Publications related to Indirect land use change impacts of biofuels

Integrated production of urea and nitric acid in the pulp industry: techno-economic and environmental analysis of black liquor gasification-based processes

François Maréchal, Daniel Alexander Florez Orrego, Shivom Sharma, Meire Ellen Gorete Ribeiro Domingos

The pursuit of alternative energy sources for the nitrogen fertilizers sector has recently earned renewed interest due to increasing concerns regarding the world dependence on non-renewable energy resources and also motivated by the more stringent environm ...

2022

A study on synergies of combined pulp and fuel production

François Maréchal, Julia Granacher, Tuong-Van Nguyen, Erina Clare Mcdonald

To limit climate change by reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, a transition away from fossil fuels is required. Biofuels represent a promising low carbon alternative for sectors that are hard to electrify, such as aviation. The integration of bio ref ...

2021

Measured greenhouse gas budgets challenge emission savings from palm-oil biodiesel

Thomas Guillaume

The potential of palm-oil biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared with fossil fuels is increasingly questioned. So far, no measurement-based GHG budgets were available, and plantation age was ignored in Life Cycle Analyses (LCA). Here, w ...

Nature Research2020

Assessing the sustainability of biofuel production from camelina in Spain, results of the ITAKA project - analysis of GHG emissions

Massimiliano Capezzali, Mélanie Guittet

Purpose With the rapid growth and increased consumption of biofuels worldwide, and the multitude of policy decisions supporting this expansion, growing concerns about the biofuels sustainability have arisen. Therefore, the European project ITAKA, aiming at ...

2018

Multi-objective optimization of a sugarcane biorefinery for integrated ethanol and methanol production

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Emanuela Peduzzi, Priscilla Caliandro, Sandro Onorati

The present study evaluates a sugarcane biorefinery producing ethanol through juice fermentation and methanol via gasification of sugarcane lignocellulosic residues and liquid fuel synthesis. Two technologies of gasification named entrained flow and circul ...

2017

Methodology for the design and comparison of optimal production configurations of first and first and second generation ethanol with power

François Maréchal, Rami Bechara, Jean-Marc Schweitzer

This article applies a systematic methodology to the optimization and comparison of two sugarcane conversion processes of great potential: the production of first generation ethanol and electricity in an integrated distillery and cogeneration plant (1G+COG ...

2016

Impact of agricultural-based biofuel production on greenhouse gas emission from land-use change: Key modelling choices

Edgard Gnansounou, Luis Alberto Panichelli

Recent regulations on biofuels require reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions related to feedstock-speciﬁc biofuels. However, the inclusion of GHG emissions from land-use change (LUC) into law and policy remains a subject of active discussio ...

2015

Thermo-Economic Optimisation of Integrated Ethanol and Methanol Production in the Sugarcane Industry

François Maréchal, Emanuela Peduzzi, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Priscilla Caliandro, Sandro Onorati

The present paper evaluated a sugarcane biorefinery producing ethanol, through the conventional process by sugars fermentation and methanol through bagasse and leaves gasification, hot cleaning and synthesis. The sugarcane biorefinery was modelled using fl ...

Aidic Servizi Srl2014

Thermo-Economic Optimization of Integrated First and Second Generation Sugarcane Ethanol Plant

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Victor Codina Gironès, Juliana Queiroz Albarelli

The sugarcane industry has been responsible in some countries for the production of most of the sugar and ethanol available in the world for internal and external markets. In this sector, ethanol can be produced by fermentation of sugars obtained directly ...

2013

Biofuel greenhouse gas calculations under the European Renewable Energy Directive - A comparison of the BioGrace tool vs. the tool of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels

The European Renewable Energy Directive (EU RED) requires biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 35% compared to fossil fuels in order to count towards mandatory biofuel quota or to be eligible for financial support schemes. This reduction ta ...

Elsevier2013

Impact of biofuels production on land-use change and greenhouse gas emissions : methodological framework and system dynamics modeling applied to soybean-based biodiesel production in Argentina

Luis Alberto Panichelli

This research assesses the effect of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission constraints imposed in biofuel importing countries on the export potential of biofuel producing countries. Several countries are promoting the introduction of biofuels on their energy matri ...

EPFL2012

RETRACTED: Cyanobacteria and microalgae: a positive prospect for biofuels

Edgard Gnansounou

Biofuel–bioenergy production has generated intensive interest due to increased concern regarding limited petroleum-based fuel supplies and their contribution to atmospheric CO2 levels. Biofuel research is not just a matter of finding the right type of biom ...

Elsevier2011

Assessing the sustainability of biofuels: A logic-based model

Edgard Gnansounou

Over the last decade, the production and consumption of biofuels increased rapidly worldwide, in an attempt to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, diversify transportation fuels, promote renewable energy, and create or maintain employment, especially in ...

2011

Life Cycle Assessment of Soybean-Based Biodiesel in Argentina for Export

Edgard Gnansounou, Arnaud Dauriat, Luis Alberto Panichelli

Background, aim and scope. Regional specificities are a key factor when analyzing the environmental impact of a biofuel pathway through a life cycle assessment (LCA). Due to different energy mixes, transport distances, agricultural practices and land use c ...

2009

The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels: plant scientist input needed

Sébastien Haye

The Energy Center at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Swiss federal institute of technology) is coordinating a multi-stakeholder effort, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (http://energycenter.epfl.ch/biofuels), to develop global standards ...

Elsevier2009

Life cycle assessment of biofuels: Energy and greenhouse gas balances

Edgard Gnansounou, Arnaud Dauriat, Luis Alberto Panichelli, Juan David Villegas Gomez

The promotion of biofuels as energy for transportation in the industrialized countries is mainly driven by the perspective of oil depletion, the concerns about energy security and global warming. However due to sustainability constraints, biofuels will rep ...

Elsevier2009

Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from indirect land-use change in biofuels production: concepts and exploratory analysis for soybean-based biodiesel production

Edgard Gnansounou, Luis Alberto Panichelli

Due to changes in carbon stock of soil and biomass, indirect land-use change (ILUC) has consequences on green house gas (GHG) balance of a biofuel that are not presently considered in evaluation of environmental merits of biofuels. Significant changes in l ...

National Institute of Science Communication; 1999 / NISCAIR2008

Promoting Bioethanol Production through Clean Development Mechanism: Findings and lessons learnt from ASIATIC project

Edgard Gnansounou, Arnaud Dauriat

Global climate change mitigation policies call for increasing use of biomass fuels as renewable substitutes to fossil energy resources. Quantified targets for biofuels introduction in to the market exist in the United States, the European Union, and a numb ...

2005