Uncertainty management in a macro life cycle assessment of a 2005-2025 European bioenergy policy

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-61

  Dandres, Thomas ^a   Gaudreault, Caroline ^b   Seco, Pablo Tirado ^a   Samson, Réjean ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy policy analysis; Life cycle assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; EUROPEAN BIO-ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN ENERGY POLICY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); POLICY ANALYSIS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899867662     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.04.042     Document Type: Review

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