Environmental sustainability and economic benefits of dairy farm biogas energy production: A case study in Umbria

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6696-6713

  Torquati, Biancamaria ^a   Venanzi, Sonia ^a   Ciani, Adriano ^a   Diotallevi, Francesco ^a   Tamburi, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agro energetic system; Biogas; Dairy farm; Economic budget; Life cycle assessment (LCA)

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; DAIRY FARMING; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INCENTIVE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MANURE; PROFITABILITY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SEWAGE; SILAGE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

ITALY; UMBRIA;

EID: 84907661910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6106696     Document Type: Article

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