Biofuels for Transportation

Biofuels for transport – Part of a sustainable future? - Summary and conclusions from the IEA Bioenergy ExCo61 workshop

Biofuels can clearly play an important role in the future energy mix. Many models that point the way to a world energy mix which can reduce the worst impacts of climate change rely heavily on ...

May 2008
Biofuels - Topping up the fuel mix – Project Report - 16 projects funded by the Intelligent Energy-Europe programme

Biofuels projects co-funded by the Intelligent Energy-Europe programme (IEE) aim to stimulate action at all levels, throughout the supply chain, across the European Union. The overall aim is to increase the production and use of ...

Apr 2008
Greener vehicles: a state resource guide

The U.S. transportation sector is currently 97% dependent on oil. This heavy reliance on mostly imported oil leaves the U.S. vulnerable to supply interruptions, price fluctuations, economic instability, and consumer hardships. Yet there are core ...

Feb 2008
Transportation fuels for the future

Technology solutions will be key to reducing the U.S. transportation system’s use of petroleum-based fuels. And, as those clean energy and energy efficiency technologies are developed and fielded, we need them to be domestic solutions ...

Feb 2008
Status and outlook for biofuels, other alternative fuels and new vehicles

The global energy solutions in general are unsustainable, and the situation is the worst in the transport sector, which is almost totally dependent on crude oil. The demand for energy in transportation is growing. A ...

Jan 2008
Biofuels for transportation: the next energy revolution or a fix that fails?

This report reviews the drivers around the recent rush to biofuels and provides a snapshot of this technology and its potential. It also attempts, using a “systems thinking” approach, to reframe the debate from one ...

Dec 2007
Biogas as a resource-efficient vehicle fuel

The so-called ‘first generation’ of biofuels is expected to dominate renewable transportation fuels for the next ten years. However, when considering a long-term perspective, new biofuel production systems need to be developed because several of ...

Nov 2007
Liquid transport biofuels - Technology status report

Concerns over the environmental impact of fossil fuel use, security of supply and the increasing cost of oil have resulted in an increasing desire to develop advanced technologies which will ultimately require the use of ...

Nov 2007
A review of the current state of bioenergy development in G8 +5 Countries

This report is part of the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP)’s ongoing efforts to monitor the status of bioenergy development in member countries and create a basis for future discussion of sustainability criteria and possible guidelines ...

Nov 2007
Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Technical summary

The main aim of this report is to assess options for mitigating climate change. Several aspects link climate change with development issues. This report explores these links in detail, and illustrates where climate change and ...

Nov 2007
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