Sustainable biofuels in the EU: The costs of certification and impacts on new producers

Biofuels

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 595-598

  Pacini, Henrique ^a   Assunção, Lucas ^a  

^a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

biofuels; certification; costs; EU; new producers; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455125970     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.11.138     Document Type: Review

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