Environmental and economic impact of using logging residues as bioenergy: the case of Malaysia

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Environmental and economic impact of using logging residues as bioenergy: the case of Malaysia

The potential use of residues from the logging process was evaluated for electrical energy generation by direct combustion. The findings were based on logging residues accrued from 1990 to 2015 and were enumerated using a 43% residue recovery rate. The available logging residues were insufficient to...

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Main Authors:	Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran, Ramasamy, Geetha, Ioras, Florin, Senin, Abdul Latib
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	North Carolina State University 2017
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61744/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61744/1/Environmental%20and%20economic%20impact%20of%20using%20logging%20residues%20as%20bioenergy.pdf

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