Bioenergy and Trade
| Biofuels production, trade and sustainable development: emerging issues This paper seeks to provide a preliminary identification of the main sustainable development issues involved in the debate around production and trade in biofuels.The paper is organised as follows.Chapter 2 provides a brief description of ... |
Sep 2006 |
| Draft environmental standards for biofuels Demand for biofuels derived from oilseeds and starch/sugar crops is expected to grow rapidly over the next 10-20 years as a result of a combination of high fossil fuel prices and concerted policies promoting biofuels ... |
Jul 2006 |
| Global Energy Security - St. Petersburg plan of action Developed at St. Petersburg in 2006, this document outlines key commitments of the G8 Countries on energy security, including:Increasing transparency, predictability and stability of global energy markets;Improving the investment climate in the energy sector;Enhancing energy ... |
Jul 2006 |
| Criteria for sustainable biomass production – Final Report The project group “Sustainable Production of Biomass” has been commissioned by the Interdepartmental Programme Management Energy Transition to formulate sustainability criteria for the production and processing of biomass for energy, fuels and chemistry. In this ... |
Jul 2006 |
| The real biofuel cycles This paper analyzes energy efficiency of the industrial corn-ethanol cycle and brackets energy efficiency of the switchgrass-cellulosic ethanol cycle. In particular, it critically reviews the Report by Farrell et al., Ethanol Can Contribute to Energy ... |
Jul 2006 |
| Promotion and use of biofuels in the United Kingdom - UK report to European Commission under Article 4 of the Biofuels Directive This report fulfils the UK’s obligation to the report to the European Commission by 1 July 2006 on the effectiveness of UK Government support for biofuels during the calendar year 2005, as required by Article ... |
Jun 2006 |
| Biofuels in Europe – perspectives and policy approaches This document contains a presentation by meó Consulting Team during the International Conference on “Biofuels for Transportation – Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Agriculture, Energy, and Security in the 21st Century” that was held ... |
Jun 2006 |
| Biofuels in the European Union - A vision for 2030 and beyond The expected growth of the biofuels market and the development of new transformation pathways make it timely to investigate new integrated refining schemes. The co-production of fuels, heat & power and co-products in integrated biorefineries ... |
May 2006 |
| Liberalisation of trade in renewable energy and associated technologies: biodiesel, solar thermal and geothermal energy This paper, the second in a series, examines the implications of liberalising trade in three forms of renewable energy: biodiesel, solar-thermal water heaters, and geothermal energy systems. Eliminating tariffs on renewable energy and associated goods ... |
May 2006 |
| European biofuel policies in retrospect Despite the benefits of biofuels in the fields of agriculture, security of energy supply and the environment, barriers to the use of biofuels are still substantial in India and South-East Asia. There is no financing ... |
May 2006 |
