Understanding the evolution of environmental and energy performance of the US corn ethanol industry: evaluation of selected metrics

L. Chum, Helena; Zhang, Yimin; Hill, Jason; G. Tiffany, Douglas; Vance Morey, R.; Goss Eng, Alison; Ul Haq, Zia

doi:10.1002/bbb.1449

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Understanding the evolution of environmental and energy performance of the US corn ethanol industry: evaluation of selected metrics

Published in Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining • Oct 10, 2013

Authors:

Helena L. Chum

Yimin Zhang

Jason Hill

Abstract

Abstract Throughout the past two decades, numerous studies characterized the greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions and net energy balance of corn ethanol production in the USA . A wide range of reported values resulted from differences in the vintage of the data used to evaluate the ethanol conversion te...

Subject

Greenhouse gas

Life-cycle assessment

Environmental science

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