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Key variables affecting total GHG emissions and fossil energy used in ethanol production were LUC emissions, crop fertilization rates, the proportion of sugarcane areas that are burned to facilitate harvest, fossil fuels used in the industrial phase, and the method for allocation of emissions to co-products. The lower emissions and higher energy ratios that were observed in the present Brazilian case were mainly due to the lesser amount of fertilizers applied, also were due to the shorter distance of sugarcane transport, and to the smaller proportion of sugarcane areas that were burned to facilitate manual harvest. The resulting modality with the lowest emissions of equivalent carbon dioxide (CO 2e ) was ethanol produced from direct juice and generating surplus electricity with 36.8\u00a0kgCO 2e /GJ ethanol . This was achieved using bagasse as the only fuel source to satisfy industrial phase needs for electricity and steam. Mexican emissions were higher than those calculated for Brazil (27.5\u00a0kgCO 2e /GJ ethanol ) among all modalities. The Mexican modality with the highest ratio of renewable/fossil energy was also ethanol from sugarcane juice generating surplus electricity with 4.8 GJ ethanol /GJ fossil .", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. 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Fuels derived from agricultural crops offer the promise of reducing energy dependence for countries that have traditionally been dependent on imported energy. Nevertheless, it is evident that the potential for biomass production is heavily dependent on the availability of land and water resources. Furthermore, capacity expansion through land conversion is now known to incur a significant carbon debt that may offset any benefits in greenhouse gas reductions arising from the biofuel life cycle. Because of such constraints, there is increasing use of non-local biomass through regional trading. The main challenge in the analysis of such arrangements is that individual geographic regions have their own respective goals. This work presents a multi-region, fuzzy input\u2013output optimization model that reflects production and consumption of bioenergy under land, water and carbon footprint constraints. To offset any local production deficits or surpluses, the model allows for trade to occur among different regions within a defined system; furthermore, importation of additional biofuel from external sources is also allowed. Two illustrative case studies are given to demonstrate the key features of the model.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. 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The first step is the analysis of the biodiesel supply chain in a standard scenario, associated with the most likely production conditions. The second step is the evaluation of the following alternative scenarios related to a production strategy involving low-impact or renewable resources: (1) Addition of livestock manure as organic fertilizer, (2) Use of degraded grassland, (3) Biodiesel transport by rail, and (4) Use of forest residues for industrial steam. The results show that the biodiesel in the standard scenario has less environmental impacts than fossil diesel in 4 of the 13 indicators evaluated. The rapeseed production is the stage with the highest contribution to impacts. The scenario 1 presents the best environmental profile. The scenario 2 reduces the greenhouse gas emissions of biodiesel. The scenarios 3 and 4 moderately improve the profile of the biofuel. The four situations could be implemented in the short term, but should be backed up by economic and social studies.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Industrial ecology", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "7. Clean energy", "6. Clean water", "Rapeseed", "12. Responsible consumption", "Life cycle assessment", "13. Climate action", "11. 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In this study the environmental viability of camelina biodiesel was assessed using life cycle analysis (LCA) methodology. The LCA was conducted using the spreadsheet model dubbed KABAM. KABAM found that camelina grown as a niche filling crop (in rotation with wheat or as a double crop) reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and fossil fuel use by 40\u201360% when compared to petroleum diesel. Furthermore, by avoiding LUC emissions, camelina biodiesel emits fewer GHGs than traditional soybean and canola biodiesel. Finally, a sensitivity analysis concluded that in order to maintain and increase the environmental viability of camelina and other niche filling biofuel crops, researchers and policy makers should focus their efforts on achieving satisfactory yields (1000\u20132000\u00a0kg/ha) while reducing nitrogen fertilizer inputs.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. 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Environmental impacts related to potential future energy systems in Denmark with high shares of wind and biomass energy were evaluated using life-cycle assessment (LCA). Based on the reference year 2008, energy scenarios for 2030 and 2050 were assessed. For 2050 three alternatives for supply of transport fuels were considered: (1) fossil fuels, (2) rapeseed based biodiesel, and (3) Fischer\u2013Tropsch based biodiesel. Overall, the results showed that greenhouse gas emissions per PJ energy supplied could be significantly reduced (from 68 to 17 Gg CO 2 -eq/PJ) by increased use of wind and residual biomass resources as well as by electrifying the transport sector. Energy crops for production of biofuels and the use of these biofuels for heavy terrestrial transportation were responsible for most environmental impacts in the 2050 scenarios, in particular upstream impacts from land use changes (LUCs), fertilizer use and NO  x   emissions from the transport sector were critical. Land occupation (including LUC effects) caused by energy crop production increased to a range of 600\u20132100\u00a0\u00d7\u00a010 6 \u00a0m 2 /PJ depending on the amounts and types of energy crops introduced. Use of fossil diesel in the transport sector appeared to be environmentally preferable over biodiesel for acidification, aquatic eutrophication and land occupation. For global warming, biodiesel production via Fischer\u2013Tropsch was comparable with fossil diesel.", "keywords": ["LCA", "/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land; name=SDG 15 - Life on Land", "02 engineering and technology", "Environmental impacts", "/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production; name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption", "Biomass potential", "/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy; name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy", "13. 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Sustainability", "Energy system analysis", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "Biodiesel", "/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger; name=SDG 2 - Zero Hunger"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.03.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Energy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.03.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.03.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.03.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.04.020", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-05-14", "title": "Biofuel Greenhouse Gas Calculations Under The European Renewable Energy Directive \u2013 A Comparison Of The Biograce Tool Vs. The Tool Of The Roundtable On Sustainable Biofuels", "description": "The European Renewable Energy Directive (EU RED) requires biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 35% compared to fossil fuels in order to count towards mandatory biofuel quota or to be eligible for financial support schemes. This reduction target will rise to 50% in 2017. For biofuel producers this implies that they want or need to calculate their emissions. The purpose of this paper is to compare two calculation tools for economic operators that are on their way to the market: the 'BioGrace tool' and the 'Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) GHG tool' for GHG calculations under the Renewable Energy Directive (both of which are freely available). Greenhouse gas emissions from four production pathways were calculated: ethanol from wheat, ethanol from sugarcane, biodiesel from rapeseed and biodiesel from palm oil. In addition, three land use change (LUC) scenarios were calculated: for expansion of the biofuel cultivation area to grassland and to forest (10-30% canopy cover) and for improvement of agricultural practices. Both tools follow the methodology of the European Renewable Energy Directive and exactly the same input data along the production chain was used. Despite this, the results were significantly different. GHG emissions of the pathway ethanol from wheat were 21% lower when calculated with the BioGrace tool than with the RSB GHG tool. Differences were most pronounced in the cultivation phase with 20% deviation between the tools for biodiesel from palm oil and 35% deviation for ethanol from wheat and sugarcane. In practice this means that an economic operator can enhance the GHG performance of his biofuel by 20-35% by using a different calculation tool without improving the production process. We identified the use of different standard values in the two tools, in particular for the production of N-fertilisers, for chemicals and electricity and one methodological choice regarding the calculation of field N2O emissions as source of these differences. This methodological point is not specified in the Renewable Energy Directive, giving economic operators and tool developers free choice. GHG emissions from land use changes varied by -14% to 49% due to differences in carbon stock data, methodological differences in allocation and a lack of precise land use type definitions. We conclude from the results that there is a need for a deep harmonisation in the calculation process that goes beyond the methodological framework set up in current legislation. These findings are relevant because they show a policy gap, a regulatory gap that needs to be addressed by policy makers in order to guarantee a level playing field on the market and to create an incentive to improve the GHG performance of biofuel production. