Prospect, challenges and opportunities on biofuels in Malaysia

Advances in Biofuels

Volumn 9781461462491, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-14

  Loh, Soh Kheang ^a   Choo, Yuen May ^a  

^a MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biogas; Palm biodiesel; Palm biomass; Palm oil

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; PALM OIL;

COMMERCIALISATION; MALAYSIA; PALM BIODIESELS; PALM BIOMASS; SECOND GENERATION; THIRD GENERATION; UNCERTAINTY;

FOSSIL FUELS;

EID: 84949178719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6249-1_1     Document Type: Chapter

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