Potential leverage points for development of the cellulosic ethanol industry supply chain

Biofuels

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 21-29

  Newes, Emily K ^a   Bush, Brian W ^a   Peck, Corey T ^b   Peterson, Steven O ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Lexidyne LLC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass Scenario Model; Cellulosic; Ethanol; Incentives; Supply chain; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; DECISION MAKING; ETHANOL; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CELLULOSIC; GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE; INCENTIVES; LONG-TERM IMPACTS; MODEL-BASED OPC; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS; SCENARIO MODELING; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84938678179     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17597269.2015.1039452     Document Type: Article

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