Environmental Sustainability of Biofuels: Prospects and Challenges

Environmental Sustainability of Biofuels provides a comprehensive sustainability analysis of biofuels based on life cycle analysis and develops various multi-dimensional decision-making techniques for prioritizing biofuel production technologies. Taking a transversal approach, the book combines life cycle sustainability assessment, life cycle assessment, life cycle costing analysis, social life cycle assessment, sustainability metrics, triple bottom lines, operational research methods, and supply chain designs for investigating the critical factors and critical enablers that influence the sustainable development of biofuel industry. The book will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners seeking to deepen their knowledge of biofuels as an alternative fuel. It equips researchers and policymakers in the energy sector with the scientific methodology and metrics needed to develop strategies for a viable sustainability transition. Provides decision-making and planning tools for the bioenergy sector Focuses on the applied aspects of environmental sustainability, offering a guide to the implementation of standard and new analyses in the commercial sector Gives readers the tools to understand the implications of policy and regulation in different locations rather than providing location-specific information that is quickly out-of-date INDICE: 1. Biofuels in Environmental Security2. Biofuels and sustainable development goals3. Biofuels an option for Agro-waste management4. Biofuels and land use/land cover change nexus5. World biofuel continuum: issues and challenges6. Impacts of the biofuel industry on the environment7. Biofuel production: A viable solution to combat deforestation8. Biofuel production: An initiative of Environmentally Sound Technologies (EST's) or Green technologies9. Impact assessment of Global biofuels regulations & policies on biodiversity 10. Role of nano-additives in biofuel production11. Prospects of R&D in the biofuel sector/industry12. Prospects of cross-sector partnerships in the bioenergy sector: a step towards environmental sustainability13. Biofuel consumption and global climate change: solutions and challenges14. Algae as a feedstock for biofuel production15. Biofuel: A prime eco-innovation for sustainability 16. Biofuel: A unique solution for the future energy crisis17. Genetic Engineering and fifth-generation biofuels18. Biofuels to power the automotive engines19. Indicators for sustainability assessment of biofuels20. Sustainable aviation Biofuels 21. Life cycle sustainability of biofuels

• ISBN: 978-0-323-91159-7
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 390
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés