Life Cycle Assessment of Renewable Energy Sources

Governments are setting challenging targets to increase the production of energy and transport fuel from sustainable sources. The emphasis is increasingly on renewable sources including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass based biofuel, photovoltaics or energy recovery from waste. What are the environmental consequences of adopting these other sources? How do these various sources compare to each other?

Importance of Life Cycle Assessment of Renewable Energy Sources.- Key Issues in Conducting Life Cycle Assessment of Renewable Energy Sources.- Life Cycle Assessment of Agricultural Production Systems with Main Emphasis in Biogas and Bioethanol Production.- Life Cycle Assessment of Biomethane from Lignocellulosic Biomass.- Life Cycle Assessment of Biodiesel from Palm Oil.- Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Ethanol from Cassava and Sugarcane Molasses in a Life Cycle Perspective.- Comparison of Algal Biodiesel Production Pathways using Life Cycle Assessment Tool.- Sustainability of (H2+CH4) by Anaerobic Digestion via EROI approach and LCA evaluations.- Life cycle assessment of wind energy.- Comparing various indicators for the LCA of residential photovoltaic systems.- Hydropower Life-Cycle Inventories: Methodological Considerations and Results Based on a Brazilian Experience.- Comparison of Various Life Cycle Assessment of Different Renewable Energy Sources.