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During recent years, biomass became an important resource for the production of biofuels, which became an important part of the liquid fuel industry. Several advantages [1] of biofuel production and use as an energy source in various situations are usually indicated.

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Wasiak, A. (2019). Introduction. In: Modeling Energetic Efficiency of Biofuels Production. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98431-5_1

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