The sea change in US biofuels' funding: from cellulosic ethanol to green gasoline

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 495-504

  Regalbuto, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulosic biofuels; Hydrocarbon biofuels; Inorganic catalysis; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CELLULOSIC BIOFUELS; FEDERAL AGENCY; FEDERAL FUNDINGS; GREEN GASOLINE; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; INORGANIC CATALYSIS; REAL SEA; RENEWABLE FUELS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFUELS; ETHANOL; HYDROCARBONS;

CELLULOSIC ETHANOL;

EID: 80052862747     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.298     Document Type: Article

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