Straight vegetable oil from Jatropha curcas L. for rural electrification in Mali - A techno-economic assessment

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 298-308

  Bouffaron, Pierrick ^a   Castagno, Florian ^a   Herold, Sylvaine ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy planning; Jatropha curcas L.; Rural electrification; Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO); Techno economic assessment

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DEGREE OF SENSITIVITY; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ELECTRICAL GENERATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FINANCIAL RISKS; FOSSIL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; JATROPHA OIL; LABOUR COSTS; PETROLEUM PRICES; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SEED PROPAGATION; SEED YIELD; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT; VALUE CHAINS;

COMPETITION; COST ACCOUNTING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIESEL ENGINES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EMPLOYMENT; PETROLEUM REFINING; RATING; RURAL AREAS; VEGETABLE OILS; WAGES;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS POWER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVELOPING WORLD; DICOTYLEDON; DIESEL; DIESEL ENGINE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY PLANNING; FOSSIL FUEL; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LABOR MARKET; OIL PRODUCTION; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SEED PROPAGATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; VALUATION; VEGETABLE OIL;

MALI;

JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; MALIA;

EID: 84856209019     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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