Sugar rush: Prospects for a global ethanol market

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6925-6935

  Hira, Anil ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Ethanol; Global market

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL MARKET; INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY; ME-XICO; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED NATIONS;

ECONOMICS; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUELS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SUGARS;

BIOFUELS;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY MARKET; ETHANOL; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SUGAR CANE;

BRAZIL; CHINA; INDIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79953790037     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.05.035     Document Type: Article

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