Biodiesel from jatropha: Can India meet the 20% blending target?

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1477-1484

  Kumar Biswas, Pradip ^a   Pohit, Sanjib ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a National Council of Applied Economic Research   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biofuel; India

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL TRENDS; GOVERNMENT POLICY; IN-LINE; JATROPHA; LAND UTILIZATION;

BLENDING; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FELT;

BIODIESEL;

BIOFUEL; CULTIVATION; ENERGY POLICY; ETHANOL; POLICY MAKING;

INDIA;

JATROPHA;

EID: 75449098132     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.11.029     Document Type: Article

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