Sustainability assessment of bio-ethanol production in Brazil considering land use change, GHG emissions and socio-economic aspects

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5703-5716

  Walter, Arnaldo ^a,b   Dolzan, Paulo ^a   Quilodrán, Oscar ^a   De Oliveira, Janaína G ^a,c   Da Silva, Cinthia ^a   Piacente, Fabrício ^a   Segerstedt, Anna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^c Shcolar of CNPq ^*  (Brazil)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Ethanol; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANHYDROUS ETHANOL; AVOIDED EMISSIONS; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; CARBON CAPTURE; DIRECT IMPACT; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; GHG EMISSION; LAND-USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PRODUCTION CONDITION; SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

BIOETHANOL; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; ETHANOL; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LAND USE;

BIOFUEL; CARBON EMISSION; CROP PRODUCTION; ENERGY USE; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; PASTURE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 80052744458     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.07.043     Document Type: Article

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