When considering no man is an island—assessing bioenergy systems in a regional and LCA context: a review

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 885-902

  O’Keeffe, Sinéad ^a   Majer, Stefan ^b   Bezama, Alberto ^a   Thrän, Daniela ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DBFZ DEUTSCHES BIOMASSEFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEMEINNÜTZIGE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; LCA; Regional; Spatial

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84957939744     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-016-1057-1     Document Type: Review

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