Rapeseed for energy production: Environmental impacts and cultivation methods

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Palmieri, Nadia ^a   Forleo, Maria Bonaventura ^a   Suardi, Alessandro ^b   Coaloa, Domenico ^b   Pari, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural processes; Brassica napus, L.; Italy; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle costing

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COSTS; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MACHINERY; OILSEEDS;

AGRICULTURAL PROCESS; BRASSICA NAPUS; ITALY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE COSTING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BIOENERGY; CANOLA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSTAINABILITY;

ITALY;

EID: 84904563246     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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