• A review of environmental life cycle assessments of liquid transportation biofuels in the Pan American Region 

      Shonnard, David R.; Klemetsrud, Bethany; Sacramento Rivero, Julio; Navarro Pineda, Freddy; Hilbert, Jorge Antonio; Handler, Robert M.; Suppen, Nydia; Donovan, Richard P. (2015-12)
      Life-cycle assessment (LCA) has been applied to many biofuel and bioenergy systems to determine potential environmental impacts, but the conclusions have varied. Different methodologies and processes for conducting LCA of ...
    • Batch optimization of biogas yield from pasteurized slaughterhouse by-products incorporating residues from corn sieving 

      Galván, María José; Degano, Salvador; Cagnolo, Mara; Becker, Analía; Hilbert, Jorge Antonio; Fuentes, Mauren; Acevedo, Diego (Elsevier, 2021-08)
      Batch anaerobic digestion of pasteurized pig slaughterhouse waste (SW) and corn sieving waste (CSW), and anaerobic co-digestion of CSW/SW were studied at lab scale employing several carbon to nitrogen ratio (C/N) and total ...
    • Biogeochemical research priorities for sustainable biofuel and bioenergy feedstock production in the Americas 

      Gollany, Hero T.; Titus, Brian D.; Scott, Andrew; Asbjornsen, Heidi; Resh, Sigrid C.; Chimner, Rodney Allen; Kaczmarek, Donald J.; Leite, Luiz F.; Ferreira, Ana C.; Rod, Kenton A.; Hilbert, Jorge Antonio; Galdos, Marcelo; Cisz, Michelle E. (2015-12)
      Rapid expansion in biomass production for biofuels and bioenergy in the Americas is increasing demand on the ecosystem resources required to sustain soil and site productivity. We review the current state of knowledge and ...
    • Combining empirical and theory-based land-use modelling approaches to assess economic potential of biofuel production avoiding iLUC: Argentina as a case study 

      Diogo, Vasco; Hilst, Floor van der; Eijck, Janske van; Verstegen, Judith A.; Hilbert, Jorge Antonio; Carballo, Stella Maris; Volante, Jose Norberto; Faaij, André P. C. (Elsevier, 2014-03)
      In this paper, a land-use modelling framework is presented combining empirical and theory-based modelling approaches to determine economic potential of biofuel production avoiding indirect land-use changes (iLUC) resulting ...
    • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for use on renewable sourced hydrogen fuel cell buses vs diesel engines buses in the city of Rosario, Argentina 

      Iannuzzi, Leonardo; Hilbert, Jorge Antonio; Silva Lora, Electo Eduardo (Elsevier, 2021-02)
      The purpose of this paper is to build the first Energy and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) comparison between buses with internal combustion engine currently used in the city of Rosario, Province of Santa Fe, Argentina, and some ...
    • Meeting global challenges with regenerative agriculture producing food and energy 

      Schulte, Lisa A.; Dale, Bruce E.; Bozzetto, Stefano; Liebman, Matt; Souza, Glaucia M.; Haddad, Nick; Richard, Tom L.; Basso, Bruno; Brown, Robert C.; Hilbert, Jorge Antonio; Arbuckle, J. Gordon (Springer Nature, 2022-05)
      The world currently faces a suite of urgent challenges: environmental degradation, diminished iodiversity, climate change and persistent poverty and associated injustices. All of these challenges can be addressed to a large ...
    • Opportunities and challenges in the design and analysis of biomass supply chains 

      Lautala, Pasi T.; Hilliard, Michael R.; Webb, Erin; Busch, Ingrid; Hess, J. Richard; Roni, Mohammad S.; Hilbert, Jorge Antonio; Handler, Robert M.; Bittencourt, Roger; Valente, Amir; Laitinen, Tuuli (2015-12)
      The biomass supply chain is one of the most critical elements of large-scale bioenergy production and in many cases a key barrier for procuring initial funding for new developments on specific energy crops. Most productions ...
    • Reconciling food security and bioenergy : priorities for action 

      Kline, Keith L.; Msangi, Siwa; Dale, Virginia H.; Woods, Jeremy; Souza, Glaucia M.; Osseweijer, Patricia; Clancy, Joy S.; Hilbert, Jorge Antonio; Johnson, Francis X.; McDonnell, Patrick C.; Mugera, Harriet K. (2017-03)
      Understanding the complex interactions among food security, bioenergy sustainability, and resource management requires a focus on specific contextual problems and opportunities. The United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development ...
    • Strengthening the biogas sector of Ethiopia through international collaboration: the case of Digital Global Biogas Cooperation (DiBiCoo) 

      Bogale, Wondwossen; Misikir, Maya F.; Sewnet, Bruck; Laere, Ann-Kathrin van; Sagala, Saut; Ma, Chuan; Hilbert, Jorge Antonio; Mohammed, Mutala; Salie, Yaseen (IOP Publishing, 2022)
      Even though biogas technology was introduced in Ethiopia in 1957, the technology is still in its infancy stage with more than 98 % of biogas plants installed in Ethiopia at a small- scale level and used for cooking and ...
    • The potential for expanding sustainable biogas production and some possible impacts in specific countries 

      Dale, Bruce E.; Boceto, Stefano; Fabbri, Claudio; Hilbert, Jorge Antonio; Ong, Rebecca; Richard, Tom; Rossi, Lorella; Thelen, Kart D; Woods, Jeremy (Wiley, 2020-11)
      Las prácticas actuales de producción de alimentos tienden a dañar y agotar el suelo, disminuir la biodiversidad y degradar los suministros de agua. Para que la agricultura sea ambientalmente sostenible y simultáneamente ...
    • The potential of Biogas in Energy Transition in Indonesia 

      Rianawati, Elisabeth; Sagala, Saut; Hafiz, Ichsan; Anhorn, Johannes; Alemu, Sinshaw; Hilbert, Jorge Antonio; Rosslee, Dwight; Mohammed, Mutala; Salie, Yaseen; Rutz, Dominik; Rohrer, Michael; Sainz, Angela; Kirchmeyr, Franz; Zacepins, Aleksejs; Hofmann, Frank (IOP Publishing, 2021-11)
      Indonesia is an agrarian country that has a rich bioenergy potency in liquid (biodiesel, bioethanol). The Government of Indonesia (GoI) has set the target to achieve 23% of renewable energy utilization into the national ...