Bioenergy Background

Financing options for bioenergy projects and programmes

Modern bioenergy has been developing rapidly in the last several years and presents great opportunities for sustainable development and climate change mitigation. However, developing countries encounter difficulties in financing their bioenergy projects and programmes.This report ...

Apr 2010
Development perspectives of the biobased economy: a review

This paper provides an outline of the biobased economy, its perspectives for agriculture and, more particularly, for development purposes.Possibilities of development of biobased products, advanced biofuels, and viable and efficient biorefinery concepts are explored. The ...

Apr 2010
Update: initiatives in the field of biomass and bioenergy certification

This background document is prepared in the frame of IEA Bioenergy Task 40 on sustainable international bioenergy trade and includes an overview and update on relevant certification initiatives and systems for biomass and bioenergy certification, ...

Apr 2010
Algae – The future for bioenergy?

This publication provides the summary and conclusions from the workshop ‘Algae – The Future for Bioenergy?’ held in conjunction with the meeting of the Executive Committee of IEA Bioenergy in Liege, Belgium on 1 October ...

Mar 2010
Jatropha: a smallholder bioenergy crop - The potential for pro-poor development

This publication reviews the information currently available on jatropha as a bioenergy crop, starting with the papers presented to the April 2008 IFAD/FAO International Consultation on Pro-Poor Jatropha Development held in Rome, Italy (IFAD 2008). ...

Feb 2010
Bioenergy development - Issues and impacts for poverty and natural resource management

This report overviews recent developments in the consumption and production of bioenergy. It examines the main issues and possible economic implications of these developments and assesses their potential impact on land use and the environment, ...

Jan 2010
Sustainable production of second-generation biofuels - Potential and perspectives in major economies and developing countries

This study first discusses the global status quo of second-generation biofuels and their potential role in the future energy supply. Next, the study identifies global drivers for the development of this new industry and their ...

Jan 2010
Biofuels 2010: spotting the next wave - Executive summary

One response to the threat of climate change would be to regulate the use of carbon fossil fuels with an externality tax or some other policy measure. Taxing fossil fuels would drive up the price ...

Dec 2009
Bioenergy – A sustainable and reliable energy source (main report)

The supply of sustainable energy is one of the main challenges that mankind will face over the coming decades, particularly because of the need to address climate change.Biomass can make a substantial contribution to supplying ...

Dec 2009
The biofuels market: current situation and alternative scenarios

A forward-looking vision should focus on the instruments and preconditions that would make biofuels a win-win solution for the environment and for rural development, while contributing to expand the supply of sustainable transportation fuels.The intent ...

Dec 2009
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