Local ownership of ethanol plants: What are the effects on communities?

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1400-1407

  Bain, Carmen ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrofuels; Biofuels; Community; Ethanol; Local ownership

Indexed keywords

AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM; AGROFUELS; BIOREFINERIES; CASE STUDY RESEARCH; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY EFFECTS; DIFFERENT SCALE; ETHANOL INDUSTRY; ETHANOL PLANTS; INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS; LOCAL COMMUNITY; LOCAL OWNERSHIP; LOCAL SCALE; LOCAL TRAPS; NONLOCAL; POSITIVE EFFECTS; RAPID EXPANSION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

INDUSTRY; REGIONAL PLANNING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RURAL AREAS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ETHANOL;

BIOFUEL; ETHANOL; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; OWNERSHIP; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952536722     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.07.031     Document Type: Article

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