Environmental sustainability of biofuels: a review

HK Jeswani, A Chilvers… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biofuels are being promoted as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels as they could help to
reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the related climate change impact from …

Reactor technologies for biodiesel production and processing: A review

M Tabatabaei, M Aghbashlo, M Dehhaghi… - Progress in Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Diesel engines are preferred over spark ignition counterparts for heavy-duty applications
and power generation plants because of their higher efficiency, durability, and productivity …

Trade-off between critical metal requirement and transportation decarbonization in automotive electrification

C Zhang, X Zhao, R Sacchi, F You - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Automotive electrification holds the promise of mitigating transportation-related greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions, yet at the expense of growing demand for critical metals. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative vehicular fuels for environmental decarbonization: A critical review of challenges in using electricity, hydrogen, and biofuels as a sustainable …

BP Sandaka, J Kumar - Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Using vehicles powered by alternative fuels such as electricity, hydrogen, and biofuels have
been envisioned as the ideal way to curb noxious vehicular emissions. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health

S Whitmee, A Haines, C Beyrer, F Boltz, AG Capon… - The lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Far-reaching changes to the structure and function of the Earth's natural
systems represent a growing threat to human health. And yet, global health has mainly …

Sustainability of sugarcane production in Brazil. A review

RO Bordonal, JLN Carvalho, R Lal… - Agronomy for …, 2018 - Springer
Brazil is a major sugarcane producer and its production more than doubled over the last
decades to meet global bioenergy demands for reducing crude oil dependency and …

Macroalgal biorefinery concepts for the circular bioeconomy: A review on biotechnological developments and future perspectives

ET Kostas, JMM Adams, HA Ruiz… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The imminent need for transition to a circular bioeconomy, based on the valorisation of
renewable biomass feedstocks, will ameliorate global challenges induced by climate …

Abandoning the concept of renewable energy

A Harjanne, JM Korhonen - Energy policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Renewable energy is a widely used term that describes certain types of energy production.
In politics, business and academia, renewable energy is often framed as the key solution to …

Biomass-based chemical looping technologies: the good, the bad and the future

X Zhao, H Zhou, VS Sikarwar, M Zhao… - Energy & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomass is a promising renewable energy resource despite its low energy density, high
moisture content and complex ash components. The use of biomass in energy production is …

[PDF][PDF] Agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU)

P Smith, M Bustamante, H Ahammad, H Clark… - Climate change 2014 …, 2014 - orbit.dtu.dk
Executive Summary Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) is unique among
the sectors considered in this volume, since the mitigation potential is derived from both an …