With over 150 research and review publications in highly referred journals such as Progress in Energy and Combustion Sciences (IF: 29.394), Fuel, Energy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, etc., Mortaza is an established researcher in renewable energy technologies, engineering thermodynamics, and thermal engineering (Citations: >9400, h-index: 55, i10 index: 159 November 2021). His research interests primarily include renewable energies, biofuels, exergy-based analyses, and sustainability assessment. He has received University of Tehran’s award for Excellence in Research in 2008, 2012, and 2017. Mortaza Aghbashlo is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Iran. Students, and has actively contributed to successful international grant applications amounting to over 7 million USD as project leader or lead collaborator. Meisam has successfully supervised/co-supervised 36 Ph.D.
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Meisam is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier’s Book Series on Biomass and Biofuels. Meisam is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier IF: 9.297) and Senior Editor of e-Prime (Elsevier). Tabatabaei is listed on the Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2021 List (Top 0.1% scientists in the world) in Engineering. He is currently also a Visiting Professor at the Henan Agricultural University (China) and holds the Global Ambassador position at the University of Saskatchewan (Canada). Tabatabaei has published over 300 publications in journals such as The Lancet (IF: 79.321), Progress in Energy and Combustion Sciences (IF: 29.394), etc. Since 2016, he has been the lead collaborator of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change (UCL, UK). Meisam has been working closely with the UNDP to promote waste-oriented biofuels. Meisam Tabatabaei is a Professor of Environmental Biotechnology (Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia) and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Biofuel Research Journal (BRJ). Finally, frameworks and procedures to improve the applicability and validity of life cycle assessment are suggested to shed light on future research directions. In light of the above, this study critically discusses the pros and cons of life cycle assessment in bioenergy product systems, identifying the gaps and sources of uncertainty. These issues can negatively affect the accuracy and reliability of bioenergy product systems’ life cycle assessment results, leading to incorrect decisions and policies. Different assumptions, various inventory data, different methods of impact assessment, and many other sources of uncertainty may give rise to wide ranges of final results. Despite the significant advantages of life cycle assessment in assessing the environmental sustainability of bioenergy product systems, there are still limitations and disadvantages to using this method. It also can identify the sources and causes of the environmental impacts of bioenergy product systems. Life cycle assessment is a powerful tool to quantify the environmental sustainability of various products, including bioenergy production. Since the production and use of the above items are also responsible for environmental problems and challenges, the sustainability of bioenergy product systems might also be questioned.
Despite the renewability of bioenergy sources, their production is dependent on immense amounts of construction materials, chemicals, and, most importantly, energy resources. More specifically, the carbon contained in bioenergy is mainly from biogenic carbon dioxide thus, bioenergy utilization contributes much less to environmental impacts than fossil energy. In line with this, the utilization of diverse forms of bioenergy is expected to expand in various economic sectors due to their potential to solve environmental concerns. The concerns about increasing greenhouse gas emissions and climate change have mobilized the world towards using new materials and technologies to decarbonize the global economy.