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.04.020"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Energy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.04.020", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.04.020", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.04.020"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.07.023", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-08-30", "title": "Ghg Emission Performance Of Various Liquid Transportation Biofuels In Finland In Accordance With The Eu Sustainability Criteria", "description": "The European Union (EU) has set a binding greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target for transportation biofuels and other bioliquids. In this study, the GHG emissions of various biofuel chains considered as relevant in large-scale production in Finland were calculated in accordance with the EU sustainability criteria. Special attention was paid to uncertainties and the sensitivities of certain parameters. According to the results, it is impossible in many cases to unambiguously conclude whether or not a biofuel chain passes the emission-saving limit provided by the EU. This may reduce the willingness to invest in biofuel production. Major sources of uncertainties and sensitivities are nitrous oxide emissions from soil and nitrogen fertilisation, emissions of process heat production and soil carbon stock changes in biomass production. Several propositions are made in order to reduce the uncertainty of the results and to make the EU sustainability criteria for biofuels more harmonised and accurate", "keywords": ["330", "greenhouse gas emissions", "Ys", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "kest\u00e4vyyskriteerit", "ep\u00e4varmuus", "7. Clean energy", "biofuels", "12. Responsible consumption", "liikennebiopolttoaineet", "EU sustainability criteria", "kasvihuonekaasup\u00e4\u00e4st\u00f6t", "uncertainly", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "sustainability criteria", "SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy", "transportation biofuels", "biopolttoaineet", "uncertainty", "ta218"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.07.023"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Energy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.07.023", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.07.023", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.07.023"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.09.037", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-11-07", "title": "Land Demand For Ethanol Production", "description": "Abstract   Several key indicators of the sustainability of biofuels are related to the land used to produce the feedstock. Most of the agronomic costs and energy use (fertilizers, herbicides, soil preparation, and harvesting) are more related to the cropped area than to the feedstock quantity produced; this is also the case of soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (CO2 and N2O) and land use change (LUC) impacts, both direct (dLUC) and indirect (iLUC), socio-economic impacts (land tenure, land prices and traditional crop displacement), impacts on biodiversity and on the environment (soil, water and air). Today, biofuels use only a little more than 2% of the world arable land but if their use to displace fossil fuels increases, as indicated by some low carbon scenarios, the land demand for the production of feedstocks could become a constraint to the expansion. It is quite apparent that the biofuel yields, present and future, should be one of the main characteristics to be evaluated in the initial screening process. This work uses the cases of corn and sugarcane ethanol to draw some comparisons on the use of these biofuels to meet the targets of some of the International Energy Agency (IEA) biofuel use scenarios in terms of land demand and also will use some of the most important study results concerning the GHG emission reduction potential, including LUC and iLUC impacts, when meeting the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) of the European Union (EU) and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) of the USA. Some technology improvements will be considered including the integration of first and second generation technologies in the same site processing corn or sugarcane for ethanol.  The results of the simulations indicated that the land demands for the 2030 projected ethanol production in the two alternatives seems not to give reasons for concern on a global scale, but are large enough to produce significant local impacts. The GHG abatement potential is strongly dependent on the biofuel alternative considered.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.09.037"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Energy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.09.037", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.09.037", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.09.037"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.11.002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-12-24", "title": "Trends In Global Warming And Human Health Impacts Related To Brazilian Sugarcane Ethanol Production Considering Black Carbon Emissions", "description": "Abstract   Sugarcane produced in Brazil has several environmental advantages. However, burning residues, which leads to GHG and black carbon (BC) emissions, has been used to facilitate manual harvest. BC emissions have a net warming effect and cause health problems. Mechanized harvest without burning is gradually replacing manually harvested burned sugarcane. Global warming potential (GWP) and human health indicators of sugarcane ethanol production in Brazil, in the pre-mechanization (100% burned), current (\u223c50% burned) and future (100% without burning) scenarios, were calculated. In the past, the GWP of ethanol production was 1.1\u00a0kg\u00a0CO 2 \u00a0eq\u00a0L \u22121  and BC emissions were 32.6\u00a0kg\u00a0CO 2 \u00a0eq\u00a0L \u22121 . The human health impact in disability adjusted life years (DALY) was 3.16E\u221205\u00a0DALY\u00a0L \u22121  ethanol. The current ethanol production process has a GWP 46% smaller, while BC emissions are seven times smaller than before mechanization started. The human health impact is currently 7.72E\u221206\u00a0DALY\u00a0L \u22121 . In the future, with complete mechanization and the integration of first and second generation ethanol, the expected GWP emissions will be 70% smaller, and BC emissions will be 216 times smaller than when all sugarcane was harvested with burning. These results show that ethanol production in Brazil is improving in terms of global warming and human health aspects. Other upstream aspects of ethanol production such as direct and indirect land use change, and downstream impacts such as the emissions of acetaldehydes were not considered in this study, which focused on a major technological shift in residue management in the agricultural phase of sugarcane ethanol production. A broader assessment of the sustainability of ethanol must account for those issues, as well as economic and social aspects. Sugarcane-derived ethanol produced in Brazil has been considered one of the most sustainable biofuels options, but it is essential to identify and promote practices and policies that further improve its production, such as the phase out of pre-harvest sugarcane burning and the increase in ethanol yield per unit of area.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption", "3. Good health"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.11.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Energy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.11.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.11.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.11.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.05.017", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-07-03", "title": "Energy And Climate Benefits Of Bioelectricity From Low-Input Short Rotation Woody Crops On Agricultural Land Over A Two-Year Rotation", "description": "AbstractShort-rotation woody crops (SRWCs) are a promising means to enhance the EU renewable energy sources while mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, there are concerns that the GHG mitigation potential of bioelectricity may be nullified due to GHG emissions from direct land use changes (dLUCs). In order to evaluate quantitatively the GHG mitigation potential of bioelectricity from SRWC we managed an operational SRWC plantation (18.4ha) for bioelectricity production on a former agricultural land without supplemental irrigation or fertilization. We traced back to the primary energy level all farm labor, materials, and fossil fuel inputs to the bioelectricity production. We also sampled soil carbon and monitored fluxes of GHGs between the SRWC plantation and the atmosphere. We found that bioelectricity from SRWCs was energy efficient and yielded 200\u2013227% more energy than required to produce it over a two-year rotation. The associated land requirement was 0.9m2kWhe-1 for the gasification and 1.1m2kWhe-1 for the combustion technology. Converting agricultural land into the SRWC plantation released 2.8 \u00b1 0.2tCO2eha\u22121, which represented \u223c89% of the total GHG emissions (256\u2013272gCO2ekWhe-1) of bioelectricity production. Despite its high share of the total GHG emissions, dLUC did not negate the GHG benefits of bioelectricity. Indeed, the GHG savings of bioelectricity relative to the EU non-renewable grid mix power ranged between 52% and 54%. SRWC on agricultural lands with low soil organic carbon stocks are encouraging prospects for sustainable production of renewable energy with significant climate benefits.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Physics", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Eddy fluxes", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption", "GHG emissions", "Life cycle assessment", "Energy(all)", "13. Climate action", "Direct land use change", "11. 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The materials pelletized were softwood forest residues and a hardwood species which both had been torrefied at 308\u00a0\u00b0C for 9\u00a0min. The torrefied wood chips were milled over a screen size of 6\u00a0mm and the torrefied feedstock moisture content was adjusted to about 9% before pelletizing. Two types of pelletizers were used; one with a stationary ring die and one with a rotating ring die. With a traditional, non-cooled die configuration, the die temperature increased to 75\u201378\u00a0\u00b0C. During temperature increment, pellet production deteriorated and finally ceased at approximately 80\u00a0\u00b0C. This phenomenon was caused by a breakdown of the feed-layer formation between the free rolling rollers and the die. However, continuous production could be sustained when the die was cooled. A new tool was developed based on nozzle injection of water directly onto the feed layer. By this course of action pellet production was sustained at temperatures well above 80\u00a0\u00b0C. This proof-of-concept for a new tool to control sub-process interactions in ring die pelletizing also includes use of low initial moisture content to utilize the flowability of torrefied particulates and, thus, avoid problems connected to feeding, conveying and silo discharging which frequently occurs at higher feedstock moisture contents.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. 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Multiple questions such as where, when, and how bioenergy is deployed have thus not been sufficiently addressed within a single modeling framework. Moreover, techno-economic models that can capture the dependencies of bioenergy supply chain variables among end-use sectors still need to be explored. The present research connects these gaps by presenting the development of a spatio-temporal techno-economic optimization model for cross-sectoral bioenergy policy evaluations under high spatial resolution and long-term temporal resolution. The research recognizes not only the need for energy decarbonization, but also the importance of improving resource efficiency in the palm oil industry, in this case, Malaysia\u2019s palm oil bioenergy industry. The findings highlight the need for multi-sectoral collaboration between the energy sectors to deliver cost-optimal energy decarbonization at the national scale. This is represented by the substitution of up to 30%, 27%, and 12% of the energy demands in the power, heat, and transport sectors with bioenergy, respectively. The conflict between policy targets was also highlighted, namely, that new policies prioritizing bioenergy in the power and transport sectors reduce CO2 more effectively than policies targeting CO2 reduction alone, however, requiring up to 37% more cost in meeting the CO2 reduction commitment. The findings also outline the requirement of co-locating bioenergy production facilities with the existing facilities (e.g., agricultural mills, coal plants) and extending the existing infrastructure network to deliver the bioenergy capacities needed to meet the policy targets.", "keywords": ["690", "550", "9. Industry and infrastructure", "13. Climate action", "8. 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However, concern of environmental and social problems have grown due to increased production of biofuels. Therefore, many initiatives for sustainability criteria have been announced. As a part of the European Union (EU) renewable energy promotion directive (RED), the EU has introduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emission-saving requirements for biofuels along with the first-ever mandate methodology to calculate the GHG emission reduction. As explored in this paper, the RED methodology, based on life-cycle assessment (LCA) approach, excludes many critical issues. These include indirect impacts due to competition for land, biomass and other auxiliary inputs. Also, timing issues, allocation problems, and uncertainty of individual parameters are not yet considered adequately. Moreover, the default values provided in the RED for the GHG balances of biofuels may significantly underestimate their actual impacts. We conclude that the RED methodology cannot ensure the intended GHG emission reductions of biofuels. Instead, a more comprehensive approach is required along with additional data and indicators. Even if it may be very difficult to verify the GHG emission reductions of biofuels in practice, it is necessary to consider the uncertainties more closely, in order to mitigate climate change effectively.", "keywords": ["life-cycle assessment", "criteria", "02 engineering and technology", "sustainability", "16. Peace & justice", "7. Clean energy", "01 natural sciences", "12. Responsible consumption", "greenhouse gas emission", "Biofuel", "13. Climate action", "11. 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Because the production of biomass or biofuels, wherever it takes place, comes along with externalities, positive or negative, the need for biomass and bioenergy sustainability criteria is more than ever felt. Research on sustainability criteria and certification systems has started through several national and international initiatives. Considering the benefits of an increased use of bioenergy but also the urge for limiting potential negative environmental and socio-economic impacts, the aim of these initiatives was to make the first move regarding bioenergy sustainability, while waiting for the European legislation to regulate this crucial issue. Land use changes, whether direct or indirect, are one of the most important consequences of bioenergy production. While direct land use changes are more easily assessed locally, indirect land use changes exceed the company level and need to be considered at a global scale. Methodologies for dealing with direct and indirect land use changes are proposed among others in the European, Dutch, British and German sustainability initiatives. This paper aims at presenting and comparing those four European initiatives, with a focus on their propositions for direct and indirect land use changes assessment. Key issues are discussed and recommendations are made for steps to overcome identified difficulties in accurately assessing the effects of indirect land use change due to bioenergy production.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. 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Life-cycle assessments (LCAs) suggest that the net energy generated during corn-to-biobutanol conversion is 6.53 MJ/L, which is greater than that of the corn-derived bioethanol (0.40 MJ/L). Additionally, replacing corn with lignocellulosic materials in bioethanol production can further increase the net energy to 15.90 MJ/L. Therefore, it was interesting to study the possibility of using domestically produced switchgrass, hybrid poplar, corn stover, and wheat straw as feedstocks to produce liquid biofuels in the US. By sustainable harvest based on current yields, these materials can be converted to 8.27 billion gallons of biobutanol replacing 7.55 billion gallons of gasoline annually. To further expand the scale, significant crop yield increases and appropriate land use changes are considered two major requirements.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Ethanol", "Butanols", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "Lignin", "7. 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This included assessing environmental impacts and land use change emissions (LUC) required to replace used co-substrates for anaerobic digestion. Environmental impact categories considered were climate change, terrestrial acidification, marine and freshwater eutrophication, particulate matter formation, land use, and fossil fuel depletion. Six scenarios were evaluated: mono-digestion of manure, co-digestion with: maize silage, maize silage and glycerin, beet tails, wheat yeast concentrate (WYC), and roadside grass. Mono-digestion reduced most impacts, but represented a limited source for bio-energy. Co-digestion with maize silage, beet tails, and WYC (competing with animal feed), and glycerin increased bio-energy production (up to 568%), but at expense of increasing climate change (through LUC), marine eutrophication, and land use. Co-digestion with wastes or residues like roadside grass gave the best environmental performance.", "keywords": ["2. 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A consequential life cycle assessment (LCA) and an energy analysis of seaweed-based biofuel production were carried out in Nordic conditions to document and improve the sustainability of the process. Two scenarios were analyzed for the brown seaweed (Laminaria digitata), namely, biogas production (scenario 1) and bioethanol+biogas production (scenario 2). Potential environmental impact categories under investigation were Global Warming, Acidification and Terrestrial Eutrophication. The production of seaweed was identified to be the most energy intensive step. Scenario 1 showed better performance compared to scenario 2 for all impact categories, partly because of the energy intensive bioethanol separation process and the consequently lower overall efficiency of the system. For improved environmental performance, focus should be on optimization of seaweed production, bioethanol distillation, and management of digestate on land.", "keywords": ["Denmark", "Methanol", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "Environment", "Eutrophication", "Seaweed", "Global Warming", "Models", " Biological", "7. Clean energy", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "13. Climate action", "Biofuels", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "Computer Simulation", "14. 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Increasing the feed glucose concentration from 11.1 to 41.6\u202fmM decreased the hydrogen yield from 3.6 (\u00b10.1) to 1.4 (\u00b10.1)\u202fmol\u202fH2/mol glucose. The hydrogen production rate concomitantly increased until 27.8\u202fmM of feed glucose but remained unaffected when feed glucose was further raised to 41.6\u202fmM. Increasing the acetic acid concentration from 0 to 240\u202fmM hampered dark fermentation in batch bioassays, diminishing the cumulative hydrogen production by 45% and the hydrogen production rate by 57%, but induced no negative effect during continuous operation. Indeed, throughout the continuous flow operation the process performance improved considerably, as indicated by the 47% increase of hydrogen yield up to 3.1 (\u00b10.1)\u202fmol\u202fH2/mol glucose on day 110 at 27.8\u202fmM feed glucose.", "keywords": ["Thermotoga neapolitana", "Feed concentration", "Glucose", "Fermentation", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "Acetic acid; Continuous-flow dark fermentation; Feed concentration; Hydrogen; Inhibition; Thermotoga neapolitana", "02 engineering and technology", "Acetic acid", "Continuous-flow dark fermentation", "Inhibition", "Acetic Acid", "Hydrogen"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.iris.unina.it/bitstream/11588/726873/1/Resubmission%20to%20BiTe%202018_11_08.