Emerging role of Geographical Information System (GIS), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and spatial LCA (GIS-LCA) in sustainable bioenergy planning.

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EMERGING ROLE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS), LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) AND SPATIAL LCA (GIS-LCA) IN SUSTAINABLE BIOENERGY PLANNING

Moonmoon Hiloidhari ^a, D.C. Baruah ^b, Anoop Singh^c Sampriti Kataki ^b, Kristina Medhi ^a,
Shilpi Kumari^d T.V. Ramachandra ^e, B.M. Jenkins ^f, Indu Shekhar Thakur^a

^aSchool of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India,
^bDepartment of Energy, Tezpur University, Tezpur 784028, Assam, India
^cDepartment of Scientiﬁc and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi 110016, India
^dCentre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India
^eEnergy and Wetland Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
^fDepartment of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California Davis, California 95616, USA

Abstract

Introduction

Application of GIS

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Conclusion

Ackowledgement

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CONCLUSION

The role of GIS, LCA and spatial LCA in agro-residue bioenergy planning is discussed in this paper. GIS is important for distributed resource assessment while LCA is used to evaluate environmental consequences of bioenergy generation. Residue bioenergy provides distinct environmental benefits over conventional energy systems. For assessment of certain spatial environmental impacts of bioen- ergy, the use of spatial LCA is necessary, however, there are some uncertainties in LCA methodologies that can limit its applicability in sound decision making. It is recommended that every bioenergy project should include Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a fundamen- tal project development component.

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Citation : Moonmoon Hiloidhari, D.C. Baruah, Anoop Singh, Sampriti Kataki, Kristina Medhi, Shilpi Kumari, T.V. Ramachandra, B.M. Jenkins, Indu Shekhar Thakur, (2017). Emerging role of Geographical Information System (GIS), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and spatial LCA (GIS-LCA) in sustainable bioenergy planning. Hiloidhari et al. / Bioresource Technology, 2017, PP: 1–9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.03.079.

* Corresponding Author :
	Dr. T.V. Ramachandra Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India. Tel : +91-80-2293 3099/2293 3503 [extn - 107], Fax : 91-80-23601428 / 23600085 / 23600683 [CES-TVR] E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in, energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in, Web : http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy, http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/grass

Shilpi Kumari
Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India

Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Centre for Sustainable Technologies,
Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP),
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in
Tel: 91-080-22933099/22933503 (extn 107)
Fax: 91-080-23601428/23600085
Web: http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy

B.M. Jenkins
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California Davis, California 95616, USA

Indu Shekhar Thakur
School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India

Citation: Moonmoon Hiloidhari, D.C. Baruah, Anoop Singh, Sampriti Kataki, Kristina Medhi, Shilpi Kumari, T.V. Ramachandra, B.M. Jenkins, Indu Shekhar Thakur, (2017). Emerging role of Geographical Information System (GIS), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and spatial LCA (GIS-LCA) in sustainable bioenergy planning. Hiloidhari et al. / Bioresource Technology, 2017, PP: 1–9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.03.079.

Contact Address :
	Dr. T.V. Ramachandra Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA. Tel : +91-80-2293 3099/2293 3503 - extn 107 Fax : 91-80-23601428 / 23600085 / 23600683 [CES-TVR] E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in, energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in, Web : http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy