Exploring marginal and degraded lands for biomass and bioenergy production: An Indian scenario

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 1537-1551

  Edrisi, Sheikh Adil ^a   Abhilash, P C ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Degraded lands; Marginal lands; Renewable energy; Sustainable utilization

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; DEGRADED LAND; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; INDIAN SCENARIOS; MARGINAL LANDS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION; TOTAL ENERGY;

FOSSIL FUELS;

EID: 84946888168     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.050     Document Type: Review

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