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2018.11.040"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Bioresource%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biortech.2018.11.040", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biortech.2018.11.040", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biortech.2018.11.040"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122619", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-12-14", "title": "Reduced chemical kinetics for microscale pyrolysis of softwood and hardwood", "description": "This work studies the chemical kinetics of wood pyrolysis by comparing nine reduced reaction schemes against 22 microscale experiments of softwood and hardwood from the literature. The complexity of reaction schemes ranged from 1 to 12 reactions, with 2 to 7 species. Using multi-objective optimization for isothermal and non-isothermal conditions, the kinetic parameters for each reaction scheme were derived. It was found that the uncertainty of a prediction increases with the number of model parameters, but the accuracy does not always increase with the number of parameters. The appropriate reaction scheme for hardwood is three parallel reactions, as it presents the optimal balance between accuracy and uncertainty. For softwood, a higher complexity could be justified. This work shows the benefits of finding an appropriately complex kinetic scheme by building up complexity from simple schemes.", "keywords": ["570", "Kinetics", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "Wood", "Pyrolysis", "Biotechnology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122619"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Bioresource%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122619", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122619", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122619"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.cageo.2022.105194", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-08-02", "title": "Improving the documentation and findability of data services and repositories: A review of (meta)data management approaches", "description": "This scientific review paper aims at challenging a common point of view on metadata as a necessary evil and<br> something mandatory to the data creating and dataset publishing process. Metadata are instead presented as a crucial element to ensure the findability of data services and repositories. This paper describes a way through four levels of metadata management and publication, from default unstructured data, through schema-based metadata with literal values and/or URIs, towards linked open (meta)data providing explicit linkage between reliable data resources. Such research was conducted within the European Union\u2019s project PoliVisu. Special attention is given to the following: (1) guidance on publication aimed at the broad audience of search engine users and (2) the publication of geo (meta)data not only via standard technologies, such as the OGC Catalogue Service for Web and open data portals, but also through leading search engines (that are Schema.org-based).", "keywords": ["Metadata review", "Open linked data", "Open linked metadata", "Geodata", "Findability", "Search engines", "05 social sciences", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "0509 other social sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2022.105194"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Computers%20%26amp%3B%20Geosciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.cageo.2022.105194", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.cageo.2022.105194", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.cageo.2022.105194"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.10.019", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-01-13", "title": "Soil Organic Carbon Changes In The Cultivation Of Energy Crops: Implications For Ghg Balances And Soil Quality For Use In Lca", "description": "Abstract   The environmental impact of different land-use systems for energy, up to the farm or forest \u201cgate\u201d, has been quantified with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Four representative crops are considered: OilSeed Rape (OSR),  Miscanthus , Short-Rotation Coppice (SRC) willow and forest residues. The focus of the LCA is on changes in Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) but energy use, emissions of GreenHouse Gases (GHGs), acidification and eutrophication are also considered. In addition to providing an indicator of soil quality, changes in SOC are shown to have a dominant effect on total GHG emissions.  Miscanthus  is the best land-use option for GHG emissions and soil quality as it sequesters C at a higher rate than the other crops, but this has to be weighed against other environmental impacts where  Miscanthus  performs worse, such as acidification and eutrophication. OSR shows the worst performance across all categories. Because forest residues are treated as a by-product, their environmental impacts are small in all categories. The analysis highlights the need for detailed site-specific modelling of SOC changes, and for consequential LCAs of the whole fuel cycle including transport and use.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "6. 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Detailed spatial data at county level is used to determine the costs of producing and transporting biomass to power plants in Illinois over a 15-year period. A supply curve for bioenergy is generated at various levels of bioenergy subsidies and the implications of production for farm income and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are analyzed. GHG emissions are estimated using lifecycle analysis and include the soil carbon sequestered by perennial grasses and the carbon emissions displaced by these grasses due to both conversion of land from row crops and co-firing the grasses with coal. We find that the conversion of less than 2% of the cropland to bioenergy crops could produce 5.5% of the electricity generated by coal-fired power plants in Illinois and reduce carbon emissions by 11% over the 15-year period. However, the cost of energy from biomass in Illinois is more than twice as high as that of coal. Costly government subsidies for bioenergy or mandates in the form of Renewable Portfolio Standards would be needed to induce the production and use of bioenergy for electricity generation. Alternatively, a modest price for GHG emissions under a cap-and-trade policy could make bioenergy competitive with coal without imposing a fiscal burden on the government.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Basanta R. Dhungana, Michelle M. Wander, Hayri \u00d6nal, Madhu Khanna,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.11.031"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biomass%20and%20Bioenergy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.11.031", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.11.031", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.11.031"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-01-07", "title": "The Influence Of Organic And Inorganic Fertiliser Application Rates On Uk Biomass Crop Sustainability", "description": "Abstract   Bioenergy and energy crops are an important part of the UK\u2019s renewable energy strategy to reach its greenhouse gas reduction target of 80% by 2050. Ensuring the sustainability of biomass feedstocks requires a greater understanding of all aspects of energy crop production, their ecological impacts and yields. This work compares the life-cycle environmental impact of natural gas and biomass from two energy crop systems grown under typical UK agronomic practice. As reported in previous studies the energy crops provide significant reductions in global warming potential (GWP) compared to natural gas. Compared to no fertiliser application, applying inorganic fertiliser increases the GWP by 2% and applying sewage sludge increases the GWP by a lesser extent. In terms of an equivalent GWP savings per unit area of land, the emissions associated with fertiliser production and application can be offset by a yield increase of", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Life-cycle assessment", "Energy crop", "Sewage", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "01 natural sciences", "12. 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Climate action", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "Biomass", "Fertiliser", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biomass%20and%20Bioenergy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.025", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-01-24", "title": "Is It Environmentally Advantageous To Use Vegetable Oil Directly As Biofuel Instead Of Converting It To Biodiesel?", "description": "Abstract   The oil price instability and the measures taken to reduce the increase in greenhouse gas emissions are the main factors promoting the development and use of environmentally friendly energies. From an energy efficiency point of view, biofuels constitute a renewable energy source and its use helps to reduce energy dependency on fossil fuels. The most used biofuels for transport worldwide are biodiesel (BD) and bioethanol. However, there are other options such as straight vegetable oil (SVO).  SVO can be small-scale produced in local cooperatives through pressing, filtering and conditioning processes which are much simpler than the ones required for BD production. In this study a comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of two biofuels obtained from Spanish rapeseed, namely small-scale SVO and large-scale BD, is performed. The LCA methodology allows the two biofuels\u2019 production and their rate of consumption in a vehicle (a truck) to be compared. In this manner, it is possible to assess which is environmentally advantageous: to use SVO directly as biofuel or to convert it to BD. Moreover, LCA is used in the study to calculate the energy return on investment index (EROI) and an energy conversion ratio to evaluate which biofuel is more energy efficient.  The obtained results show the environmental benefits of using SVO instead of BD by analyzing representative impact categories defined by the CML and EDIP methods. A sensitivity analysis has also been conducted. EROI indexes for SVO and BD production show a clear preference for SVO as compared to BD.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.025"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biomass%20and%20Bioenergy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.025", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.025", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.025"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.01.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-02-03", "title": "Evaluation The Potential Economic Impacts Of Taiwanese Biomass Energy Production", "description": "Abstract   The Taiwanese rice paddy land set-aside program diverts a substantial land area. Given today\u2019s high energy prices and interests in energy security, that set-aside area could be converted to produce bioenergy feedstocks. This study evaluates the economic and environmental impacts of such a policy change using a Taiwanese agricultural sector model. The results show that such a strategy provides increased farm revenue, increased rural employment, increased energy sufficiency and reduced greenhouse gas emissions but also increased government expenditures. These outcomes indicate that the agricultural sector could play a positive role by producing renewable energy.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "8. Economic growth", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Chunto Tso, Ching-Cheng Chang, Bruce A. McCarl, Chi-Chung Chen,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.01.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biomass%20and%20Bioenergy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.01.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.01.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.01.