sector model EFI-GTM expanded to cover electricity and heat production from wood, coal, natural gas, wind and solar energy …. Analysis shows that with low coal and gas prices, use of wood for energy will be limited to low cost logging residues. With … high coal, and especially natural gas prices, industrial wood also comes to be used for energy. At a carbon price of 100 …

influence the use of wood biomass for energy in the short (2020) to medium (2030) term in the EU (European Union). Analysis … wood and especially industrial wood for energy. However, even with a high 100 €/tCO2 price and subsidy, mostly gas … wood used for energy production, which is sourced from the reduction of 12 million m3 for wood products, 10 million m3 …

Biomass offers an alternative renewable energy source to fossil fuels and can be used to produce energy directly or … some cases, e.g., forests, there is a tension between biomass energy and biomass sequestration of carbon. This paper … focuses on both energy and carbon sequestration issues with a view to a better understanding of the potential role of biomass …

Biomass energy is expected to play a major role in the substitution of renewable energy sources for fossil fuels over … the next several decades. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA 2012) forecasts increases in the share of biomass … Protection Agency (EPA) is considering regulations to be applied to biomass energy carbon emissions. A basic approach for …

With increasing renewable energy targets and the use of biomass for energy production, questions arise about the … production of biofuel can have on the environment, but there has been less consideration of more small scale biomass heating … levels depending on the loading of the boiler. In all cases the energy payback of the systems was under one year, ranging …

With the pervasive use of oil-based energy in the global economy, even the slightest movement in the price of crude oil … reverberates across all economies and businesses. This paper attempts to gauge the importance of the thrust on renewable energy … against the backdrop of the perils of untamed energy (mainly fossil fuel) use. It looks at the strengths and weaknesses of …

renewable sources of energy, biomass and geothermal, are combined to deliver five useful outputs for residential applications …. The energy products from biomass sources are used to drive an organic Rankine cycle and a vapour absorption chiller, and …A renewable energy-based multi-generation system is developed and studied energetically and exergetically. Two …

across african countries is important to understanding the process of economic development. And whereas, energy is linked … with the capacity to perform, the rate at which energy is consumed for the acceleration of the pace of socio …)will be a function of the extent to which its energy(power) resources are developed and utilised. This paper therefore argued …