Life cycle assessment of sugarcane ethanol production in India in comparison to Brazil

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1049-1067

  Tsiropoulos, Ioannis ^a   Faaij, André P C ^a   Seabra, Joaquim E A ^b   Lundquist, Lars ^c   Schenker, Urs ^c   Briois, Jean François ^d   Patel, Martin K ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^d Nestle Water Institute   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brazil; Ethanol; India; Life cycle assessment; Molasses; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SUGARCANE;

EID: 84902650142     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0714-5     Document Type: Article

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