An integrated analysis of production costs and net energy balance of biofuels

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-229

  Randelli, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Energy balance; Multifunctional agriculture; Second generation biofuels

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349500574     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-008-0055-7     Document Type: Article

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