The environmental and economic sustainability of potential bioethanol from willow in the UK

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 9612-9623

  Stephenson, A L ^a   Dupree, P ^a   Scott, S A ^a   Dennis, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Economics; Life cycle assessment; Sustainability; Willow

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; CO-PRODUCTS; COST OF PRODUCTIONS; EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; NATIONAL GRID; PROCESS HEAT; SUSTAINABILITY; WILLOW; WOOD CHIP;

BIOETHANOL; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROLYSIS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

LIFE CYCLE;

ALCOHOL; LIGNIN; SUGAR;

ARABLE LAND; BIOMASS POWER; CARBON EMISSION; COPPICE; DICOTYLEDON; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIGNIN; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY COST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FERMENTATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WILLOW; WOOD CHIP;

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHANOL; FOSSILS; GREAT BRITAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SALIX;

EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMICS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROLYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; SALIX; SUGAR; UNITED KINGDOM; WOOD PRODUCTS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

SALIX;

EID: 77956112946     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.07.104     Document Type: Article

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