Abatement cost of wood-based energy products at the production level on afforested and reforested lands

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 945-957

  Dwivedi, Puneet ^a   Khanna, Madhu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Abatement cost; Bioenergy products; Economic analysis; GHG intensity; Integrated framework; Life cycle assessment; Unit production cost

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PELLETIZING; ROTATION; TIMBER; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ABATEMENT COSTS; BIOENERGY PRODUCTS; GHG INTENSITY; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); UNIT PRODUCTION COST;

LIFE CYCLE;

ABATEMENT COST; AFFORESTATION; BIOENERGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION COST; REFORESTATION; WOOD;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS ELLIOTTII;

EID: 84938967419     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12199     Document Type: Article

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