The prospects for willow plantations for wastewater treatment in Sweden
Författare
Summary, in English
The concept of willow vegetation filters for the treatment of nutrient-rich wastewater has the potential to address two of our most serious environmental problems today -water pollution and climate change- in a cost-efficient way. Despite several benefits, including high treatment efficiency, increased biomass yields, improved energy and resource efficiency, and cost savings, willow vegetation filters have so far only been implemented to a limited degree in Sweden. This is due to various kinds of barriers, which may be the result of current institutional, structural and technical/geographical conditions. This paper discusses the prospects of a more widespread utilisation of willow plantations for wastewater treatment in Sweden, including existing incentives and barriers, based on current knowledge and experience. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2006
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
428-438
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Biomass & Bioenergy
Volym
30
Issue
5
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Energy Systems
Nyckelord
- model
- carbon offset
- energy balance
- vegetation filters
- costs
- the Enkoping
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1873-2909