Biodiesel development: current status, potential impacts and perspectives

Nongye Gongcheng Xuebao/Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-302

  Wu, Weiguang ^a,b   Qiu, Huanguang ^a   Xu, Zhigang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural products; Biodiesel; Development; Environmental impact; Policy suggestions; Price effects

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL INDUSTRIES; BIODIESEL PRODUCTIONS; CURRENT STATUS; DEVELOPMENT; FEEDSTOCK DEMANDS; FOOD PRICES; FOOD SECURITIES; GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL LEVELS; INCENTIVE POLICIES; JATROPHA; LAND USE CHANGES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OIL CROPS; POLICY SUGGESTIONS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRICE EFFECTS; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; PRODUCTION MODES;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 65449167228     PISSN: 10026819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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