Malaysian biofuels industry experience: A socio-political analysis of the commercial environment

Energy Policy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-100

  Mintz Habib, Nazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuels policy; Jatropha; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; BIOFUELS POLICIES; DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE; JATROPHA; OIL PALM PLANTATIONS; SOCIAL CAPITALS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; FOOD SUPPLY; OILS AND FATS; PALM OIL; PEAT;

BIOFUELS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; ENERGY POLICY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

ELAEIS; JATROPHA;

EID: 84875229076     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.069     Document Type: Article

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