Publications by Luis Alberto Panichelli

Impact of agricultural-based biofuel production on greenhouse gas emission from land-use change: Key modelling choices

Edgard Gnansounou, Luis Alberto Panichelli

Recent regulations on biofuels require reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions related to feedstock-speciﬁc biofuels. However, the inclusion of GHG emissions from land-use change (LUC) into law and policy remains a subject of active discussio ...

2015

Impact of biofuels production on land-use change and greenhouse gas emissions : methodological framework and system dynamics modeling applied to soybean-based biodiesel production in Argentina

Luis Alberto Panichelli

This research assesses the effect of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission constraints imposed in biofuel importing countries on the export potential of biofuel producing countries. Several countries are promoting the introduction of biofuels on their energy matri ...

EPFL2012

Methods and tools to evaluate the availability of renewable energy sources

Edgard Gnansounou, Luis Alberto Panichelli, Javier Dominguez

The recent statements of both the European Union and the US Presidency pushed in the direction of using renewable forms of energy, in order to act against climate changes induced by the growing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In this pap ...

Elsevier2011

Life cycle assessment of biofuels: Energy and greenhouse gas balances

Edgard Gnansounou, Arnaud Dauriat, Luis Alberto Panichelli, Juan David Villegas Gomez

The promotion of biofuels as energy for transportation in the industrialized countries is mainly driven by the perspective of oil depletion, the concerns about energy security and global warming. However due to sustainability constraints, biofuels will rep ...

Elsevier2009

Life Cycle Assessment of Soybean-Based Biodiesel in Argentina for Export

Edgard Gnansounou, Arnaud Dauriat, Luis Alberto Panichelli

Background, aim and scope. Regional specificities are a key factor when analyzing the environmental impact of a biofuel pathway through a life cycle assessment (LCA). Due to different energy mixes, transport distances, agricultural practices and land use c ...

2009

GIS modelling of forest wood residues potential for energy use based on forest inventory data: Methodological approach and case study application

Edgard Gnansounou, Luis Alberto Panichelli

This paper presents an approach to perform geo-referenced estimations of forest wood residues availability for energy use based on forest inventory data integration into a GIS. Three different estimation methods are described. The first one evaluates bioma ...

2008

Energy and greenhouse gas balances of biofuels: biases induced by LCA modelling choices

Edgard Gnansounou, Arnaud Dauriat, Luis Alberto Panichelli, Juan David Villegas Gomez

Estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) balances of biofuels is subject to significant biases stemming from modelling choices about system definition and boundaries, functional unit, reference systems and allocation methods. This paper investigates extent to which ...

2008

GIS-based approach for defining bioenergy facilities location: A case study in Northern Spain based on marginal delivery costs and resources competition between facilities

Edgard Gnansounou, Luis Alberto Panichelli

This paper presents a GIS-based decision support system for selecting least-cost bioenergy locations when there is a significant variability in biomass farmgate price and when more than one bioenergy plant with a fixed capacity has to be placed in the regi ...

2008

Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from indirect land-use change in biofuels production: concepts and exploratory analysis for soybean-based biodiesel production

Edgard Gnansounou, Luis Alberto Panichelli

Due to changes in carbon stock of soil and biomass, indirect land-use change (ILUC) has consequences on green house gas (GHG) balance of a biofuel that are not presently considered in evaluation of environmental merits of biofuels. Significant changes in l ...

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