Economic evaluation of common reed potential for energy production: A case study in Wuliangsuhai Lake (Inner Mongolia, China)

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 315-329

  Köbbing, Jan Felix ^a   Patuzzi, Francesco ^b   Baratieri, Marco ^b   Beckmann, Volker ^a   Thevs, Niels ^a   Zerbe, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass; Modelling; Phragmites australis; Reed market; Thermochemical conversion processes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COAL; COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS; COGENERATION PLANTS; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GASIFICATION; HEATING; LAKES; MODELS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROFITABILITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POTENTIAL ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION;

COAL COMBUSTION;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY RESOURCE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PROFITABILITY; REEDBED; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; WULIANGSU LAKE;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84910022237     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 1873-2909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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