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RINs and the ethanol supply chain: an alternative view
Figer, Luiz - 2011
Biofuels are meant to be an environmental friendly alternative for the use of fossil fuels. Thisidea led to the use of subsidies in order to support their production and use. In the USA, the EPAis in charge of establishing mandates to obligated parties and enforcing compliance....
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Carbon Abatement in the Fuel Market with Biofuels: Implications for Second-Best Policies
Crago, Christine L.; Khanna, Madhu - 2010
A carbon tax would penalize carbon intensive fuels like gasoline and shiftfuel consumption to less carbon intensive alternatives like biofuels. Since biofuelproduction competes for land with agriculture, a carbon tax could raiseland rents, divert land towards fuel production, and raise...
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Welfare impacts of alternative biofuel and energy policies
Cui, Jingbo; Lapan, Harvey E.; Moschini, GianCarlo; … - 2010
We employ an open economy general equilibrium model to investigate the effects of government energy policy, with emphasis on corn-based ethanol, on the U.S. economy. The model specification incorporates world and domestic markets, assumes pollution costs from fuel consumption, and allows...
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The effect of biofuel on the international oil market
Hochman, Gal; Rajagopal, Deepak; Zilberman, David - 2010
This paper derives a method to quantify the short- to medium-run impact of biofuel on fuelmarkets, assuming that these markets are dominated by cartel of oil-rich countries, and that pricesin these countries are set to maximize the sum of domestic consumer and producer surplus, leadingto a wedge...
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ENERGIA RENOVÁVEL: UMA ANÁLISE SOBRE OFERTA E DEMANDA DE ETANOL NO BRASIL
Oliveira, Michelle Pinto; Alencar, Junia Rodrigues De; … - 2008
A grande necessidade de diminuir a dependência em relação ao petróleo devido aos seus preços em constante elevação, a preocupação com o meio ambiente (protocolo de kyoto) e a crescente demanda por carros flex tem colocado o etanol - uma energia totalmente renovável - em papel de...
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Proposed establishment of a Bio-Diesel Production facility (Feasibility)
Garner, Gary O.; Hollingsworth, Peter; Stone, Peter - 2002
material input) biodiesel plant.A plant of this size would provide an annual output (at full production levels) of 59.7m litres … of biodiesel, 6.12m kilograms of crude glycerine, and 1,320 tonnes of fertiliser (potassium sulphate). This would result … in a gross annual sales turnover of $47.443m, with the majority of this income derived from biodiesel fuel ($43.027m …
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The Pattern of Integration between Fossil Fuel and Vegetable Oil Markets: The Case of Biodiesel in Germany
Busse, Stefan; Brummer, Bernhard; Ihle, Rico - 2010
With this paper, we provide the first quantitative investigation of vertical price transmission in the biodiesel supply … chain in Germany with the focus on the developments during the food crisis and the impact of subsidized US biodiesel exports …. With the strong promotion of the production and use of biodiesel during the first half of the past decade, the German …
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DESENVOLVIMENTO TERRITORIAL:PROGRAMA NACIONAL DE PRODUÇÃO E USO DO BIODIESEL X PROJETO MICRODESTILARIAS
Rambo, Anelise Graciele; Filippi, Eduardo Ernesto; … - 2008
O presente artigo estabelece uma discussão a respeito do Programa Nacional de Produção e Uso do Biodiesel (PNPB). Mesmo … Nacional de Produção e Uso do Biodiesel (PNPB). Even acknowledging PNPB merit’s of preservation mechanism of non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446363
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ANÁLISE DA ESTACIONALIDADE DE PREÇOS DA MAMONA NO PARANÁ
Silva, Gerson Henrique Da; Esperancini, Maura Seiko Tsutsui - 2008
Com o aumento de preços e consumo do petróleo, tem-se procurado na biomassa alternativa energética renovável para sua substituição. Dentre as culturas capazes de atender à produção de insumo destinado à obtenção de energia renovável encontra-se a mamona. Objetivou-se, neste...
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ENERGIAS RENOVÁVEIS: FUTURO DO PLANETA E INCLUSÃO SOCIAL
Pacheco, Carlos Thadeu - 2008
brasileiro e mundial poderá dar sustentação a um imenso programa de geração de emprego e renda a partir da produção do biodiesel … para a produção e consumo de biodiesel e derivados de petróleo, que os configuram como trajetórias tecnológicas distintas e … an immense program of generation of job and income from the production of biodiesel.More than what raw material options …
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