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.08.024", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-10-28", "title": "Greenhouse Gas Balances And Mitigation Costs Of 70 Modern Germany-Focused And 4 Traditional Biomass Pathways Including Land-Use Change Effects", "description": "Abstract   With Germany as the point of energy end-use, 70 current and future modern pathways plus 4 traditional biomass pathways for heat, power and transport have been compiled and examined in one single greenhouse gas (GHG) balancing assessment. This is needed to broaden the narrow focus on biofuels for transport and identify the role of bioenergy in GHG mitigation. Sensitivity analysis for land-use changes and fossil reference systems are included. Co-firing of woody biomass and fermentation of waste biomass are the most cost-efficient and effective biomass applications for GHG emission reduction in modern pathways. Replacing traditional biomass with modern biomass applications offers an underestimated economic potential of GHG emission reduction. The range of maximum CO 2  equivalent GHG reduction potential of bioenergy is identified in a range of 2.5\u201316\u00a0Gt\u00a0a \u22121  in 2050 (5\u201333% of today\u2019s global GHG emissions), and has an economic bioenergy potential of 150\u00a0EJ\u00a0a \u22121 .", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.08.024"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biomass%20and%20Bioenergy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.08.024", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.08.024", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.08.024"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.014", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-11-05", "title": "Life Cycle Assessment Of Different Bioenergy Production Systems Including Perennial And Annual Crops", "description": "Abstract   Energy crops are expected to greatly develop in a very short-term bringing to significant social and environmental benefits. Nevertheless, a significant number of studies report from very positive to negative environmental implications from growing and processing energy crops, thus great uncertainty still remains on this argument. The present study focused on the cradle-to-grave impact assessments of alternative scenarios including annual and perennial energy crops for electricity/heat or first and second generation transport fuels, giving special emphasis to agricultural practices which are frequently surprisingly neglected in Life Cycle Assessment studies despite a not secondary relevance on final outcomes. The results show that cradle-to-farm gate impacts, i.e. including the upstream processes, may account for up to 95% of total impacts, with dominant effects on marine water ecotoxicity. Therefore, by increasing the sustainability of crop management through minimizing agronomic inputs, or with a complementary use of crop resides, can be expected to significantly improve the overall sustainability of bioenergy chains, as well as the competitiveness against fossil counterparts. Once again, perennial crops resulted in substantially higher environmental benefits than annual crops. It is shown that significant amount of emitted CO2 can be avoided through converting arable lands into perennial grasslands. Besides, due to lack of certain data, soil carbon storage was not included in the calculations, while N2O emission was considered as omitted variable bias (1% of N-fertilization). Therefore, especially for perennial grasses, CO2 savings were reasonably higher that those estimated in the present study. For first generation biodiesel, sunflower showed a lower energy-based impacts than rapeseed, while wheat should be preferred over maize for first generation bioethanol given its lower land-based impacts. For second generation biofuels and thermo-chemical energy, switchgrass provided the highest environmental benefits. With regard to bioenergy systems, first generation biodiesel was less impacting than first generation bioethanol; bioelectricity was less impacting than first generation biofuels and second generation bioethanol by thermo-chemical hydrolysis, but highly impacting than Biomass-to-Liquid biodiesel and second generation bioethanol through enzymatic hydrolysis.", "keywords": ["LCA; Bioenergy; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION", "2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. 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Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.014"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biomass%20and%20Bioenergy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.014", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.014", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.014"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.043", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-11-19", "title": "Comparative Life Cycle Assessment Of Improved And Conventional Cultivation Practices For Energy Crops In Japan", "description": "Crop-derived first-generation biofuels are controversial because of their competition with food supplies and the uncertainty regarding their environmental performance. However, they are currently being used in practical applications, particularly because the second and third generation biofuels are not likely to replace them for another few years. In this study, we performed a life cycle assessment of 5 energy crops for bioethanol production in Japan to evaluate the improvements in breeding and cultivation practices. In addition, to determine the possibilities of first-generation biofuels, we analysed the contribution of different components to the crop cultivation system and the potential for improvements by constructing a regionalised database. The results showed that the introduction of yield increases are expected to significantly reduce the values for almost all evaluated environmental impact categories, together with disease-resistant varieties, direct seeding, reduced operations and the increased ratooning of sugarcane, primarily by reducing the input of materials per yield. Moreover, the results demonstrated the significance of combining multiple improvements in breeding and cultivation practices. We observed different relationships among the values between the crops under different impact categories, indicating the importance of a comprehensive assessment. A comparison between petrol and bioethanol showed unfavourable outcomes for bioethanol production and use on the environment, suggesting that further improvements are needed to ensure the potential of bioethanol production in Japan. These improvements will be accomplished by focusing on improvements in the environmental performance of particular factors such as reducing compost-derived ammonia discharge and decreasing nitrogen input through adequate fertilising.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.043"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biomass%20and%20Bioenergy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.043", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.043", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.043"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.12.049", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-03-21", "title": "The Role Of Bioenergy In A Fully Sustainable Global Energy System", "description": "Abstract   We present a detailed analysis of the supply potential and use of biomass in the context of a transition to a fully renewable global energy system by 2050. We investigate bioenergy potential within a framework of technological choices and sustainability criteria, including criteria on land use and food security, agricultural and processing inputs, complementary fellings, residues and waste. This makes our approach more comprehensive, more stringent in the applied sustainability criteria and more detailed on both the supply potential and the demand side use of biomass than that of most other studies.  We find that the potential for sustainable bioenergy from residues and waste, complementary fellings, energy crops and algae oil in 2050 is 340\u00a0EJ\u00a0a \u22121  of primary energy. This potential is then compared to the demand for biomass-based energy in the demand scenario related to this study, the Ecofys Energy Scenario  [1] . This scenario, after applying energy efficiency and non-bioenergy renewable options, requires a significant contribution of bioenergy to meet the remaining energy demand; 185\u00a0EJ\u00a0a \u22121  of the 340\u00a0EJ\u00a0a \u22121  potential supply. For land use for energy crops, we find that a maximum of 2,500,000\u00a0km 2  is needed of a 6,730,000\u00a0km 2  sustainable potential. For greenhouse gas emissions from bioenergy, a 75%\u201385% reduction can be achieved compared to fossil references.  We conclude that bioenergy can meet residual demand in the Ecofys Energy Scenario sustainably with low associated greenhouse gas emissions. It thus contributes to its achievement of a 95% renewable energy system globally by 2050.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. 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This work reviewed seven important European LCA studies in a sensitivity analysis approach in order to get a better understanding of the roots of such a debate for three major biofuels in European production: rape methyl ester and ethanol from wheat and sugar beet. Global trends and variability of energy and GHG balances were depicted and completed with a sensitivity analysis carried out for each methodological and data parameter, which allowed making recommendations on the carrying out of LCA in a policy-making or a biofuels comparison context. Methodological choices, and especially allocation rule, appeared as key elements for results variation with influences on balances up to 149%; system expansion approach was identified as the most relevant rule since it integrates the market potential and the environmental interest of by-products promotion, which was pointed out as a crucial point for biofuels sustainability. The influence of local specificity for cultivation data was evaluated up to 167%, which puts too large geographical coverage in question. Modelling uncertainties due to N2O emissions from soils showed influences from 17 to 46%, which represents a crucial challenge for research and for LCA results accuracy. Approximations evaluation pointed out the need to integrate agricultural machinery into the assessment. Finally, land-use issue revealed its dramatic importance for LCA results and the need to define explicit scenarios for land-use alternatives.", "keywords": ["[SDV.BIO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biotechnology", "330", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24420", "P06 - Sources d'\u00e9nergie renouvelable", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37938", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_890", "\u00e9thanol", "02 engineering and technology", "7. Clean energy", "01 natural sciences", "630", "12. Responsible consumption", "11. 