Home grown or imported? Biofuels life cycle GHG emissions in electricity generation and transportation

Applied Energy

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-131

  Tokunaga, Kanae ^a   Konan, Denise Eby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Electricity; Energy security; Greenhouse gas emissions; Life cycle assessment; Transportation

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CROPS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRICITY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY SECURITY; FEEDSTOCKS; LIFE CYCLE; PALM OIL; SOYBEAN OIL; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRANSPORTATION;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ISOLATED ISLAND GRIDS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE GHG EMISSIONS; STATIONARY POWER; SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

BIOFUEL; CARBON EMISSION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRANSPORTATION MODE;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

ELAEIS; GLYCINE MAX; JATROPHA;

EID: 84898845609     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.03.026     Document Type: Article

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