Publications by authors named "Cristina De la Rua"
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- The effectiveness of palm-oil biofuels in reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil fuels is being doubted, especially without thorough measurement-based studies.
- The study reveals that young Indonesian oil palm plantations emit more carbon than they absorb, while mature plantations actually help to sequester carbon.
- To lower overall emissions, strategies like extending the plantation cycle and using higher-yielding varieties should be considered, with the best GHG savings expected from biodiesel produced from second-cycle or degraded land plantations.
Under the framework of the European Platform on Life Cycle Assessment, the European Reference Life-Cycle Database (ELCD - developed by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission), provides core Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data from front-running EU-level business associations and other sources. The ELCD contains energy-related data on power and fuels. This study describes the methods to be used for the quality analysis of energy data for European markets (available in third-party LC databases and from authoritative sources) that are, or could be, used in the context of the ELCD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The aim of this study is to identify areas of potential improvement of the European Reference Life Cycle Database (ELCD) fuel datasets.
Case Description: The revision is based on the data quality indicators described by the ILCD Handbook, applied on sectorial basis. These indicators evaluate the technological, geographical and time-related representativeness of the dataset and the appropriateness in terms of completeness, precision and methodology.
The aim of this paper is to identify areas of potential improvement of the European Reference Life Cycle Database (ELCD) electricity datasets. The revision is based on the data quality indicators described by the International Life Cycle Data system (ILCD) Handbook, applied on sectorial basis. These indicators evaluate the technological, geographical and time-related representativeness of the dataset and the appropriateness in terms of completeness, precision and methodology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpain faces the challenge of 80-95% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2050 (European Energy Roadmap). As a possible first step to fulfill this objective, this paper presents a two-level analysis. First, we estimate the carbon footprint of a hypothetical nuclear facility in Spain.
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