Life Cycle Assessment for biodiesel production under Greek climate conditions

The aim of this paper is to understand and to model the environmental performance of biodiesel produced by various Greek raw materials under current conditions. Three energy crops (rapeseed, sunflower and soybean) have been studied, with regard to their levels of biodiesel productivity. Throughout t...

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Published inJournal of cleaner production Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 328 - 335
Main Authors Tsoutsos, Theocharis, Kouloumpis, Victor, Zafiris, Thodoris, Foteinis, Spyros
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2010
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Biodiesel
Biofuels
Environmental impacts
Life Cycle Analysis
EU
WEQ
LCI
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DALY
WHH
Life Cycle Analysis
Environmental impacts
LCA
WR
Biofuels
Biodiesel
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Summary:The aim of this paper is to understand and to model the environmental performance of biodiesel produced by various Greek raw materials under current conditions. Three energy crops (rapeseed, sunflower and soybean) have been studied, with regard to their levels of biodiesel productivity. Throughout the entire process, current Greek climatic conditions and cultivation parameters have been taken into account. At the stage of assessment, we conclude that the environmental impacts per crop area indicate that soybean has the lowest environmental impacts. However, by assessing the results per quantity of produced biodiesel, the crop with the minimum environmental impacts is sunflower. This paper shows that environmental benefits from biodiesel have better results, compared to conventional diesel, thus leading to the conclusion that it is feasible to succeed improved environmental performance.
ISSN:0959-6526
1879-1786
DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.11.002