Bioethanol from poplar: A commercially viable alternative to fossil fuel in the European Union

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Littlewood, Jade ^a   Guo, Miao ^a   Boerjan, Wout ^b,c   Murphy, Richard J ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Cellulosic biofuels; European Union; Short rotation coppice poplar; Techno economic

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE TO FOSSIL FUELS; CELLULOSIC BIOFUELS; EUROPEAN UNION; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE; TECHNO-ECONOMICS;

BIOETHANOL;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; COMPETITIVENESS; COPPICE; ETHANOL; EUROPEAN UNION; FOSSIL FUEL; LIGNIN; PHENOTYPE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84904777889     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-7-113     Document Type: Article

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