Energy balances and greenhouse gas emissions of palm oil biodiesel in Indonesia

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-228

  Harsono, Soni Sisbudi ^a,b,c   Prochnow, Annette ^a   Grundmann, Philipp ^a   Hansen, Anja ^a   Hallmann, Claudia ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JEMBER   (Indonesia)

^d Ifu Hamburg GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem carbon payback time; Energy balances; Farming systems; Greenhouse gas emissions; Land use change; Net energy yield; Palm oil biodiesel

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIESEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY BALANCE; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; MILLING (MACHINING); OIL SHALE; PALM OIL; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION;

FARMING SYSTEM; LAND-USE CHANGE; NET ENERGY YIELDS; PALM OIL BIODIESELS; PAYBACK TIME;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 84866507370     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01118.x     Document Type: Article

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