An assessment of thailand's biofuel development

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1577-1597

  Kumar, S ^a   Abdul Salam, P ^a   Shrestha, Pujan ^a   Ackom, Emmanuel Kofi ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biofuel; Ethanol; GHG emissions; Policy; Second generation; Sustainability; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CROP RESIDUE; DIESEL; ENERGY POLICY; ETHANOL; FOOD SECURITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCENTIVE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TAX SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

THAILAND;

EID: 84880340759     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5041577     Document Type: Article

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