alternative incentive scheme for biodiesel consumption based on a higher price of the fossil fuel substitute. Policy simulations … show that the 10% biodiesel mandate set by the RED would not be achieved even if the fixed taxes on diesel reach the same … level as those on gasoline. Although integrating the rise in oil prices into the fiscal framework improves the biodiesel …

biodiesel produced from Jatropha curcas has gained widespread attention as Jatropha cultivation is claimed to offer green house … whether Jatropha-based biodiesel offers carbon savings depends on the carbon emissions that occur when land use is changed to … can be repaid by replacing fossil fuels with Jatropha-based biodiesel. A repayment time of almost two centuries is found …

, are often used as justifications for a U.S. federal excise tax exemption on biodiesel fuels. However, the possible effect … security benefits, are generally not considered. Taking this price response into account, the optimal U.S biodiesel subsidy is …'s environmental and security benefits. However, further positive environmental and security benefits from the biodiesel tax …

biodiesel. In the case of biodiesel, complement to fossil fuel diesel, India's predominant transport fuel, this target is to be … has been made on the ground. As the result, the deadline for blending target of 20% for biodiesel has been postponed from …'s biodiesel scene and suggests policy remedies. …

This paper presents an assessment of the productive efficiency of an advanced biodiesel plant in Japan using Data …, power consumption, and the truck diesel fuel used for the procurement of waste cooking oil) and output data (biodiesel) of a … biodiesel fuel plant for August 2008–July 2010. The results of this study show that the production activity with the lowest cost …

The entire life cycle of biodiesel produced by microalgal biomasses was evaluated using the method of life cycle …, esterification, biodiesel transportation and biodiesel combustion. The investigation results show that the fossil energy requirement … for the biodiesel production is 0.74MJ/MJ biodiesel, indicating that 1MJ of biodiesel requires an input of 0.74MJ of …

Jatropha, a non-edible oil seed yielding plant has been identified by the Government of India to produce biodiesel … under National Biodiesel Mission. Failure of phase-I of National Biodiesel Mission and likely failure of phase-II requires … Biodiesel Purchase Policy and National Biofuel Policy have failed to yield any visible results. No tangible ground work is …

dependence between crude oil and biodiesel blend prices in Spain. Copula models are used for this purpose. Results suggest that … the practice of blending biodiesel with diesel can protect consumers against extreme crude oil price increases. …

agriculture development, providing an economic alternative to illegal drug production. In this work, the costs of biodiesel … smallholders and commercial producers as raw material provides in biodiesel business in Peru. The scenarios considered have a … economical evaluation software packages provided by Aspen Technology. Total production cost found for oil palm biodiesel …