Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing of bioethanol from sugarcane in Brazil

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 1613-1619

  Luo, Lin ^a   van der Voet, Ester ^a   Huppes, Gjalt ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bagasse; Bioethanol; Gasoline; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle costing (LCC); Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTIONS; CO PRODUCTIONS; COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; COST MODELS; CRUDE OIL; DRIVING FORCES; ELECTRICITY GENERATIONS; ETHANOL INDUSTRIES; ETHANOL PRODUCTIONS; FUEL OPTIONS; GASOLINE PRODUCTIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE COSTING (LCC); PRODUCTION COSTS; REAL MARKETS; SUGARCANE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE; BAGASSE; BIOETHANOL; BLENDING; COSTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; GASOLINE; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 64249115238     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2008.09.024     Document Type: Review

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