The Fall of Oil Prices and the Effects on Biofuels

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-6

  Reboredo, Fernando H ^a   Lidon, Fernando ^a   Pessoa, Fernanda ^a   Ramalho, José C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Inst Investigação Científica Tropical   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; ETHANOL;

OIL PRICES; PRODUCTION COST; SECOND GENERATION;

COSTS;

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; CARBON; GASOLINE; OIL; CELLULOSE; PETROLEUM;

AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE; COST; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WASTE;

BIOFUELS; CELLULOSE; PETROLEUM;

EID: 84955302281     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.10.002     Document Type: Note

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