Sustainability constraints in determining European bioenergy potential: A review of existing studies and steps forward

Ingeborg Kluts, Birka Wicke, Rik Leemans and André Faaij

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017, vol. 69, issue C, 719-734

Abstract: This paper reviews European land and bioenergy potential studies to 1) identify shortcomings related to how they account for agricultural intensification and its associated environmental effects, and sustainability constraints, and 2) provide suggestions on how these shortcomings can be improved in future assessments. The key shortcomings are:

Keywords: Bioenergy; Biomass; Potential; Land use; Europe; Review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.036

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