Climate effects of bioenergy from forest residues in comparison to fossil energy

Applied Energy

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 36-50

  Gustavsson, Leif ^a   Haus, Sylvia ^a   Ortiz, Carina A ^b   Sathre, Roger ^a   Truong, Nguyen Le ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Forest residues; Fuel substitution; Primary energy; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; FOREST RESIDUE; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; PRIMARY ENERGIES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY USE; FOSSIL FUEL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PLANT RESIDUE; POWER GENERATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SUBSTITUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATES; DECAY; ENERGY; HARVESTING; LOGGING RESIDUES;

EID: 84909957910     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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