Biofuels

January 10 2012
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The Soil Association and the World Society for the Protection of Animals have published a report on anaerobic digestion (biogas) arguing the environmental  benefits of  large-scale AD units are questionable and may even be damaging.
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December 6 2011
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This report (Slade R, Saunders R, Gross R and Bauen A (2011). Energy from biomass: the size of the global resource. Imperial College Centre for Energy Policy and Technology and UK Energy Research Centre, London) is well worth reading. ...

October 17 2011

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Hallström, E., Ahlgren, S., Börjesson, P. (2011) Challenges and opportunities for future production of food, feed and biofuel- A land use perspective, Report No. 74, Department of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies,...

October 17 2011

 

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Hallström, E., Ahlgren, S., Börjesson, P. (2011) Challenges and opportunities for future production of food, feed and biofuel- A land use perspective, Report No. 74, Department of Environmental and Energy...

October 11 2011

Energy Policy has published a special issue on the Sustainability of biofuels (Volume 39, Issue 10, Pages 5681-6702, October 2011), edited by Rocio Diaz-Chavez and Jeremy Woods. 

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September 6 2011
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Rapid expansion of biomass energy in the global North is fuelling demand for wood and there is growing evidence of planned and operational plantations in Africa, South America and Southeast Asia. If biomass is sourced from food-insecure countries...

April 25 2011
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Lange M (2011). The GHG balance of biofuels taking into account land use change, Energy Policy, 39, 5, 2373-2385

March 16 2011

The European Union has set itself the target of meeting 10 per cent of road transport fuel needs from biofuel - fuel produced from biomass - by 2020.

March 10 2011
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The UN has published a new report on biofuel production entitled Sustainable Energy: A Framework for Decision Makers.

March 3 2011

A paper (Taheripour F, Hertel T, Tyner W (2010) 'Implications of the Biofuels Boom for the Global Livestock Industry: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis.' GTAP Working Paper No. 58 discusses the interactions between the biofuels and...