biostudies-literatureUnknown11Nie YNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaBoeingMitacs<h4>Background</h4>Biofuels from hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of abundantly available forest residues in British Columbia (BC) can potentially make great contributions to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transportation sector. A life-cycle assessment was conducted to quantify the GHG emissions of a hypothetic 100 million liters per year HTL biofuel system in the Coast Region of BC. Three scenarios were defined and investigated, namely, supply of bulky forest residues for conversion in a central integrated refinery (Fr-CIR), HTL of forest residues to bio-oil in distributed biorefineries and subsequent upgrading in a central oil refinery (Bo-DBR), and densification of forest residues in distributed pellet plants and conversion in a central integrated refinery (Wp-CIR).<hBiotechnology for biofuels23https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5797420biostudies-literatureLife-cycle assessment of transportation biofuels from hydrothermal liquefaction of forest residues in British Columbia.PMC5797420Bi XNie YfalseLife-cycle assessment of transportation biofuels from hydrothermal liquefaction of forest residues in British Columbia.<h4>Background</h4>Biofuels from hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of abundantly available forest residues in British Columbia (BC) can potentially make great contributions to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transportation sector. A life-cycle assessment was conducted to quantify the GHG emissions of a hypothetic 100 million liters per year HTL biofuel system in the Coast Region of BC. Three scenarios were defined and investigated, namely, supply of bulky forest residues for conversion in a central integrated refinery (Fr-CIR), HTL of forest residues to bio-oil in distributed biorefineries and subsequent upgrading in a central oil refinery (Bo-DBR), and densification of forest residues in distributed pellet plants and conversion in a central integrated refinery (Wp-CIR).<h2018-01-01T00:00:00Z20182025-04-19T13:16:53.663Z2019-03-26T23:02:02ZS-EPMC57974202943466610.1186/s13068-018-1019-x