Benchmarking biofuels—a comparison of technical, economic and environmental indicators

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Müller Langer, Franziska ^a   Majer, Stefan ^a   O’Keeffe, Sinéad ^b  

^a DBFZ DEUTSCHES BIOMASSEFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEMEINNÜTZIGE GMBH   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Conversion technologies; Costs; GHG mitigation

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BIOFUELS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; COSTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; OILS AND FATS;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; GHG MITIGATION; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY; TRAFFIC REDUCTION;

BIOETHANOL;

BENCHMARKING; BIOFUEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GREENHOUSE GAS; INVESTMENT;

EID: 84919933454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13705-014-0020-x     Document Type: Article

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