Bioenergy Background

The Energy Report – 100% renewable energy by 2050

WWF has a vision of a world that is powered by 100 per cent renewable energy sources by the middle of this century. Unless we make this transition, the world is most likely to avoid ...

Feb 2011
Advanced biofuel technologies - Status and barriers

Large-scale production of crop based (first generation) biofuels may not be feasible without adversely affecting global food supply or encroaching on other important land uses. Because alternatives to liquid fossil fuels are important to develop ...

Sep 2010
Current status and potential for algal biofuels production

It seems probable that growth in human population, future climate change effects on freshwater resources, which are already stressed in some regions, and eventual shortages of unutilized arable land will encourage the exploitation of microalgae ...

Aug 2010

This IEA Bioenergy report seeks to examine the technical and economic feasibility of generating algal biomass for the production of liquid biofuels. As worldwide petroleum reserves diminish due to consumption exceeding discoveries while the demand ...

Aug 2010
Algae-based biofuels: applications and co-products

The possible competition for land makes it impossible to produce enough first generation biofuel to offset a large percentage of the total fuel consumption for transportation. As opposed to land-based biofuels produced from agricultural feedstocks, ...

Jul 2010
Renewables 2010 – Global Status Report

Changes in renewable energy markets, investments, industries, and policies have been so rapid in recent years that perceptions of the status of renewable energy can lag years behind the reality. This report captures that reality ...

Jul 2010
A USDA regional roadmap to meeting the biofuels goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022

As part of that larger conversation, USDA’s objectives for this report include: providing the practical knowledge from the field that can enhance various models for biofuel production, identify challenges and opportunities, and help develop solutions ...

Jun 2010
Status of 2nd generation biofuels demonstration facilities in June 2010

Driven by the need to partly replace fossil transport fuels and by food versus fuel and highest possible GHG mitigation considerations, large efforts are dedicated to the development of technologies for the production of biofuels ...

Jun 2010
Analytical tools to assess and unlock sustainable bioenergy potential

Bioenergy development and energy planning strategy is a field that is subject to many factors: uncertainty, long timeframes and high investments, along with the need to satisfy multiple decision-makers with many conflicting criteria.Multiple criteria analytical ...

May 2010
Next-generation biofuels - Near-term challenges and implications for agriculture

Next-generation biofuels refer to biofuels made using advanced technologies that greatly expand the potential to use widely available biomass, including woody biomass and wood waste; crop residues; dedicated energy crops such as switchgrass, energy cane, ...

May 2010
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