Potential greenhouse gas benefits of transatlantic wood pellet trade

Power utility companies in the United Kingdom are using imported wood pellets from the southern region of the United States for electricity generation to meet the legally binding mandate of sourcing 15% of the nation’s total energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020. This study ascertains re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Puneet Dwivedi, Madhu Khanna, Robert Bailis, Adrian Ghilardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/2/024007