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The joint production of these crops enhances the sustainability of ethanol. The objective of this work was comparing a traditional sugarcane ethanol production system (TSES) with a joint production system (JSEB), in which ethanol and biodiesel are produced at the same biorefinery but only ethanol is traded. The comparison is based on ISO 14.040:2006 and ISO 14044:2006, and appropriate indicators. Production systems in Cerrado (typical savannah), Cerradao (woody savannah) and pastureland ecosystems were considered. Energy and carbon balances, and land use change impacts were evaluated. The joint system includes 100% substitution of biodiesel for diesel, which is all consumed in different cropping stages. Data were collected by direct field observation methods, and questionnaires applied to Brazilian facilities. Three sugarcane mills situated in Sao Paulo State and one palm oil refinery located in Para State were surveyed. The information was supplemented by secondary sources. Results demonstrated that fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions decreased, whereas energy efficiency increased when JSEB was compared to TSES. In comparison with TSES, the energy balance of JSEB was 1.7 greater. In addition, JSEB released 23% fewer GHG emissions than TSES. The ecosystem carbon payback time for Cerrado, Cerradao, and Degraded Grassland of JSEB was respectively 4, 7.7 and \u22127.6 years. These are typical land use types of the Brazilian Cerrado region for which JSEB was conceived.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. 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However, the GHG-intensity of biomass-derived energy is highly dependent on how the biomass is obtained and used. We explore scenario uncertainty in GHG estimates in the Calculating Uncertainty in Biomass Emissions (CUBE) model and find that direct land-use change emissions that result during the biomass production often dominate the total \u201cfarm-to-hopper\u201d GHGs. CUBE represents each land-use change decision as a conversion of land from one of four specified baseline ecosystem to produce one of seven feedstock crops, both distinct by geographic region, and then determines the implied changes in soil organic carbon, root carbon, and above-ground biomass. CUBE therefore synthesizes and organizes the existing literature to represent direct land-use change emissions in a way that can be more readily incorporated into life cycle assessment. Our approach to representing direct land-use change literature has been applied to a specific set of data and offers immediate implications for decisionmakers, but it can also be generalized and replicated in the future, making use of improved scientific data on the magnitude and rates of direct land-use change emissions as it becomes available.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. 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This paper estimated total annual biofuel production potential of 15 million cubic metres from rotation between corn and soybeans on 16.2 million hectares in the Midwest without impact on food production. This study also investigated the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy balance of pennycress-derived Hydroprocessed Renewable Jet (HRJ) fuel and Renewable Diesel (RD). Both system expansion and allocation approaches were applied to distribute environmental impacts among products and co-products along the life cycle of each biofuel. The life cycle GHG emissions (excluding land use change) for RD and HRJ range from 13 to 41\u00a0g\u00a0MJ\u22121 (CO2 eq.) and \u221218 to 45\u00a0g\u00a0MJ\u22121 (CO2 eq.), respectively, depending on how the co-products are credited. The majority of the energy required for each biofuel product is derived from renewable biomass as opposed to non renewable fossil. The fossil energy consumptions are considerably lower than the petroleum fuels. Scenario analyses were also conducted to determine response to model assumptions, including nitrogen fertilizer application rate, nitrogen content in crop residues, and sources of H2. The results show that pennycress derived biofuels could qualify as advanced biofuels and as biomass-based diesel as defined by the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2).", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "01 natural sciences", "12. Responsible consumption", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "David R. Shonnard, Peter B. Johnsen, Jiqing Fan, Tom N. 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The European Union (EU) Renewable Energy Directive's target of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission saving of 60% in comparison to an equivalent fossil-based system by 2020 seems to be very challenging for stand-alone wheat bioethanol system. However, the whole-wheat integrated system, wherein the CHP from the excess straw grown in the same season and from the same land is utilised in the wheat bioethanol plant, can be demonstrated for potential sustainability improvement, achieving 85% emission reduction and 97% CPE saving compared to reference fossil systems. The net bioenergy from this system and from 172,370 ha of grade 3 land is 12.1 PJ y\u22121 providing land to energy yield of 70 GJ ha\u22121 y\u22121. The use of DDGS as an animal feed replacing soy meal incurs environmental emission credit, whilst its use in heat or CHP generation saves CPE. The hot spots in whole system identified under each impact category are as follows: bioethanol plant and wheat cultivation for CPE (50% and 48%), as well as for ARU (46% and 52%). EP and GWP100 are distributed among wheat cultivation (49% and 37%), CHP plant (26% and 30%) and bioethanol plant (25%, and 33%), respectively.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "571", "LCA", "CHP", "Bioethanol", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "Biorefinery", "12. Responsible consumption", "Sustainability", "13. Climate action", "11. 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However, there have been concerns about the potential of biofuel to improve energy efficiency and mitigate climate change. This paper investigates energy efficiency and GHG emission saving of cassava-based ethanol as energy for transportation. Energy and GHG balances are calculated for a functional unit of 1\u00a0km of road transportation using life-cycle assessment and considering effects of land use change (LUC). Based on a case study in Vietnam, the results show that the energy input for and GHG emissions from ethanol production are 0.93\u00a0MJ and 34.95\u00a0g carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule of ethanol respectively. The use of E5 and E10 as a substitute for gasoline results in energy savings, provided that their fuel consumption in terms of liter per kilometer of transportation is not exceeding the consumption of gasoline per kilometer by more than 2.4% and 4.5% respectively. It will reduce GHG emissions, provided that the fuel consumption of E5 and E10 is not exceeding the consumption of gasoline per kilometer by more than 3.8% and 7.8% respectively. The quantitative effects depend on the efficiency in production and on the fuel efficiency of E5 and E10. The variations in results of energy input and GHG emissions in the ethanol production among studies are due to differences in coverage of effects of LUC, CO 2  photosynthesis of cassava, yields of cassava, energy efficiency in farming, and by-product analyses.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "bio-ethanol", "emissions", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "fuel ethanol", "12. Responsible consumption", "thailand", "13. Climate action", "cost", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "china", "performance", "policy"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.011"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biomass%20and%20Bioenergy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.011", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.011", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.011"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-02-19", "title": "Current State And Environmental Impact Assessment For Utilizing Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches For Fuel, Fiber And Fertilizer - A Case Study Of Malaysia", "description": "Abstract   This paper describes the trend of utilizing oil palm residue, i.e. the empty fruit bunches (EFB) left after extraction of the palm oil, using a case study of Malaysia, which is one of the world's major palm oil producers, and discusses the environmental performance of recycling technologies being developed in Malaysia for fuel, fiber, and fertilizer. Seven technologies are analyzed: ethanol production, methane recovery, briquette production, biofuel for combined heat and power (CHP) plants, composting, medium density fiberboard (MDF) production, and pulp and paper production. The life cycle assessment (LCA) method is used to discuss the environmental impacts of these technologies for adding value to this biomass. Sensitivity analyses are conducted to determine the land use effects for the various technologies utilizing EFB and to estimate the energy generation potential of raw EFB in CHP plants and methane production. Among the technologies for energy production, CHP plants have the best performance if the electricity generated is connected to the national grid, with superior benefits in the majority of impact categories compared to briquette, methane, and ethanol production. Overall, we find that methane recovery and composting are more environmentally friendly than other technologies, as measured by reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Pulp and paper, and MDF production are favorable technologies for land use impacts; however, they have intense primary energy requirements, chemical use in the processes, and emissions from their waste treatment systems. Our results provide information for decision makers when planning for sustainable use of oil palm biomass.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. 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We computed the GHG emissions as  E   B  \u00a0=\u00a0(\u22120.034\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.021)\u00a0kg\u00a0CO 2e \u00a0MJ \u22121  (mean\u00a0\u00b1\u00a0SD) and the mitigation factor as  MF   B  \u00a0=\u00a0(0.274\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.021)\u00a0kg\u00a0CO 2e \u00a0MJ \u22121  following a life cycle assessment-based approach. Additionally, avoided nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions due to land use change were considered in the assessment. The most important factor for the overall mitigation variability was the uncertainty of the organic carbon changes in the soil, followed by the variability of yields. The uncertainty of (i) direct N 2 O emissions from the poplar site or (ii) the reference rye site as well as (iii) the uncertainty of heat recovery percentage was of minor importance. Uncertainties in the global warming potentials of nitrous oxide and methane and in the transport distance were found to be irrelevant.  