Lessons from first generation biofuels and implications for the sustainability appraisal of second generation biofuels

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 114-122

  Mohr, Alison ^a   Raman, Sujatha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Sustainability; Whole system

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SEPARATION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES; SECOND GENERATION; SECOND GENERATION (2G); SOCIETAL CONCERNS; SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; WHOLE SYSTEM;

BIOFUELS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; ENERGY POLICY; MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84887162669     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.08.033     Document Type: Article

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