Global Warming Potential of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Biomass Stored in the Anthroposphere and Used for Bioenergy at End of Life

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-30

  Guest, Geoffrey ^a   Cherubini, Francesco ^a   Strømman, Anders H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biogenic carbon dioxide; Climate credit; Harvested wood products; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BIOMASS; CARBON; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE;

BIO-ENERGY; CLIMATE CREDIT; HARVESTED WOOD PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA);

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOENERGY; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS POWER; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 84874197534     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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