Greenhouse gas mitigation potential of electricity from biomass

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 483-490

  Muench, Stefan ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Greenhouse gas (GHG); Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA); Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84953322209     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.08.082     Document Type: Article

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