Energy independence: Biofuels
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- Why does the European Union produce biofuels? Examining consistency and plausibility in prevailing narratives with quantitative storytellingBy Juan J. Cadillo-Benalcazar, Sandra G. F. Bukkens, Maddalena Ripa, Mario Giampietro (all from Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona, ES). In: Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 71, January 2021, 101810.
This paper seeks to clarify the confusion created by the simultaneous use of non-equivalent policy discourses about biofuels within the EU and addresses the inconsistency between long-term goals and short-term targets. To this purpose, a novel approach, quantitative storytelling, is employed to examine the plausibility of current policy narratives.
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- Development of renewable energy sources market and biofuels in The European UnionPiotr Bórawski (Univ. Warmia and Mazury, PL) and others. In: Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 228, 10 August 2019, Pages 467-484.
The aim of the paper is to present renewable energy market development with particular regard paid to biofuels in the EU. The authors of the paper used descriptive and statistical methods to describe the changes in bioenergy development in the European Union (EU).
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- Introduction of alternative crops in the Mediterranean to satisfy EU Green Deal goals. A reviewBy Ioanna Kakabouki (Agricultural Univ. Athens, GR) and others. In: Agronomy for Sustainable Development volume 41, Article number: 71 (2021).
Alternative crops such as quinoa, teff, tritordeum, camelina, nigella, chia, and sweet potato show a high acclimatization potential to various conditions and could be components of novel re-designed agroecosystems, satisfying the goals the EU Green Deal for reduced chemical input use by 2030.
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- Where does all the biofuel go? Fuel efficiency gains and its effects on global agricultural productionBy Jerome Dumortier (Indiana Univ., US), Miguel Carriquiry (Univ. República, UY), Amani Elobeid (Iowa State Univ., US). In: Energy policy, 2021-01, Vol.148.
Increasing biofuel production over the last decade and biofuel policies in Brazil, the European Union, and the United States have changed the global agricultural landscape in terms of land-use, commodity prices, and trade. Increasing fuel efficiency and electrification of the vehicle stock is projected to lower gasoline, diesel, and biofuel demand in the future. In this analysis, we quantify the effects of a 30% reduction in ethanol consumption in the U.S. and the European Union triggered by higher vehicle fleet fuel efficiency on global agricultural markets.
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- Fuelling friendships or driving divergence? Legitimacy, coherence, and negotiation in Brazilian perceptions of European and American biofuels governanceBy Stavros Afionis; Lindsay C Stringer (both at Univ. Leeds, UK). In: Energy research & social science, 2020-09, Vol.67, p.101487.
Emerging powers have emerged as cooperation partners, alongside northern actors. Studying perceptions offers insights to the prerequisites for effective partnerships. We study Brazil's perceptions of US and EU biofuels policies. We also examine trilateral partnerships with African and Central American countries. We find that the US is perceived positively by Brazilians, in contrast to the EU.
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- Europe’s Green Deal offshores environmental damage to other nationsBy Richard Fuchs, Calum Brown, Mark Rounsevell (all from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE). In: Nature, 2020-10, Vol.586 (7831), p.671-673.
Importing millions of tonnes of crops and meat each year undercuts farming standards in the European Union and destroys tropical forests.
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- Liquid biofuels from food crops in transportation – A balance sheet of outcomesBy Meredith R Barr, Roberto Volpe (both at Queen Mary Univ. London, UK), Rafael Kandiyoti (Imperial College London, UK). In: Chemical engineering science. X, 2021-05, Vol.10, p.100090.
The production and utilization of biofuels from food crops have been reviewed. The energy for making biofuels has been compared with that released by combustion. The use of crops for fuel on the cost of grain and arable land has been examined. The scale of biofuels production is small compared to the resources mobilized. Biofuels policies have created lobbies more invested in profit than the environment.
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- The significance and perspective of biodiesel production – A European and global viewBy Dieter Bockey (Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e.V. (UFOP), DE). In: OCL, Volume 26 (2019).
Since the nineties, the production of biodiesel has increased considerably worldwide. The motivation for this trend developed very differently with a view to the globally important resource production regions. Biofuels, such as biodiesel, are also playing a role regionally within the context of the growing challenge of a global climate change policy. The contribution is an evaluation of the situation and it demonstrates the limits of the development based on different aspects.
EU paper
- Biofuels - Commission overview pageThe EU is working on the transition towards advanced biofuels made from sustainable feedstock. Headers: Sustainability criteria -- Quality standards for biofuels -- Reports on emissions from cultivation of raw materials for use in biofuels -- Documents -- Related links.
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