Table 1.
Previous LCA emission studies of Brazilian soybean (-derived) products.
Fig 1.
Life cycle of soybean biodiesel produced in Brazil, highlighting GHG emission sources within the four stages: agriculture, extraction, biodiesel production and distribution.
Table 2.
Main inputs and yield per hectare of soybean in Mato Grosso state, Brazil (growing season of 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10).
Fig 2.
Schematic representation of the four pathways for distribution of final B100.
Table 3.
Summary of conversion factors used in this study.
Table 4.
Life cycle GHG emission of product/by-product in the production chain of B100.
Table 5.
Life cycle GHG emission of B100 based on four different transportation routes.
Fig 3.
Relative share (allocation in mass and energy) of each stage (agriculture, extraction, biodiesel production and distribution) considering four scenarios for distribution of final B100.
Fig 4.
Life cycle GHG emission of biodiesel production, considering a domestic B100 scenario (MT-PA) and an exported B100 scenario (MT-EU).
Fig 5.
Relative share of GHG emissions in each stage (agriculture, extraction, biodiesel production and distribution) for B100 produced from integrated and non-integrated plant considering the MT-PA and MT-EU scenarios.