Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7480490 | Journal of Environmental Management | 2016 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
The choice of displaced marginal technologies has a huge influence on the results, as have the assumptions about the previous uses of the biogas plant inputs. The main finding emerging from this study was that the biogas plant should not use feedstock that is intended for animal feed because their replacement in animal diets involves additional impacts mostly in terms of extra agricultural land. cLCA appears to be a useful instrument for giving decision-makers information on the consequences of introducing new multifunctional systems such as farm-scale biogas plants, provided that the study uses specific local data and identifies displaced reference systems on a case-by-case basis.
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Authors
Florence Van Stappen, Michaƫl Mathot, Virginie Decruyenaere, Astrid Loriers, Alice Delcour, Viviane Planchon, Jean-Pierre Goffart, Didier Stilmant,