Energy recovery from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste: A real options-based facility assessment

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Ranieri, Luigi ^a   Mossa, Giorgio ^b   Pellegrino, Roberta ^b   Digiesi, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Energy recovery; Real option theory; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOGAS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT; LANDFILL; METROPOLITAN AREA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC MATTER; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BARI [PUGLIA]; ITALY; PUGLIA;

EID: 85041518025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su10020368     Document Type: Article

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