Osman et al. (2024): Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of sustainable bioenergy production: a review
Ahmed I. Osman, Bingbing Fang, Yubing Zhang, Yunfei Liu, Jiacheng Yu, Mohamed Farghali, Ahmed K. Rashwan, Zhonghao Chen, Lin Chen, Ikko Ihara, David W. Rooney, Pow-Seng Yap IN: Environmental Chemistry Letters, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-023-01694-z
Life cycle assessments beyond greenhouse gas emissions and energy balance are essential, along with the standardization of assessment methodologies to enable meaningful comparisons. Here, the authors review life cycle assessment, chemical aspects, and policy implication of bioenergy production. They discuss life cycle assessment in terms of concepts, methods, impacts, greenhouse gases, land use, water consumption, bioethanol, biodiesel, biogas, and techno-economic analysis. Chemical aspects comprise reaction processes and means to improve efficiency. Concerning policies, tools, and frameworks that encourage sustainable energy production are presented.