Carbon and environmental footprinting of global biofuel production

Applied Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 547-559

  Hammond, Geoffrey P ^a,b   Seth, Shashank M ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Carbon footprints; Environmental footprints; Global biofuel production; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; FOOTPRINTING; GLOBAL HECTARES; GLOBAL PRODUCTION; TRANSPORT COMPONENT; WATER FOOTPRINT;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; OECD; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84884211102     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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