Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy

Concerns about energy security, uncertainty about oil prices, declining oil reserves, and global climate change are fueling a shift towards bioenergy as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Public policies and private investments around the globe are aiming to increase local capacity to produce...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Khanna, Madhu (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Scheffran, Jürgen (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Zilberman, David (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
Σειρά:Natural Resource Management and Policy ; 33
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Bioenergy Economics and Policy: Introduction and Overview
  • Are Biofuels the Best Use of Sunlight?
  • Perennial Grasses as Second-Generation Sustainable Feedstocks Without Conflict with Food Production
  • Present and Future Possibilities for the Deconstruction and Utilization of Lignocellulosic Biomass
  • Interactions Between Biofuels, Agricultural Markets and Trade
  • Price Transmission in the US Ethanol Market
  • Biofuels and Agricultural Growth: Challenges for Developing Agricultural Economies and Opportunities for Investment
  • Prospects for Ethanol and Biodiesel, 2008 to 2017 and Impacts on Agriculture and Food
  • The Global Bioenergy Expansion: How Large Are the Food?Fuel Trade-Offs?
  • Demand Behavior and Commodity Price Volatility Under Evolving Biofuel Markets and Policies
  • Designing the Infrastructure for Biofuels
  • Optimizing the Biofuels Infrastructure: Transportation Networks and Biorefinery Locations in Illinois
  • The Capital Efficiency Challenge of Bioenergy Models: The Case of Flex Mills in Brazil
  • Environmental Effects of Biofuels and Biofuel Policies
  • Could Bioenergy Be Used to Harvest the Greenhouse: An Economic Investigation of Bioenergy and Climate Change?
  • A Simple Framework for Regulation of Biofuels
  • Market and Social Welfare Effects of the Renewable Fuels Standard
  • US–Brazil Trade in Biofuels: Determinants, Constraints, and Implications for Trade Policy
  • Food and Biofuel in a Global Environment
  • Meeting Biofuels Targets: Implications for Land Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Nitrogen Use in Illinois
  • Corn Stover Harvesting: Potential Supply and Water Quality Implications
  • Economic Effects of Bioenergy Policies
  • International Trade Patterns and Policy for Ethanol in the United States
  • The Welfare Economics of Biofuel Tax Credits and Mandates
  • Biofuels, Policy Options, and Their Implications: Analyses Using Partial and General Equilibrium Approaches
  • Welfare and Equity Implications of Commercial Biofuel
  • European Biofuel Policy: How Far Will Public Support Go?
  • Conclusions.