Comparative environmental and energy profiles of potential bioenergy production chains in Southern Europe

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-54

  González García, Sara ^a,b   Dias, Ana Cláudia ^a   Clermidy, Sónia ^c,d   Benoist, Antony ^d   Bellon Maurel, Véronique ^c   Gasol, Carles M ^e   Gabarrell, Xavier ^e   Arroja, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UMR ITAP   (France)

^d Centre de Coopération Internationale de Recherche Agronomique Pour le Développement   (France)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eucalypt; Life cycle assessment; Logging residues; Populus spp.; Short rotation coppice; Vineyard pruning residues

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CHAINS; FORESTRY; LIFE CYCLE;

EUCALYPT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LOGGING RESIDUES; POPULUS SPP; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE; VINEYARD PRUNING RESIDUES;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; EUCALYPTUS; EVALUATION; FORESTRY; LIFE CYCLE;

POPULUS; VITACEAE;

EID: 84901842312     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.04.022     Document Type: Article

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