Cost-effectiveness of bioethanol policies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in Greece

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 306-318

  Rozakis, Stelios ^a   Haque, Md Imdadul ^b   Natsis, Athanasios ^a   Borzecka Walker, Magdalena ^c   Mizak, Katarzyna ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute   (Bangladesh)

^c STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Cost effectiveness; Ethanol; Greenhouse gases; Mathematical programming

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ENERGY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GREECE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84878513492     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0471-2     Document Type: Article

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