The ethanol industry has experienced explosive growth in the past several years due to concerns about oil dependence … and climate change. However, sentiment has begun to shift against corn ethanol due to increasing food costs, dwindling …, ethanol has struggled with its own rising costs of production and market turmoil. This Masters Project assesses the economics …

innovation systems, this study explores the process of innovation of biofuel ethanol in the U.S. and in Brazil. It uses "process … theory" to build a narrative of historical events that represent the innovation trajectory of ethanol biofuel in the U.S. and … users and markets. For example, the automobile sector has been participating actively in the ethanol technological …

century, including the phasing out of lead additives in gasoline, the transition from MTBE to ethanol as the predominant … biofuels mandate is met (i.e., the mix of biofuels), and the status of the ethanol blend limit in the motor gasoline sector …