Published 1999 | Version v1
Book

Wood as a primal fuel for rural areas of Estonia

  • 1. Estonian Agricultural University, Tartu (Estonia)
  • 2. Tallinn Technical University (Estonia)

Description

About 20% of the population of Estonia has individual heating systems, mainly using domestic fuels such as wood and peat. This cheaper fuel is widely used in rural areas. The first studies of fuel consumption of households were made in Estonia in 1928 and 1934. At present there is a lack of reliable data. In 1995-1998 the authors carried out an investigation to analyze the situation nowadays. The data indicates that some wood used as fuel is not reflected in official statistics. This result means that the actual share of biofuels in the Estonian energy supply is bigger than that shown in official statistics. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Elsevier Science Ltd
Imprint Place
Oxford (United Kingdom)
ISBN
0 08 043019 8
Imprint Title
Biomass. A growth opportunity in green energy and value-added products. V. 2. Proceedings
Imprint Pagination
1783 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 1691-1694

Conference

Title
4. biomass conference of the Americas
Dates
29 Aug - 2 Sep 1999
Place
Oakland, CA (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
31031291
Subject category
S09: BIOMASS FUELS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CONSUMPTION RATES; ESTONIA; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PEAT; RURAL AREAS; STATISTICAL DATA; WOOD FUELS
Descriptors DEC
DATA; EASTERN EUROPE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SOURCES; EUROPE; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; SOLID FUELS

Optional Information

Notes
Imprint:Published in 2 volumes