Criteria prioritization for the sustainable development of second-generation bioethanol in Thailand using the Delphi-AHP technique

Table 1 Sets of indicators used to evaluate bioenergy application

Main criteria	Sub-criteria	Units	References
Technical feasibility	Biomass availability and collectability	Kg ha⁻¹ y⁻¹	[76,77,78]
	Ethanol productivity	Liters kg⁻¹	[79, 80]
	Biomass logistics	Ton day⁻¹, km² day⁻¹	[81,82,83]
Economic feasibility	Net present value	US$	[84,85,86]
	Final price per liter	US$ liter⁻¹	[42, 87]
	Added value of input materials	US$ ton⁻¹ y⁻¹	[88,89,90]
Social impacts	Job creation	Persons y⁻¹	[26, 91, 92]
	Food security	US$ tons crops⁻¹, Tons ha⁻¹ or Kcal capita⁻¹	[6, 93, 94]
	Change in household income	US$ y⁻¹ or US$ household⁻¹ y⁻¹	[95,96,97]
Environmental impacts	Indirect land use change	(Biomass growing capacity) ha⁻¹ y⁻¹or kg CO_2-eq (biomass growing capacity)⁻¹	[98, 99]
	GHG balance	Tons CO₂ equiv. y⁻¹	[100,101,102]
	Net energy balance	GJ ha⁻¹ y⁻¹	[103,104,105]

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