Mandates, buyouts and fuel-tax rebates: Some economic aspects of biofuel policies using the UK as an example

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1249-1253

  Swinbank, Alan ^a   Tranter, Richard ^a   Jones, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Buyout; Mandate

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BUYOUT; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK; FOOD PRICES; FUEL SUPPLY; MANDATE; TAX REBATES;

BLENDING; FOSSIL FUELS; TAXATION;

BIOFUELS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952071852     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.11.052     Document Type: Article

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