Water and energy consumption of Populus spp. bioenergy systems: A case study in Southern Europe

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1133-1140

  Sevigne, Eva ^a   Gasol, Carles M ^a,b   Brun, Filippo ^c   Rovira, Laura ^d   Pagés, Josep Maria ^d   Camps, Francesc ^d   Rieradevall, Joan ^a,b   Gabarrell, Xavier ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Populus spp.; Water availability; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; WATER RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE TO FOSSIL FUELS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; LARGE SCALE CULTIVATIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); POPULUS SPP; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONSUMPTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 78650063668     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.11.034     Document Type: Review

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