Bioenergy and Climate Change

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
The impact of land use change on greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels and bioliquids - Literature review

The Renewable Energy Directive (as far as biofuels and bioliquids are concerned) and the Fuel Quality Directive (as far as biofuels are concerned) require the Commission to submit to Parliament and Council a report with ...

Jul 2010
Feasibility Study. Rural household biogas & conservation tillage CDM project development

Agriculture is one of the major anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gas emissions in China particularly through CH4 (methane) and N2O (nitrous oxide)emissions as well as loss of soil carbon stores. However, mitigation programmes in China ...

Jul 2010
Biofuels - Markets, targets and impacts

This paper reviews recent developments in biofuel markets and their economic, social and environmental impacts. Several countries have introduced mandates and targets for biofuel expansion. Production, international trade and investment have increased sharply in the ...

Jul 2010
Biofuels: indirect land use change and climate impact

Biofuels displace fossil fuels, mainly oil, in the transport sector. Although biofuels have roughly the same tailpipe carbon emissions as fossil fuels, this carbon was previously absorbed from the atmosphere when the biofuel feedstock was ...

Jun 2010
Biofuels: indirect land use change and climate impact

The present report focuses on net GHG emission reduction in the transport sector.The EU RED biofuels target for 2020 is to have 10% of fuel demand in EU road transport covered by biofuels. This translates ...

Jun 2010
The upfront carbon debt of bioenergy

This report summarizes the future scenarios of bioenergy demand by 2020 and the potential bioenergy production, taking into account different fuel mixes. It discusses and gives guidance to assess the real carbon neutrality (CN) of ...

May 2010
The Hartwell Paper - A new direction for climate policy after the crash of 2009

This paper arises from a meeting convened by the LSE in February 2010 to consider the implications of developments in climate policy in late 2009. The Hartwell meeting was a private meeting, held under the ...

May 2010
The upfront carbon debt of bioenergy

In the current climate change policy framework, the use of biomass for energy is considered a carbon neutral source. It is claimed that all the emissions produced by biomass burning are re-absorbed when it re-grows ...

May 2010
Energy for a sustainable future - Summary report and recommendations

At the global level, the energy system – supply, transformation, delivery and use – is the dominant contributor to climate change, representing around 60 per cent of total current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Current patterns ...

Apr 2010
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