Fossil energy savings and GHG mitigation potentials of ethanol as a gasoline substitute in Thailand

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 5195-5205

  Nguyen, Thu Lan T ^a   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a   Garivait, Savitri ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Energy balance; GHG abatement cost; Molasses based ethanol

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ENERGY; MOLASSES-BASED ETHANOL;

BIOFUELS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ETHANOL FUELS; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MOLASSES;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

ABATEMENT COST; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOGAS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY POLICY; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE GAS; SAVINGS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 34447528729     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.04.038     Document Type: Article

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