Toward a biobased economy: Examples from the UK

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-143

  Jenkins, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioeconomy; Biorefinery; Biorefining; Renewable feedstocks

Indexed keywords

BIOBASED; BIOECONOMY; BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES; BIOPRODUCTS; BIOREFINERIES; BIOREFINERY; BIOREFINERY DEVELOPMENT; BIOREFINING; BIORENEWABLE; BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE; CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC POTENTIALS; FOSSIL RESERVES; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LEADING INDUSTRY; MULTIPLE FUELS; NEW ECONOMY; NEW INDUSTRY; OIL REFINERIES; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; RENEWABLE RAW MATERIALS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROCARBONS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS HANDLING; MINERAL OILS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

FEEDSTOCKS;

EID: 55949087804     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.62     Document Type: Article

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