An agro-industrial model for the optimization of biodiesel production in Spain to meet the European GHG reduction targets

Energy

Volumn 120, Issue , 2017, Pages 619-631

  Escobar, Neus ^a   Manrique de Lara Peñate, Casiano ^b   Sanjuán, Neus ^a   Clemente, Gabriela ^a   Rozakis, Stelios ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biodiesel supply chain; Economic optimization; Greenhouse gases; Land use change; Life cycle assessment; Renewable Energy Directive

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GAS OILS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BIODIESEL SUPPLY CHAINS; ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIOFUEL; DEFORESTATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

SPAIN;

EID: 85007576247     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.11.111     Document Type: Article

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