Comparing the social costs of biofuels and fossil fuels: A case study of Vietnam

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 227-238

  Le, Loan T ^a   van Ierland, Ekko C ^a   Zhu, Xueqin ^a   Wesseler, Justus ^b   Ngo, Giang ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Ministry of Industry and Trade   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Cassava based ethanol; Cost effectiveness; Fossil fuels; Jatropha based biodiesel; Social cost; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FOSSIL FUELS; GASOLINE;

CASE-STUDIES; CASSAVA BASED ETHANOL; COST EFFECTIVE; DISCOUNT RATES; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; IS COSTS; JATROPHA-BASED BIODIESELS; SOCIAL COST; VIET NAM;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

BIOFUEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION;

VIET NAM;

EID: 84877832709     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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