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The impact of the rebound effect of the use of first generation biofuels in the EU on greenhouse gas emissions: A critical review
Smeets, Edward; Tabeau, Andrzej; van Berkum, Siemen; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 38 (2014) C, pp. 393-403
An important objective of the mandated blending of biofuel in conventional gasoline and diesel in the EU is reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. An important assumption thereby is that biofuels replace the production and consumption of oil. However, recent literature challenges this...
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Sustainability issues for promotion of Jatropha biodiesel in Indian scenario: A review
Kumar, Sunil; Chaube, Alok; Jain, Shashi Kumar - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 2, pp. 1089-1098
promotion of Jatropha biodiesel in India. These sustainability issues have been regrouped in four major categories …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 National Biodiesel Mission Phase-I requires critical analysis of all the …
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Dealing with the surplus of glycerol production from biodiesel industry through catalytic upgrading to polyglycerols and other value-added products
Gholami, Zahra; Abdullah, Ahmad Zuhairi; Lee, Keat-Teong - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 39 (2014) C, pp. 327-341
An increase in glycerol production is expected because of the increasing use of fuel additives such as methyl esters. This increase can enhance the importance of glycerol as a cheap raw material for producing value-added products. Future scenarios for worldwide glycerol market will mostly be...
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Integrated biorefineries: CO2 utilization for maximum biomass conversion
Sharifzadeh, Mahdi; Wang, Lei; Shah, Nilay - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 47 (2015) C, pp. 151-161
Biomass-derived fuels can contribute to energy sustainability through diversifying energy supply and mitigating carbon … research explores the economic feasibility and environmental performance of utilizing CO2 from biomass pyrolysis for biodiesel …
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Life cycle assessment of 50MW wind firms and strategies for impact reduction
Rashedi, A.; Sridhar, I.; Tseng, K.J. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 21 (2013) C, pp. 89-101
The world today is continuously striving toward a carbon neutral clean energy technology. Hence, renewable wind power systems are increasingly receiving the attention of mankind. Energy production with structurally more promising and economically more competitive design is no more the sole...
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Implications of energy policy on a product system's dynamic life-cycle environmental impact: Survey and model
Choi, Jun-Ki; Friley, Paul; Alfstad, Thomas - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 7, pp. 4744-4752
Successfully developing and manufacturing industrial products requires considering the economic- and environmental-factors that span multiple spatial- and temporal-scales. Here, we propose an integrated approach combining an energy-economic model with a life-cycle assessment to analyze the...
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Life-cycle assessment of a photovoltaic system in Catalonia (Spain)
Sumper, Andreas; Robledo-García, Mercedes; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15 (2011) 8, pp. 3888-3896
The life-cycle analysis (LCA) of photovoltaic (PV) systems is an important tool to quantify the potential environmental advantage of using solar technologies versus more traditional technologies, especially the ones relying on non-renewable fossil fuel sources.
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Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of photovoltaic panels: A review
Gerbinet, Saïcha; Belboom, Sandra; Léonard, Angélique - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 38 (2014) C, pp. 747-753
The environmental impact of photovoltaic panels (PVs) is an extensively studied topic, generally assessed using the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) methodology. Due to this large amount of papers, a review seems necessary to have a clear view of the work already done and what is still to be done.
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State of the art of biofuels from pure plant oil
Russo, D.; Dassisti, M.; Lawlor, V.; Olabi, A.G. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 6, pp. 4056-4070
The pollution caused by fuel combustion either for mechanical or electrical energy generation purposes is nowadays one of the most important environmental issues. It has been proven that combustion emissions, particularly those from cars and trucks, are linked with severe damages to the...
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Sustainability-based economic and ecological evaluation of a rural biogas-linked agro-ecosystem
Dai, Jing; Chen, Bin; Hayat, Tasawar; Alsaedi, Ahmed; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 41 (2015) C, pp. 347-355
sustainability problems. In this study we use a typical household biogas system in Gongcheng Autonomous County (Guangxi Province …
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