The uncertainty of the GHG mitigation which was associated with this specific electricity generation by poplar wood chips gasification was significantly lower compared to the variability of another common bio-electricity system (biogas). Uncertainty implications seem to be system-specific and therefore should be analysed separately for each bioenergy pathway under consideration.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "12. 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Following analysis from 138 original studies, transitions from arable to short rotation coppice (SRC, poplar or willow) or perennial grasses (mostly Miscanthus or switchgrass) resulted in increased SOC (+5.0\u00a0\u00b1\u00a07.8% and +25.7\u00a0\u00b1\u00a06.7% respectively). Transitions from grassland to SRC were broadly neutral (+3.7\u00a0\u00b1\u00a014.6%), whilst grassland to perennial grass transitions and forest to SRC both showed a decrease in SOC (\u221210.9\u00a0\u00b1\u00a04.3% and \u221211.4\u00a0\u00b1\u00a023.4% respectively). There were insufficient paired data to conduct a strict meta-analysis for GHG emissions but summary figures of general trends in GHGs from 188 original studies revealed increased and decreased soil CO2 emissions following transition from forests and arable to perennial grasses. We demonstrate that significant knowledge gaps exist surrounding the effects of land use change to bioenergy on greenhouse gas balance, particularly for CH4. There is also large uncertainty in quantifying transitions from grasslands and transitions to short rotation forestry. A striking finding of this review is the lack of empirical studies that are available to validate modelled data. Given that models are extensively use in the development of bioenergy LCA and sustainability criteria, this is an area where further long-term data sets are required.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Willow", "Renewable Energy", " Sustainability and the Environment", "LCA", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Forestry", "Miscanthus", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "630", "12. Responsible consumption", "Biofuel", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "Agronomy and Crop Science", "Waste Management and Disposal", "Poplar", "SRC"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/378038/1/1-s2.0-S0961953415001853-main.pdf__tid%253Dae1c90f6-134f-11e5-9791-00000aab0f6c%2526acdnat%253D1434367044_8be90627ca3e084fd6c7146ec3705d66"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.05.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biomass%20and%20Bioenergy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.05.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.05.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.05.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.09.002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-09-17", "title": "Impact of biomass diversity on torrefaction: Study of solid conversion and volatile species formation through an innovative TGA-GC/MS apparatus", "description": "Abstract   The objective of this work is to compare the kinetic behavior of a large set of European biomasses during torrefaction, both in terms of solid transformed and volatile species released, and to determine whether biomass behaviors can be classified according to main biomass families, namely deciduous wood, coniferous wood, agricultural coproducts and herbaceous crops. 14 biomasses representative of European diversity were torrefied in chemical regime following a non-isothermal procedure (200 to\u00a0300\u202f\u00b0C, 3\u202f\u00b0C min-1) in a thermogravimetric analyzer coupled with a gas-chromatograph mass spectrometer through a system of heated storage loops (TGA-GC/MS). Coniferous and deciduous wood were found to have similar behaviors in terms of solid evolution profile and species produced, while being different in terms of kinetics. On the contrary, agricultural biomass appeared to be a highly heterogeneous group where different biomass subtypes should be selected in order to represent the diversity of behaviors during torrefaction. Biomass macromolecular composition, together with the biological origin and the structural matrix of biomass, were shown to be determining factors of biomass behavior in torrefaction.", "keywords": ["Volatile species", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "Solid mass loss", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "333", "Torrefaction", "[CHIM.GENI]Chemical Sciences/Chemical engineering", "TGA-GC/MS", "13. Climate action", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "G\u00e9nie chimique", "[SPI.GPROC]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Chemical and Process Engineering", "Biomass", "G\u00e9nie des proc\u00e9d\u00e9s"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://oatao.univ-toulouse.fr/21060/1/Gonzalez-Martinez_21060.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.09.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biomass%20and%20Bioenergy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.09.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.09.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.09.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.biortech.2010.08.010", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-08-07", "title": "Life Cycle Assessment Of Bioenergy Systems: State Of The Art And Future Challenges", "description": "The use of different input data, functional units, allocation methods, reference systems and other assumptions complicates comparisons of LCA bioenergy studies. In addition, uncertainties and use of specific local factors for indirect effects (like land-use change and N-based soil emissions) may give rise to wide ranges of final results. In order to investigate how these key issues have been addressed so far, this work performs a review of the recent bioenergy LCA literature. The abundance of studies dealing with the different biomass resources, conversion technologies, products and environmental impact categories is summarized and discussed. Afterwards, a qualitative interpretation of the LCA results is depicted, focusing on energy balance, GHG balance and other impact categories. With the exception of a few studies, most LCAs found a significant net reduction in GHG emissions and fossil energy consumption when bioenergy replaces fossil energy.", "keywords": ["Greenhouse Effect", "13. Climate action", "Biofuels", "11. Sustainability", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "Conservation of Energy Resources", "Biomass", "02 engineering and technology", "Carbon Dioxide", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. 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When the target variables are numeric, the task at hand is called multi-target regression (MTR). An example task of this type is the assessment of quality of agricultural waters in Ireland according to three indicators: biological water quality, nitrogen concentration and phosphorus concentration.  Multi-target regression models are typically learnt from labeled training examples, where the values of both the dependent variables (labels) and the independent variables are provided, in a setting known as supervised learning. Many different approaches to supervised multi-target regression have been developed, among which predictive clustering trees and ensembles thereof stand out due to their effectiveness and efficiency. Recently, these approaches have been extended to exploit not only labeled examples, but also unlabeled examples, where only the values of the independent variables are provided, a setting known as semi-supervised learning.  In practice, training data can also contain partially labeled examples, where the values of some of the dependent variables are provided and others are missing (in addition to fully labeled examples where all target values are provided and completely unlabeled examples where no target values are provided). For the task of water quality assessment in Ireland, we encounter this kind of partially labeled data. Existing supervised and semi-supervised MTR approaches typically ignore partially labeled data.  In this paper, we propose the use of semi-supervised predictive clustering trees for MTR that can handle partially labeled examples. We apply these to the task of assessment of water quality in Ireland, showing that better performance can be achieved if partially labeled examples are exploited, rather than discarded. We build both local models (collections of single-target models predicting each target separately) and global models (multi-target models simultaneously predicting all targets), showing that global models are both smaller and easier to interpret, and also overfit less (and have better performance) as compared to local models.", "keywords": ["0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "02 engineering and technology", "14. Life underwater", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2020.101161"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Informatics", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecoinf.2020.101161", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecoinf.2020.101161", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2020.101161"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.cosust.2013.04.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:15:56Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-03-02", "title": "Energy For Road Passenger Transport And Sustainable Development: Assessing Policies And Goals Interactions", "description": "Development that is sustainable requires an operational, efficient and safe transportation system fueled by clean, low carbon, secure and affordable energy. The energy used in road passenger transport enables social and economic development and is the target of interventions to fight pressing urban environmental problems, energy security concerns and dangerous climate change. This review explores a systematic approach to describe interactions documented in the literature, between policies targeting energy use in road passenger transport to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and sustainable development goals. Essential, uncertain and limited interactions are mapped out as a result, their overview indicates that a full reconciliation between these policies and sustainability goals is not always attainable. The careful alignment and contextual examination of interactions between measures and goals as exemplified in this approach can help inform practical transport energy policy that better match an agenda for sustainable development.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2013.04.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/SSRN%20Electronic%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.cosust.2013.04.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.cosust.2013.04.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.cosust.2013.04.