Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Life Cycle Assessments for Wood Energy Services

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 743-763

  Wolf, Christian ^a   Klein, Daniel ^b   Weber Blaschke, Gabriele ^a   Richter, Klaus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Bavarian State Institute of Forestry   (Germany)

Author keywords

biomass; combined heating and power (CHP); energy; harmonization; industrial ecology; life cycle assessment (LCA)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COGENERATION PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; WOOD;

COMBINED HEATING AND POWER; ENERGY; HARMONIZATION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA);

LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYTOMASS; POWER GENERATION; WOOD;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 84939540547     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12321     Document Type: Article

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