Bioenergy and climate change mitigation: an assessment

F Creutzig, NH Ravindranath, G Berndes… - Gcb …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Bioenergy deployment offers significant potential for climate change mitigation, but also
carries considerable risks. In this review, we bring together perspectives of various …

Characteristics of vegetable oils for use as fuel in stationary diesel engines—Towards specifications for a standard in West Africa

J Blin, C Brunschwig, A Chapuis, O Changotade… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
West African countries are increasingly interested in producing straight vegetable oil (SVO)
for direct use as fuel in diesel engines for stationary applications in the fields of agriculture …

Livelihoods and poverty

L Olsson, M Opondo… - … : Part A: Global …, 2014 - research-repository.uwa.edu.au
Abstract Scope, Delineations, and Definitions: Livelihoods, Poverty, and Inequality
Understanding the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and poverty requires examining …

An overview of life cycle assessment (LCA) and research-based teaching in renewable and sustainable energy education

H Mälkki, K Alanne - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Engineers working as designers, managers and policy-makers play a key role in decision-
making got sustainable energy solutions. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a key decision …

Interrelationships between renewable energy and agricultural economics: An overview

VJPD Martinho - Energy Strategy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The relationship between renewable energy and agricultural economics is an interesting
topic. In fact, the agricultural sector may be a source for renewable energies, such as biofuel …

Bioenergy technologies adoption in Africa: a review of past and current status

SO Dahunsi, OO Fagbiele, EO Yusuf - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the major indicators of social and economic development of a nation is energy. The
global development in energy production has so grown that there are currently less than a …

Biofuels in the long-run global energy supply mix for transportation

GR Timilsina - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Various policy instruments along with increasing oil prices have contributed to a sixfold
increase in global biofuels production over the last decade (2000–2010). This rapid growth …

Biodiesel via supercritical ethanolysis within a global analysis “feedstocks-conversion-engine” for a sustainable fuel alternative

L Coniglio, JAP Coutinho, JY Clavier, F Jolibert… - Progress in Energy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The challenges in reducing the world's dependence on crude oil and the greenhouse gas
accumulation in the atmosphere, while simultaneously improving engine performance …

Greenhouse gas and energy balance of Jatropha biofuel production systems of Burkina Faso

S Baumert, A Khamzina, PLG Vlek - Energy for Sustainable Development, 2018 - Elsevier
Jatropha curcas has been introduced as a low-cost energy crop in Burkina Faso for the
production of straight vegetable oil (SVO) and biodiesel. It is cultivated in different plantation …

Ethyl biodiesel production from non-edible oils of Balanites aegyptiaca, Azadirachta indica, and Jatropha curcas seeds–laboratory scale development

S Nitièma-Yefanova, L Coniglio, R Schneider… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
By starting first at the laboratory scale, optimal operating conditions for the reaction unit
aimed at producing ethyl biodiesels from non-edible vegetable oils (NEVO) were …