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Biomass in Austria: An adventure in pictures
The human-scale, renewable, domestic power systems reviving rural Austrian economies |
David Roberts |
16 Jul 2008 |
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| On a sunny Saturday afternoon in Salzburg, we took a field trip to a few examples of biomass in rural Austria. The country is over 40 percent forested, and over half of the forest is owned by small farmers with less than 40 hectares (just under 100 acres), so the government has put a priority on encouraging biomass use as a substitute for fossil fuels. I ... |
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| Topics: Austria, cogeneration, energy, energy efficiency, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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