While photovoltaic (PV) technology is considered a renewable energy source, it nonetheless
has a degree of environmental impact. In order to completely capture the net environmental …

Purpose Bioenergy is increasingly used to help meet greenhouse gas (GHG) and
renewable energy targets. However, bioenergy's sustainability has been questioned …

The contribution of cattle production to climate change is increasingly recognized, and there
is a need to identify those systems minimizing emissions and maximizing carbon (C) sinks …

Iberian pig production has its own quality regulation, which defines different handling and
feeding systems for this breed. These differences influence production costs, market price …

In this chapter, a wide range of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methods, new initiative for
reducing emissions and improving resource efficiency, and Product Environmental Footprint …

LCAs of electric cars and electrolytic hydrogen production are governed by the consumption
of electricity. Therefore, LCA benchmarking is prone to choices on electricity data. There are …

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is one of the most commonly used seasonings in daily life
and food industry. This study provides an initial Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of maize …

Hydropower is among the most widely-adopted renewable energy sources worldwide. Its
development has, however, led to environmental impacts such as carbon emissions and …

Abstract Analysis of agricultural production with life cycle based methodologies is data
demanding. To build comprehensive life cycle inventories, secondary datasets are …

Purpose Large data amounts are required in an LCA, but often, site-specific data are
missing and less representative surrogate data must be used to fill data gaps. No …