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Boosting Energy Transition of the Dairy Value Chain: a LIFE Project Cover

Boosting Energy Transition of the Dairy Value Chain: a LIFE Project

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 29 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)
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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2025-0039 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 562 - 580
Submitted on: Mar 19, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 3, 2025
Published on: Sep 16, 2025
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year
Keywords:
Dairy industry,
decarbonization,
energy efficiency,
energy transition,
life cycle,
value chain
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

© 2025 Enrico Bertagna, Silvia Cardini, Beatrice Marchi, Francesco Romagnoli, Simone Zanoni, published by Riga Technical University
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