TY - BOOK ID - 8060307 TI - Life cycle assessment of renewable energy sources AU - Singh, Anoop AU - Pant, Deepak AU - Olsen, Stig Irving PY - 2013 SN - 18653537 SN - 1447153634 1447153642 PB - London : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Renewable energy sources. KW - Mechanical Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Mechanical Engineering - General KW - Renewable energy sources KW - Renewable natural resources KW - Environmental risk assessment. KW - Environmental aspects. KW - Natural resources, Renewable KW - Renewable resources KW - Resources, Renewable natural KW - Alternate energy sources KW - Alternative energy sources KW - Energy sources, Renewable KW - Sustainable energy sources KW - Economic aspects KW - Energy. KW - Renewable energy resources. KW - Alternate energy sources. KW - Green energy industries. KW - Sustainable development. KW - Renewable and Green Energy. KW - Sustainable Development. KW - Development, Sustainable KW - Ecologically sustainable development KW - Economic development, Sustainable KW - Economic sustainability KW - ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) KW - Smart growth KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable economic development KW - Economic development KW - Green energy industries KW - Energy industries KW - Power resources KW - Agriculture and energy KW - Environmental aspects KW - Risk assessment KW - Precautionary principle KW - Natural resources UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8060307 AB - 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? Life Cycle Assessment of Renewable Energy Sources tries to answer these questions based on the universally adopted method of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). This book introduces the concept and importance of LCA in the framework of renewable energy sources and discusses the key issues in conducting their LCA. This is followed by an in-depth discussion of LCA for some of the most common bioenergy sources such as agricultural production systems for biogas and bioethanol, biogas from grass, biodiesel from palm oil, biodiesel from used cooking oil and animal fat, Jatropha biodiesel, lignocellulosic bioethanol, ethanol from cassava and sugarcane molasses, residential photovoltaic systems, wind energy, microalgal biodiesel, biohydrogen and biomethane. Through real examples, the versatility of LCA is well emphasized. Written by experts all over the globe, the book is a cornucopia of information on LCA of bioenergy systems and provides a platform for stimulation of new ideas and thoughts. The book is targeted at practitioners of LCA and will become a useful tool for researchers working on different aspects of bioenergy. ER -