Stagnating liquid biofuel developments in Russia: Present status andfuture perspectives

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3320-3328

  Pristupa, Alexey O ^a   Mol, Arthur P J ^a   Oosterveer, Peter ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Policies; Russia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; BIOMASS RESOURCES; INVESTMENT PROJECTS; LIQUID BIOFUELS; LOCAL DYNAMICS; MARKET OPPORTUNITIES; NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; NON-FOSSIL FUELS; PRESENT STATUS; SECOND GENERATION; TIMBER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURE; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUELS; LIQUIDS;

BIOETHANOL;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOFUEL; DIESEL; ENERGY POLICY; ETHANOL; FUTURE PROSPECT; INVESTMENT;

OMSK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77952402427     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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