Critical indicators of sustainability for biofuels: An analysis through a life cycle sustainabilty assessment perspective
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2019.109358
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Bioenergy; Biofuels; Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle costing (LCC); Social life cycle assessment (S-LCA); Roundtable on sustainable biomaterials (RSB); Sustainability;All these keywords.
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