Critical review of jatropha biodiesel promotion policies in India

Energy Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 775-781

  Kumar, Sunil ^a   Chaube, Alok ^b   Jain, Shashi Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JABALPUR ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Jatropha; National biofuel policy

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; CRITICAL REVIEW; GOVERNMENT OF INDIA; GROUND WORK; JATROPHA; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; NON-EDIBLE OIL; POLICY FRAMEWORK; PRICING POLICY;

ECONOMICS;

BIODIESEL;

BIOFUEL; ENERGY POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

INDIA;

JATROPHA;

EID: 84855919038     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.044     Document Type: Article

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