An integrated life cycle and water footprint assessment of nonfood crops based bioenergy production.

ABSTRACT: Biomass gasification, especially distribution to power generation, is considered as a promising way to tackle global energy and environmental challenges. However, previous researches on integrated analysis of the greenhouse gases (GHG) abatement potentials associated with biomass electrification are sparse and few have taken the freshwater utilization into account within a coherent framework, though both energy and water scarcity are lying in the central concerns in China's environmental policy. This study employs a Life cycle assessment (LCA) model to analyse the actual performance combined with water footprint (WF) assessment methods. The inextricable trade-offs between three representative energy-producing technologies are explored based on three categories of non-food crops (maize, sor

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7887239 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature