Global Initiatives
| Energy and biodiversity: understanding complex relationships, OECD Workshop on Biomass and Agriculture People concerned about energy issues seldom give adequate attention to biodiversity, and those concerned with biodiversity give inadequate consideration to the implications of energy policy for their issues. However, virtually all of the factors leading ... |
Jun 2003 |
| Cost of biodiesel production The primary influences on the cost of manufacture of biodiesel are as follows:• Capital and operating costs of the plant, including the processing plant, services, catalyst, feedstock and product storage, and buildings.• Feedstock used in ... |
May 2003 |
| Carbon emission and mitigation cost comparisons between fossil fuel, nuclear and renewable energy resources for electricity generation This study was conducted to compare the electricity generation costs of a number of current commercial technologies with technologies expected to become commercially available within the coming decade or so. The amount of greenhouse gas ... |
Apr 2003 |
| Principles governing the long-run risks, benefits, and costs of agricultural biotechnology The global debate over how agriculture and food systems can better meet people’s needs is passionate and often muddled. It is easy to get lost in the complex interactions between the many forces that shape ... |
Apr 2003 |
| Technical statement on the use of biodiesel fuel in compression ignition engines The Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) is an international membership organization representing the interests of manufacturers of internal combustion engines.In 1995, EMA published a “Statement on the Use of Biodiesel Fuels for Mobile Applications.” Since that ... |
Feb 2003 |
| A guide to emissions trading Since its inclusion in the Kyoto Protocol—as one of three market-based mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—the prospect of an international emissions trading system has attracted wide interest among policy makers, industrialists and others.In ... |
Feb 2003 |
| Biodiesel emissions According with the U.S. National Biodiesel Board, biodiesel is the first and only alternative fuel to have a complete evaluation of emission results and potential health effects submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ... |
Jan 2003 |
| Comparison of biodiesel with different diesel fuels regarding exhaust gas emissions and health effects Two years ago, results of a study carried out at Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden, were intensively discussed in the public. In this study the authors – belonging to the group of Olsson – claimed that ... |
Jan 2003 |
| A comprehensive analysis of biodiesel impacts on exhaust emissions - Draft technical report This Report presents a technical analysis of the effect of biodiesel on exhaust emissions from diesel-powered vehicles. It analyzes pre-existing data from various emissions test programs to investigate these effects. The conclusions drawn in this ... |
Oct 2002 |
| The controlled eutrophication process: using microalgae for CO2 utilization and agricultural fertilizer recycling In 1960, Oswald and Golueke presented a conceptual techno-economic analysis, "The Biological Transformation of Solar Energy", proposing the use of large-scale raceway ponds to cultivate microalgal on wastewater nutrients and then to anaerobically ferment the ... |
Aug 2002 |
