This study, commissioned by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), offers an assessment of the effect of bioenergy on greenhouse gas emissions. It combines estimates of supply-chain emissions from liquid and solid biofuels and direct and indirect land-use-change emissions with different bioenergy pathways: for transport fuel, electricity, and heat. The report also deals with carbon impact, carbon debt and payback times of using energy feedstocks from the forestry sector.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/greenhouse-gas-impact-bioenergy-pathways
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bart-strengers
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/koen-overmars
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/tom-kram
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jan-ros
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/pbl-netherlands-environmental-assessment-agency
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biomass
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biofuel
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crop-residues
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/firewood
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethanol
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiesel