Evaluating the environmental sustainability of energy crops: A life cycle assessment of Spanish rapeseed and Argentinean soybean cultivation

Rapeseed oil is expected to be increasingly used in Spain as raw material to produce biodiesel to the detriment of extra-EU imports of biodiesel mainly based on soybean oil from Argentina. Therefore, the environmental impacts produced throughout the life cycle of energy crops used to produce biodies...

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Main Authors: Francisca Fernández-Tirado, Carlos Parra-López, Mercedes Romero-Gámez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria 2017-04-01
Series:Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
Subjects:
LCA
Online Access:http://revistas.inia.es/index.php/sjar/article/view/9287