Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Decerna has been performing LCA studies for longer than almost every UK consultancy, we started in 2010, whilst still a department of the National Renewable Energy Centre, prior to Decerna becoming an independent company.

We have published a range of articles and book chapters, these can be found below;

Title	Journal/Publisher	Year
Unified approach to Life Cycle Assessment between three unique algae biofuel facilities	Applied Energy	2015
Microbial Lipid Production Protocol: Life Cycle Analysis of producing microbial lipids and biodiesel: comparison with plant lipids	Elsevier	2019
LCA4CCU: Guidelines for Life Cycle Assessment of carbon capture and utilisation	European Commission	2021
Comprehensive Renewable Energy (Second Edition): Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of algae biofuels	Elsevier	2022
Life Cycle Assessment of microalgae-derived biodiesel	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	2023

For more information on our LCA services, check out our LCA service page, and our previous LCA projects.