Imperial College London
Dr Sara Giarola

DrSaraGiarola

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Honorary Research Fellow
 
 
 
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14-15 Princes GardensSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Panoutsou:2022:10.3390/app12094623,
author = {Panoutsou, C and Giarola, S and Ibrahim, D and Verzandvoort, S and Elbersen, B and Sandford, C and Malins, C and Politi, M and Vourliotakis, G and Zita, VE and Vasary, V and Alexopoulou, E and Salimbeni, A and Chiaramonti, D},
doi = {10.3390/app12094623},
journal = {Applied Sciences-Basel},
title = {Opportunities for low indirect land use biomass for biofuels in Europe},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12094623},
volume = {12},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Sustainable biofuels are an important tool for the decarbonisation of transport. This is especially true in aviation, maritime, and heavy-duty sectors with limited short-term alternatives. Their use by conventional transport fleets requires few changes to the existing infrastructure and engines, and thus their integration can be smooth and relatively rapid. Provision of feedstock should comply with sustainability principles for (i) producing additional biomass without distorting food and feed markets and (ii) addressing challenges for ecosystem services, including biodiversity, and soil quality. This paper performs a meta-analysis of current research for low indirect land use change (ILUC) risk biomass crops for sustainable biofuels that benefited either from improved agricultural practices or from cultivation in unused, abandoned, or severely degraded land. Two categories of biomass crops are considered here: oil and lignocellulosic. The findings confirm that there are significant opportunities to cultivate these crops in European agro-ecological zones with sustainable agronomic practices both in farming land and in land with natural constraints (unused, abandoned, and degraded land). These could produce additional low environmental impact feedstocks for biofuels and deliver economic benefits to farmers
AU  - Panoutsou,C
AU  - Giarola,S
AU  - Ibrahim,D
AU  - Verzandvoort,S
AU  - Elbersen,B
AU  - Sandford,C
AU  - Malins,C
AU  - Politi,M
AU  - Vourliotakis,G
AU  - Zita,VE
AU  - Vasary,V
AU  - Alexopoulou,E
AU  - Salimbeni,A
AU  - Chiaramonti,D
DO  - 10.3390/app12094623
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 2076-3417
TI  - Opportunities for low indirect land use biomass for biofuels in Europe
T2  - Applied Sciences-Basel
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12094623
UR  - https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000794663700001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/9/4623
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/99543
VL  - 12
ER  -
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