Sustainability indicators - A review of the literature
Paper in proceeding, 2011

Biomass for energy is an issue that crosses many sectors including climate, energy, land-use, and development policies. A discussion on sustainability indicators covers variables that define the extent to which land- and biomass-based energy can contribute to climate change mitigation; complexities associated with biomass resources; impact indicators of bioenergy performance; policy approaches seeking to facilitate choices of technologies, products, and locations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; environmental impacts of bioenergy systems; the displacement factor; roundtable groups seeking to establish accreditation systems based on indicator systems; Fischer-Tropsch diesel production; and contextual issues and conditions that characterize large-scale biomass energy as an essential part of informed decision making. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 2011 AIChE Spring Meeting & 7th Global Congress on Process Safety (Chicago, IL 3/13-17/2011).

Author

H. Chum

E. Warner

Y. Zhang

G. Heath

M. Mann

A. Goss Eng

Göran Berndes

Chalmers, Energy and Environment, Physical Resource Theory

K. Pingoud

2011 AIChE Spring Meeting and 7th Global Congress on Process Safety, Conference Proceedings. 11AIChE, Chicago, IL, 13 - 17 March 2011

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978-081691067-0 (ISBN)

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Other Environmental Engineering

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10/7/2017