Cortés Montoya, Antonio JoséFeijoo Costa, GumersindoChica Lara, AntonioCosta Serra, Javier Francisco daMoreira Vilar, María Teresa2019-10-312021-06-082019-10-05Cortés, A., Feijoo, G., Chica, A., Da Costa-Serra, J., & Moreira, M. (2019). Environmental implications of biohydrogen based energy production from steam reforming of alcoholic waste. Industrial Crops And Products, 138, 111465. doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.1114650926-6690http://hdl.handle.net/10347/20170Nowadays, there is an increasing demand for energy in the world. With an energy system still based on fossil fuels, a paradigm shifts towards clean energy production based on available renewable resources is necessary. Hydrogen is a high-quality energy carrier that can be used with great efficiency and is expected to acquire a great importance in the next generation of fuels. This study aims to analyze the potential environmental impacts associated with the steam reforming of alcoholic waste from distilleries to produce clean electricity by using the Life Cycle Assessment methodology. The main findings from this study reported that the global environmental profile is better than other alternatives more common as sanitary landfill or incineration. In terms of some impact categories as Abiotic and Ozone Depletion, Acidification and Eutrophication, steam reforming of alcoholic waste performed better profiles than other processes that produce hydrogen from diverse feedstockseng© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Alcoholic wasteEnvironmental profileLCASOFCBiohydrogenjournal article10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.111465open access