Policies for second generation biofuels : current status and future challanges

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	Policies for second generation biofuels : current status and future challanges
	Eggert, Håkan; Greaker, Mads; Potter, Emily
	2011
出版年	2011
语种	英语
国家	挪威
出版者	Statistics Norway
领域	气候变化
英文摘要	Current state-of-the-art knowledge concludes that green house gas (GHG) emissions must be controlled and reduced within the next 30-40 years. The transport sector contributes almost a fifth of the current global emissions, and its share is likely to increase in the future. The US and a number of European countries have therefore introduced various support schemes for research and development (R&D) of low emission fuels that can potentially replace the current fossil fuels. One such alternative is biofuels. The advantage of biofuels are that it is easy to introduce into the transport sector. On the other hand, recent research papers question whether the supply of feedstock is sufficient, and to what extent biofuels lead to GHG emission reductions. This report reviews the current status of second generation biofuels. Second generation biofuels are made from cellulose, which according to our survey of the literature, is in more abundant supply than the first generation biofuels feedstocks. Furthermore, it seems to have the potential to reduce GHG emissions from the transport sector without leading to devastating land use changes, which recent critique has held against first generation biofuels. Given that governments have decided to support R&D of low emission fuels, we ask the following questions: • Should second generation biofuels receive R&D support to the same extent as other low emission fuels like hydrogen? • How should support schemes for second generation biofuels be designed?
英文关键词	Biodrivstoff Utslipp Klimagasser Emissions Biofuels VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450
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来源平台	Center for International Climate and Environmental Research-Oslo (CICERO)
文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/1660
专题	气候变化
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Eggert, Håkan,Greaker, Mads,Potter, Emily. Policies for second generation biofuels : current status and future challanges:Statistics Norway,2011.