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Table 1 Performance metric comparison for starch- and LC-bioethanol life-cycles

From: A spatially explicit whole-system model of the lignocellulosic bioethanol supply chain: an assessment of decentralised processing potential

 

Metrics

 

GWP

Energy efficiency

Land productivity

Cost

Technology

kgCO2 GJF-1

MJPEI MJF-1

GJ ha-1 year-1

£2006 GJ-1

Starch

81

0.79

58

14.97

Lignocellulosic

11

0.1

94.5

8.41

Source

[5]

[5]

[29]

[30]