forest fuel Articles
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Optimisation of renewable forest fuel supply for more sustainable energy production of CHP plant in Finland
In this study, a potential fuel procurement planning model to sustainable energy production problems is considered. In Finland peat is commonly used as a fuel of energy plants. However, it is recently considered as non-renewable fuel. Therefore, we tested the model using Finnish Government’s peat fuel tax policy decisions for sustainable energy production. However, due to the complex nature ...
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Forest fuels reductions and biomass to Energy: Parallel opportunities for public benefit
Larry Mason has investigated the links between forest health problems and biomass to energy. “There are some real disconnects,” he said. Washington’s Inland West is “at a high, unprecedented risk of a catastrophic crown fire,”unless fuel loads are reduced. The rhetorical problem with reducing these fuel loads is that the cost of removing small diameter fuels may exceed their market value. “But ...
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Focus Bioenergy No 4 2004: Energy crops - a resource for development
Agricultural fuels like energy forest, straw fuels, ley crops, oil crops and grain can be used for heat, electricity or transports and may become an important complement to forest fuels in replacing the fossil fuels. Cultivation of Salix is already commercially viable in Sweden. The future for agricultural fuels depends on many factors: how the EU’s common agricultural policy will develop, how ...
By Elmia AB
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Household labour allocation to forest extraction and other activities in areas adjacent to tropical forests: the case of Kakamega forest, Western Kenya
Communities adjacent to forests are faced with a challenge of balancing their labour allocation decisions to the different household activities. This study involves an empirical examination of the determinants of households labour allocation decisions with respect to three different activities identified as important in the study area; agriculture, forest and non-farm. This was done by estimating ...
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Emerging REDD+ programs need additional emphasis on Land Tenure
Since 2009, more than 30 countries have submitted proposals for REDD+ readiness grants to start addressing the social, economic, and institutional factors that contribute to forest loss. Many countries have made encouraging strides in defining their plans to become “ready” for REDD+. Yet, in a new WRI analysis of 32 country proposals, we identify the need for stronger commitments and ...
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