Small-scale biodiesel production economics: A case study focus on Crete Island

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-26

  Skarlis, Str ^a   Kondili, E ^a   Kaldellis, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alternative fuels production; Biodiesel feasibility; Biofuels production

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; PRODUCTION FACILITY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SMALL-SCALE PLANTS;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 80054029963     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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