Biofuels under the spotlight: The state of assessment and potential for integration

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 283-293

  Boucher, Philip ^a,b   Smith, Robert ^a   Millar, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Integrated assessment; Technology assessment; Technology policy

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EID: 84902509239     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scu028     Document Type: Article

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