Energy Return on Investment (EROI) and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of biofuels in Ecuador

In Ecuador, the net energy contribution of biofuels is unknown or unnoticed. To address this issue, we determined the Energy Return on Investment (EROI) for bioethanol and biodiesel.The selection of raw materials relied on their productive capacity, export and import records, and historical yields....

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Main Authors: Gonzalo Chiriboga, Andrés De La Rosa, Camila Molina, Stefany Velarde, Ghem Carvajal C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020310574