Framework to benchmark sustainability of biomethane supply chains : Facilitating sustainability decision making in adopting biomethane as a public transportation fuel in Western Europe

• This article presents a framework from a systems' perspective to benchmark biomethane supply chains consisting of biogas upgrading, biomethane distribution, and refilling in the context of Western Europe.Compressed biomethane is already widely adopted as a vehicle fuel, whereas liquefied biomethane is also a vialble alternative. Distribution in gas grids is a feasible option only in short distances and large scale, whereas trucks with composite swap bodies is the preferable alternative otherwise. As a whole, liquefied biomethane supply chains manifests better attributes from both climate and cost perspectives, whereas compressed biomethane supply chains imply better energy intensity.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Miljöbioteknik -- Annan miljöbioteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Environmental Biotechnology -- Other Environmental Biotechnology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Benchmarking

biomethane

climate change impact

cost effectiveness

energy intensity

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)