Recalculating GHG emissions saving of palm oil biodiesel

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 429-479

  Pehnelt, Gernot ^a,b   Vietze, Christoph ^b,c  

^a Independent Research Institute GlobEcon   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c EconEcolDev   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biofuel; Default values; GHG emissions; Palm oil; Renewable energy directive; Typical values

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; CARBON EMISSION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EUROPE; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84874658011     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-012-9387-z     Document Type: Article

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