Analysis of the environmental impact of a biomass plant for the production of bioenergy

Panepinto Deborah, Viggiano Francesca and Genon Giuseppe

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, vol. 51, issue C, 634-647

Abstract: This work analyzed the environmental compatibility of a biomass plant to be constructed to produce both electricity and heat (bioenergy) in a small town in Piedmont (northern Italy). In order to study both the critical local impacts (with specific reference to air quality) and the overall environmental benefit (decrease of GHG generation), we evaluated the emissive flow modifications for the hypothesis of activating the biomass plant in the municipal area, by considering introduced and eliminated pollutant loads. This analysis included a consideration of the non-energy-related emissions (“ground value”) currently operating in the area.

Keywords: Biomass plant; Energy recovery; Environmental impact; Environmental balance; Externalities evaluation; Implementation of a pollutant dispersion model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.06.048

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