Biofuels for Transportation

Technology action plan: Bioenergy - Report to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate

Bioenergy includes any kind of chemical energy accumulated through photosynthetic processes in organic plant matter (i.e., biomass). Example sources of bioenergy include dedicated energy crops (short rotation wood, perennial grasses), agricultural and forestry products and ...

Dec 2009
Ethanol as a fuel for road transportation

The past few years have seen a veritable explosion in the advocacy and use of bioethanol as a fuel in the industrialized world. In a remarkable way this cause, as it has almost become, seems ...

May 2009
Will the ethanol mandate drive up the cost of transportation fuel?

The Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc. (EPRINC) evaluates in this report the consequences to the U.S. transportation fuel sector of increasing the volume of ethanol in the U.S. gasoline pool above current volumes -- now ...

Feb 2009
Sugarcane ethanol - Contributions to climate change mitigation and the environment

The aim of this publication is to set the stage for the discussion about both challenges and concerns of sugarcane ethanol by providing the scientific context, the basic concepts and the approach for understanding the ...

Nov 2008
The Government response to the king review of low-carbon cars

The Eddington Study in 2006 showed the importance of mobility to business and the general public. Good transport systems are crucial to our economic prosperity and competitiveness, to our quality of life, and to the ...

Nov 2008
The State of Food and Agriculture 2008 - Biofuels: prospects, risks and opportunities

The State of Food and Agriculture 2008 explores the implications of the recent rapid growth in production of biofuels based on agricultural commodities. The boom in liquid biofuels has been largely driven by policies in ...

Oct 2008
Promotion and use of biofuels in the United Kingdom during 2007

This report addresses the UK's obligation to report to the European Commission by 1 July 2008 on the effectiveness of the UK Government’s support for biofuels during the calendar year 2007, as required by Article ...

Sep 2008
Gaps in the research of 2nd generation transportation biofuels

This publication is the final report of Task 41, Project 2.Liquid transportation fuels derived from biomass reduce the dependence on crude oil imports and therefore increase the stability of national fuel markets. Most bioenergy systems ...

Jul 2008
Biofuels for transportation: a climate perspective

As the United States seeks to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles and to lessen its dependence on imported oil, biofuels are gaining increasing attention as one possible solution. This paper offers an ...

Jun 2008
Annual Energy Outlook 2008 with projections to 2030

The Annual Energy Outlook 2008 (AEO2008), prepared by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), presents long-term projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2030. The projections are based on results from EIA’s National Energy Modeling ...

Jun 2008
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