Life cycle assessment of biofuels
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2023
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Eco-friendly, sustainable, renewable energy sources have attracted the attentions in recent years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, environmental pollution, and dependency on irreversible, conventional fossil sources. Biofuels are used commonly for heat energy, electricity, and transportation as a renewable source, whereas there are some limitations to commercial scale production of biofuels such as biomass feedstock selection, production technology, biofuel conversion process and environmental, social, and economic issues for sustainability aspect. To overcome these challenges, life cycle assessment has been applied for evaluating biofuel sustainability. Also, life cycle analysis helps the policymakers to select the most beneficial biofuel for specific usage area. This current chapter aims the requirements of life cycle assessment of biofuels and recent studies focused on life cycle analysis for various biofuel sources. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.