Guidelines for emergy evaluation of first, second and third generation biofuels

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue , 2016, Pages 221-227

  Saladini, Fabrizio ^a   Patrizi, Nicoletta ^a   Pulselli, Federico M ^a   Marchettini, Nadia ^a   Bastianoni, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofuel generation; Biofuels; Biorefinery; Emergy evaluation; Guidelines; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BIOFUEL GENERATION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOREFINERIES; EMERGY EVALUATION; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; GUIDELINE; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SECOND GENERATION; THIRD GENERATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84981166144     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.07.073     Document Type: Review

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