient?

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1187-1195

  Dwivedi, Puneet ^a   Khanna, Madhu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy development; Energy efficiency; Greenhouse gas savings; Land efficiency; Woody feedstocks

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; TIMBER;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY PRODUCTS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY PRODUCTS; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; INTENSIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND RESOURCES; LOGGING RESIDUES;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUELWOOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND MANAGEMENT; PLANT RESIDUE; RESOURCE USE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907569358     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2014-0210     Document Type: Article

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