Environmental impacts and risks of the national renewable energy targets

Autor: Laura Sokka, Pekka Leskinen, Taija Sinkko, Anne Holma, Karri Pasanen, Tanja Myllyviita, Kaisa Manninen

Publikováno v: Holma, A, Leskinen, P, Myllyviita, T, Manninen, K, Sokka, L, Sinkko, T & Pasanen, K 2018, ' Environmental impacts and risks of the national renewable energy targets : A review and a qualitative case study from Finland ', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 82, pp. 1433-1441 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.146

The EU is aiming to increase the utilisation of renewable energy to 20% of the total energy consumption by 2020. For Finland, the target is 38%. Renewable energy sources are assumed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions when compared to fossil fuels. Ye

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Is land use impact assessment in LCA applicable for forest biomass value chains? Findings from comparison of use of Scandinavian wood, agro-biomass and peat for energy

Autor: Anne Holma, Sampo Soimakallio, Tuomas Helin

Publikováno v: Helin, T, Holma, A & Soimakallio, S 2014, ' Is land use impact assessment in LCA applicable for forest biomass value chains? Findings from comparison of use of Scandinavian wood, agro-biomass and peat for energy ', International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 770-785 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-014-0706-5

Purpose: A framework for the inclusion of land use impact assessment and a set of land use impact indicators has been recently proposed for life cycle assessment (LCA) and no case studies are available for forest biomass. The proposed methodology is

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Limites actuelles du cadre de l'analyse du cycle de vie pour évaluer la durabilité : cas de deux technologies immatures pour produire des bio-carburants

Autor: Kati Koponen, Laurent Lardon, Pekka Leskinen, Anne Holma, Philippe Roux, Riina Antikainen

Publikováno v: Journal of Cleaner Production
Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsevier, 2013, 54, pp.215-228. ⟨10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.04.032⟩
Holma, A, Koponen, K, Antikainen, R, Lardon, L, Leskinen, P & Roux, P 2013, ' Current limits of life cycle assessment framework in evaluating environmental sustainability : Case of two evolving biofuel technologies ', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 54, pp. 215-228 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.04.032

International audience; The growing need to use biofuel raw materials that do not compete with food and feed have resulted in a growing interest in lignocellulosic materials and microalgae. However, the life cycle environmental benefits of both biofu

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Life-cycle climate impacts of peat fuel: calculation methods and methodological challenges

Autor: Pekka Leskinen, Juha Grönroos, Anne Holma, Antti Kilpeläinen, Jyri Seppälä, Marja Maljanen, Saara E. Lind, Juha-Pekka Tuovinen, Jukka Turunen, Sirkka Koskela, Pertti J. Martikainen

Publikováno v: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 18:567-576

There has been lively debate, especially in Finland and Sweden, on the climate impacts of peat fuel. Previous studies of peat fuel's life-cycle climate impacts were controversial in their interpretation. The aim of this paper is conclusive examinatio

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