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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Khanna, Madhu. (Editor), Scheffran, J<U+00fc>rgen. (Editor), Zilberman, David. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
Series:Natural Resource Management and Policy ; 33
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0369-3
Table of Contents:
  • The Economics Of Bioenergy: Introduction And Overview
  • Perennial Grass As Second-Generation Sustainable Feedstocks Without Conflict With Food Production
  • Present and Future Possibilities for Deconstruction and Utilization of Lignocellulosic Biomass.-Biofuels in the Context of Renewable Energy
  • The Welfare Economics of Biofuel Tax Credits and Mandates
  • Market and Social Welfare Effects of the Renewable Fuels Standard
  • Welfare and Equity Implications of Biofuel<U+0019>s Emergence
  • The Political Economy of Bioenergy: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why
  • Prospects for Ethanol and Biodiesel, 2008 to 2017 and Impacts on Agriculture and Food
  • Demand Behavior and Commodity Price Volatility under Evolving Biofuel Markets and Policies
  • Biofuels, Policy Options, and Their Implications: Analyses Using Partial and General Equilibrium Approaches
  • Meeting Biofuel Targets: Implications for Land Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Nitrogen Use in Illinois
  • The Economics of Trade, Biofuel, and the Environment
  • Modeling Different Land Qualities in the Production of Food and Clean Energy
  • The Global Bioenergy Expansion: How Large Are the Food-Fuel Tradeoffs?- Policy, Trade and Biofuels in Importing Regions
  • Biofuels and Agricultural Growth: Challenges for Developing Agricultural Economies and Opportunities for Investment
  • European Union Biofuel Policy: Are We Heading in the Right Direction?- Incorporating price responsiveness into environmental lifecycle assessment
  • US-Brazil Trade in Biofuels: Determinants, Constraints and Implications for Trade Policy
  • Corn Stover Harvesting: Potential Supply and Water Quality Implications
  • Can Biofuels be Used to Harvest the Greenhouse: An Economic Investigation of Biofuels and Climate Change
  • Biofuel Infrastructure and Life Cycle.