Environmental sustainability of biofuels: a review

HK Jeswani, A Chilvers… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biofuels are being promoted as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels as they could help to
reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the related climate change impact from …

An assessment on the sustainability of lignocellulosic biomass for biorefining

S Nanda, R Azargohar, AK Dalai, JA Kozinski - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2015 - Elsevier
Biofuels are promoted in a wide-scale as a means of achieving energy security and
reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Biofuels derived from lignocellulosic biomass …

Life cycle evaluation of microalgae biofuels production: Effect of cultivation system on energy, carbon emission and cost balance analysis

YK Dasan, MK Lam, S Yusup, JW Lim… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid depletion of fossil fuels and ever-increasing environmental pollution have forced
humankind to look for a renewable energy source. Microalgae, a renewable biomass …

Energy crops in sustainable phytoremediation

VC Pandey, O Bajpai, N Singh - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation is a holistic approach and can be used in large scale to remediate the
contaminated land resources. Although the concept of phytoremediation is few decades old …

A comprehensive review of life cycle assessment (LCA) of microalgal and lignocellulosic bioenergy products from thermochemical processes

AT Ubando, DRT Rivera, WH Chen, AB Culaba - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Microalgal biomass is a renewable energy source and is considered as a crucial solution in
the increasing energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions. Through various …

Life cycle assessment of lignocellulosic bioethanol: Environmental impacts and energy balance

M Morales, J Quintero, R Conejeros, G Aroca - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2015 - Elsevier
A high number of life cycle assessment of the production of lignocellulosic bioethanol have
been published to evaluate or to demonstrate its environmental benefits, in most of the …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on biomass gasification, co-gasification, and their environmental assessments

S Farzad, MA Mandegari… - Biofuel Research Journal, 2016 - biofueljournal.com
Gasification is an efficient process to obtain valuable products from biomass with several
potential applications, which has received increasing attention over the last decades …

Quantifying environmental performance of biomass energy

GMJ Herbert, AU Krishnan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The world needs an enormous amount of energy to maintain the future economic
developments. India has facile ways to overcome the immediate demand on energy supply …

[HTML][HTML] A review of techno-economic data for road transportation fuels

Z Navas-Anguita, D García-Gusano… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Worldwide, the road transport sector typically arises as one of the main sources of air
pollutants due to its high energy intensity and the use of fossil fuels. Thus, governments and …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing biofuels through the lens of sustainability: A data envelopment analysis approach

R Cabrera-Jiménez, JM Mateo-Sanz, J Gavaldà… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Liquid biofuels can facilitate the transition towards a more sustainable transportation sector
by curbing carbon emissions while maintaining most of the current vehicle fleet. Today, a …