Lessons from the use of a long-term energy model for consequential life cycle assessment: The BTL case

The main objective of this study is to develop a methodology adapted to the prospective environmental evaluation of actions in the energy sector. It describes how a bottom-up long-term energy model can be used in a life cycle assessment (LCA) framework. The proposed methodology is applied in a case study about the global warming impacts occurring as a consequence of the future production of synthetic diesel from biomass (“biomass to liquids”—BTL), a second-generation biofuel, in France.