Scenario analysis of renewable energy businesses: A case study of woody biomass in a Japanese rural community

Proceedings of International Design Conference, DESIGN

Volumn 2014-January, Issue , 2014, Pages 679-688

  Kishita, Y ^a   Nakatsuka, N ^a   Fuchigami, Y ^a   Akamatsu, F ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy business; Renewable energy; Rural community; Scenario analysis; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958051685     PISSN: 18479073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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