Opportunity for profitable investments in cellulosic biofuels

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 714-719

  Babcock, Bruce A ^a   Marette, Stéphan ^b   Tréguer, David ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Cellulosic biofuels; Investments; Market conditions

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS CROP; CELLULOSIC BIOFUELS; CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS; EQUIVALENT ENERGY; FEEDSTOCK PRICES; GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES; MARKET CONDITION; MARKET CONDITIONS; PETROLEUM FUELS; PRIVATE INVESTMENT; PRODUCTION COST; RESEARCH EFFORTS; STEEPER SLOPES;

BLENDING; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DROPS; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY;

CELLULOSIC ETHANOL;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; COMMODITY PRICE; COMPETITIVENESS; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; INVESTMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; PROFITABILITY;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650416543     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.10.044     Document Type: Article

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