Environmental, economic and policy aspects of biofuels

Handbook of Sustainable Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 375-392

  Hazell, Peter B R ^a   Evans, Martin ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Agriprojects Consulting Limited   (United Kingdom)

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