Assessing viability of bio-ethanol production from sweet sorghum in India

Energy Policy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 501-508

  Basavaraj, G ^a   Parthasarathy Rao, P ^a   Basu, Kaushik ^a   Reddy, Ch Ravinder ^a   Kumar, A Ashok ^a   Srinivasa Rao, P ^a   Reddy, B V S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Bio ethanol; Economic viability; Sweet Sorghum bio ethanol

Indexed keywords

BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; BIO-ETHANOLS; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ECONOMIC VIABILITY ASSESSMENT; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; NET PRESENT VALUE;

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; BIOETHANOL; ETHANOL; SUGAR CANE;

BLENDING;

BIOFUEL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; ETHANOL; SORGHUM;

INDIA;

SACCHARUM;

EID: 84875226619     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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