Agricultural crop-based biofuels - Resource efficiency and environmental performance including direct land use changes

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 108-120

  Börjesson, Pl ^a   Tufvesson, Linda M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Direct land use changes; Energy balance; Eutrophication; Greenhouse gas emissions; LCA

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; CALCULATION METHODS; CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS; DIRECT LAND USE CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FOOD CROPS; LAND-USE CHANGE; LCA; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TECHNICAL DESIGN;

BIOFUELS; CROPS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE;

LAND USE;

EID: 78649317688     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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