Maturation of biomass-to-biofuels conversion technology pathways for rapid expansion of biofuels production: A system dynamics perspective

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 158-176

  Vimmerstedt, Laura J ^a   Bush, Brian W ^a   Hsu, Dave D ^b   Inman, Daniel ^a   Peterson, Steven O ^c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton LLP   (United States)

^c Lexidyne LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass; Learning; Policy; Renewable fuels standard; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BLENDING; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; ETHANOL; EXPANSION; FEEDSTOCKS; INVESTMENTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; OPERATING COSTS; PUBLIC POLICY; SYSTEM THEORY;

CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS; CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; EFFECTIVENESS METRICS; LEARNING; RENEWABLE FUELS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS SIMULATION; TECHNOLOGICAL LEARNING;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84924811181     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1515     Document Type: Article

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