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.06.021", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-07-28", "title": "Effects Of Boreal Forest Management Practices On The Climate Impact Of Co2 Emissions From Bioenergy", "description": "Abstract   In Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from biomass combustion are traditionally assumed climate neutral if the bioenergy system is CO 2  flux neutral, i.e. the quantity of CO 2  released approximately equals the amount of CO 2  sequestered in biomass. This convention is a plausible assumption for fast growing biomass species, but is inappropriate for slower growing biomass, like forests. In this case, the climate impact from biomass combustion can be potentially underestimated if CO 2  emissions are ignored, or overestimated, if biogenic CO 2  is considered equal to anthropogenic CO 2 . The estimation of the effective climate impact should take into account how the CO 2  fluxes are distributed over time: the emission of CO 2  from bioenergy approximately occurs at a single point in time, while the absorption by the new trees is spread over several decades. Our research target is to include this dynamic time dimension in unit-based impact analysis, using a boreal forest stand as case study. The boreal forest growth is modelled with an appropriate function, and is investigated under different forestry regimes (affecting the growth rate and the year of harvest). Specific atmospheric decay functions for biomass-derived CO 2  are then elaborated for selected combinations of forest management options. The contribution to global warming is finally quantified using the GWP bio  index as climate metric. Results estimates the effects of these practices on the characterization factor used for the global warming potential of CO 2  from bioenergy, and point out the key role played by the selected time horizon.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.06.021"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Modelling", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.06.021", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.06.021", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.06.021"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.egyr.2022.06.076", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-07-07", "title": "Geospatial assessment of elevated agrivoltaics on arable land in Europe to highlight the implications on design, land use and economic level", "description": "Agrivoltaic systems (a combination of agricultural crop production and photovoltaics (PV) on the same land) have an increasing interest. Realizing this upcoming technology raises still many challenges at design, policy and economic level. This study addresses a geospatial methodology to quantify the important design and policy questions across Europe. An elevated agrivoltaic system on arable land is evaluated: three crop light requirements (shade-loving, shade-tolerant and shade-intolerant) are simulated at a spatial resolution of 25 km across the European Union (EU). As a result, this study gives insight into the needed optimal ground coverage ratio (GCR) of the agrivoltaic system for a specific place. Additionally, estimations of the energy production, levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and land equivalent ratio (LER) are performed in comparison with a separated system. The results of the study show that the location-dependent solar insolation and crop shade tolerance have a major influence on the financial competitiveness and usefulness of these systems, where a proper European policy system and implementation strategy is required. Finally, a technical study shows an increase in PV power of 1290 GWp (almost \u00d7 10 of the current EU\u2019s PV capacity) if potato cultivation alone (1% of the total arable agricultural area) is converted into agrivoltaic systems.", "keywords": ["Photovoltaics", "13. Climate action", "EU energy strategy", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Geospatial assessment", "Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "Agrivoltaics", "TK1-9971"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.06.076"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Energy%20Reports", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.egyr.2022.06.076", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.egyr.2022.06.076", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.06.076"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.eiar.2012.01.002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-02-03", "title": "Climate Impacts Of Bioenergy: Inclusion Of Carbon Cycle And Albedo Dynamics In Life Cycle Impact Assessment", "description": "Abstract   Life cycle assessment (LCA) can be an invaluable tool for the structured environmental impact assessment of bioenergy product systems. However, the methodology's static temporal and spatial scope combined with its restriction to emission-based metrics in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) inhibits its effectiveness at assessing climate change impacts that stem from dynamic land surface\u2013atmosphere interactions inherent to all biomass-based product systems. In this paper, we focus on two dynamic issues related to anthropogenic land use that can significantly influence the climate impacts of bioenergy systems: i) temporary changes to the terrestrial carbon cycle; and ii) temporary changes in land surface albedo\u2014and illustrate how they can be integrated within the LCA framework.  In the context of active land use management for bioenergy, we discuss these dynamics and their relevancy and outline the methodological steps that would be required to derive case-specific biogenic CO2 and albedo change characterization factors for inclusion in LCIA. We demonstrate our concepts and metrics with application to a case study of transportation biofuel sourced from managed boreal forest biomass in northern Europe. We derive GWP indices for three land management cases of varying site productivities to illustrate the importance and need to consider case- or region-specific characterization factors for bioenergy product systems. Uncertainties and limitations of the proposed metrics are discussed.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2012.01.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Impact%20Assessment%20Review", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.eiar.2012.01.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.eiar.2012.01.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.eiar.2012.01.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.030", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:16:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-04-12", "title": "Global Land-Use Implications Of First And Second Generation Biofuel Targets", "description": "Recently, an active debate has emerged around greenhouse gas emissions due to indirect land use change (iLUC) of expanding agricultural areas dedicated to biofuel production. In this paper we provide a detailed analysis of the iLUC effect, and further address the issues of deforestation, irrigation water use, and crop price increases due to expanding biofuel acreage. We use GLOBIOM \u2013 an economic partial equilibrium model of the global forest, agriculture, and biomass sectors with a bottom-up representation of agricultural and forestry management practices. The results indicate that second generation biofuel production fed by wood from sustainably managed existing forests would lead to a negative iLUC factor, meaning that overall emissions are 27% lower compared to the \u201cNo biofuel\u201d scenario by 2030. The iLUC factor of first generation biofuels global expansion is generally positive, requiring some 25 years to be paid back by the GHG savings from the substitution of biofuels for conventional fuels. Second generation biofuels perform better also with respect to the other investigated criteria; on the condition that they are not sourced from dedicated plantations directly competing for agricultural land. If so, then efficient first generation systems are preferable. Since no clear technology champion for all situations exists, we would recommend targeting policy instruments directly at the positive and negative effects of biofuel production rather than at the production itself.", "keywords": ["[SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences", "CHANGEMENT D'USAGE DES SOLS", "2. Zero hunger", "[SDV.SA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences", "330", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "BIOFUELS", "MODELLING", "GAZ A EFFET DE SERRE", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "DEFORESTATION", "LAND USE CHANGE"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.030"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Energy%20Policy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.030", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.030", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.030"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.078", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-01T16:16:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-08-13", "title": "Retro-Analysis Of Liquid Bio-Ethanol And Bio-Diesel In New Zealand", "description": "This paper uses a new approach of retro-analysis. Typically policy is informed by forward-looking analysis of potential for alternative energy technologies. But historical knowledge of energy and processing requirements and greenhouse effects is more reliable for engineering evaluation of biofuel production systems. This study calculates energy inputs and greenhouse gas emissions for the most efficient biomass feedstocks in New Zealand if the policy had been implemented to maximize liquid biofuel production in the year 2004/2005. The study uses existing processing technologies and agricultural statistics. Bioethanol production is calculated from putrescible wastes and starch crops, and biodiesel production from rapeseed, tallow, wood and waste paper. Each production system is further evaluated using measures of land use, energy input, crop production related to the energy product, plus relative measures of efficiency and renewability. The research findings are that maximum biofuel production in 2004/2005 would have provided only a few per cent of demand, and would not have reduced dependence on foreign imported oil or exposure to fuel price rise. Finally, we conclude that demand management and efficiency are more effective means of meeting policy objectives.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "670", "330", "ANZSRC::4407 Policy and administration", "02 engineering and technology", "sustainability", "renewable energy", "7. Clean energy", "ANZSRC::3304 Urban and regional planning", "12. Responsible consumption", "ANZSRC::4802 Environmental and resources law", "Field of Research::10 - Technology::1002 - Environmental Biotechnology::100299 - Environmental Biotechnology not elsewhere classified", "13. Climate action", "strategic analysis", "ANZSRC::070108 Sustainable Agricultural Development", "11. 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