A spatially explicit techno-economic model of bioenergy and biofuels production in California

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 715-728

  Tittmann, P W ^a   Parker, N C ^a   Hart, Q J ^a   Jenkins, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass feedstock; Biorefinery; GIS; Linear programming; Supply chain; Techno economic assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY RESOURCE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GIS; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY REFORM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957820603     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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