Changes in greenhouse gas balance and resource demand of biogas plants in southern Germany after a period of three years

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 368-375

  Bachmaier, Hans ^a   Effenberger, Mathias ^b   Gronauer, Andreas ^c   Boxberger, Josef ^c  

^a Technology and Support Centre in the Centre of Excellence for Renewable Resources   (Germany)

^b Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

agriculture; Biogas; cumulated energy demand; Germany; greenhouse gas emissions

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENERGY DEMANDS; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE; PRIMARY ENERGIES; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; RESOURCE DEMANDS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

BIOGAS PLANT; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL ENERGY; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANURE; MODEL; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOFUELS; GASES; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84876559960     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X12465460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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