Biofuels : Markets, Targets and Impacts
This paper reviews recent developments in biofuel markets and their economic, social and environmental impacts. Several countries have introduced mandates and targets for biofuel expansion. Production, international trade and investment have increa...
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ACID AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES AIR AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ALTERNATIVE FUELS ANAEROBIC DIGESTION APPROACH AVAILABILITY BAGASSE BALANCE BIODIESEL BIOENERGY BIOFUEL BIOFUEL INDUSTRIES BIOFUEL INDUSTRY BIOFUEL PRODUCTION BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGIES BIOFUEL USE BIOFUELS BIOFUELS INDUSTRY BIOFUELS PRODUCTION BIOFUELS TECHNOLOGIES BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL BIOMASS BIOMASS ENERGY BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY BIOMASS USING CANE ETHANOL CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON LOSSES CARBON MONOXIDE CELLULOSE CELLULOSIC ETHANOL CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CHEMICAL BIOMASS CONVERSION CHEMICAL PROCESS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CO CO2 COAL COGENERATION COMBUSTION CONCENTRATES CONVENTIONAL DIESEL CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE COOKING COOKING OIL CORN CORN CROP CORN ETHANOL CORN PRICE CORN PRICES CORN PRODUCTION CORN STOVER COST OF ETHANOL COST OF SUGARCANE COSTS OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION CROP RESIDUES CULTIVATED LAND CUMULATIVE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS DEFORESTATION DEMAND FOR ETHANOL DEMONSTRATION PLANT DIESEL DIESEL CONSUMPTION DIESEL FUEL DISTILLERY DROUGHT EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTIONS ENERGY CARRIER ENERGY CARRIERS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY COSTS ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT ENERGY GAINS ENERGY INPUT ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY OUTPUT ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PRICES ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUPPLY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ESTER ETBE ETHANOL ETHANOL BLENDING ETHANOL IMPORTS ETHANOL INDUSTRY ETHANOL OUTPUT ETHANOL PLANT ETHANOL PLANTS ETHANOL PRODUCER ETHANOL PRODUCTION ETHANOL PRODUCTION COSTS ETHANOL PRODUCTION PROCESS ETHANOL PROGRAM FEEDSTOCK FEEDSTOCK COSTS FEEDSTOCK PRICES FEEDSTOCKS FERMENTATION FOOD CROPS FOREST LAND FOREST LANDS FOREST RESIDUES FOSSIL FOSSIL DIESEL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FOSSIL FUEL COUNTERPARTS FOSSIL FUELS FUEL DEMAND FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL ETHANOL FUEL ETHANOL INDUSTRY FUEL ETHANOL PRODUCTION FUEL PRICES FUEL PRODUCTION FUEL REPLACEMENT FUEL SUPPLY GAS PRICES GASIFICATION GASOLINE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION GASOLINE SALES GENERATION GHG GRAIN PRICES GREEN ENERGY GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS GREENHOUSE GAS RELEASE HEAT HEMICELLULOSE HIGH ETHANOL HYDROCARBONS HYDROLYSIS JATROPHA LAND USE LIGNIN LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS LIPIDS LIQUID FUEL LIQUID FUELS LUBRICITY MAIZE METHANE METHANOL MICROALGAE MIXTURE OF ETHANOL NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN NITROGEN FERTILIZER OCTANE VALUE OIL OIL CRISIS OIL DEMAND OIL IMPORTS OIL PALM OIL PRICE OIL PRICES OIL PRODUCTION OIL SEEDS OIL USE OILS ORGANIC CARBON PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS POLLUTANT EMISSIONS POLLUTANTS POWER POWER PLANTS PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE OF GASOLINE PRICE OF OIL PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION OF FEEDSTOCKS RAPESEED RAPESEED OIL REGULAR GASOLINE RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY RENEWABLE ENERGIES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES RENEWABLE FUEL RENEWABLE FUELS SEWAGE SORGHUM SOY OIL SOYBEAN OIL SOYBEAN PRODUCTION SUGAR SUGAR BEET SUGAR BEETS SUGAR CANE SUGARCANE SUGARCANE CULTIVATION SUGARCANE ETHANOL SUGARCANE PRODUCTION SUGARS SULFUR SULFUR EMISSIONS SYNTHETIC GAS TAX CREDIT TAX CREDITS TAX EXEMPTION TRANSPORT SECTOR TROPICAL FOREST VEGETABLE OIL VEGETABLE OILS VEHICLES VOLUME OF ETHANOL WASTE MATERIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER MANAGEMENT WATER VAPOR WHEAT WIND WOOD WOOD WASTES Timilsina, Govinda R. Shrestha, Ashish Biofuels : Markets, Targets and Impacts |
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This paper reviews recent developments
in biofuel markets and their economic, social and
environmental impacts. Several countries have introduced
mandates and targets for biofuel expansion. Production,
international trade and investment have increased sharply in
the past few years. However, several existing studies have
blamed biofuels as one of the key factors behind the
2007-2008 global food crisis, although the magnitudes of
impacts in these studies vary widely depending on the
underlying assumptions and structure of the models. Existing
studies also have huge disparities in the magnitude of
long-term impacts of biofuels on food prices and supply;
studies that model only the agricultural sector show higher
impacts, whereas studies that model the entire economy show
relatively lower impacts. In terms of climate change
mitigation impacts, there exists a consensus that current
biofuels lead to greenhouse gas mitigation only when
greenhouse gas emissions related to land-use change are not
counted. If conversion of carbon rich forest land to crop
land is not avoided, the resulting greenhouse gas release
would mean that biofuels would not reduce cumulative
greenhouse gas emissions until several years had passed.
Overall, results from most of the existing literature do not
favor diversion of food for large-scale production of
biofuels, although regulated production of biofuels in
countries with surplus land and a strong biofuel industry
are not ruled out. Developments in second generation
biofuels offer some hope, yet they still compete with food
supply through land use and are currently constrained by a
number of technical and economic barriers. |
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Timilsina, Govinda R. Shrestha, Ashish |
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Timilsina, Govinda R. Shrestha, Ashish |
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Timilsina, Govinda R. |
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Biofuels : Markets, Targets and Impacts |
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Biofuels : Markets, Targets and Impacts |
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Biofuels : Markets, Targets and Impacts |
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Biofuels : Markets, Targets and Impacts |
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Biofuels : Markets, Targets and Impacts |
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biofuels : markets, targets and impacts |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-38482021-04-23T14:02:13Z Biofuels : Markets, Targets and Impacts Timilsina, Govinda R. Shrestha, Ashish ACID AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES AIR AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ALTERNATIVE FUELS ANAEROBIC DIGESTION APPROACH AVAILABILITY BAGASSE BALANCE BIODIESEL BIOENERGY BIOFUEL BIOFUEL INDUSTRIES BIOFUEL INDUSTRY BIOFUEL PRODUCTION BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGIES BIOFUEL USE BIOFUELS BIOFUELS INDUSTRY BIOFUELS PRODUCTION BIOFUELS TECHNOLOGIES BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL BIOMASS BIOMASS ENERGY BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY BIOMASS USING CANE ETHANOL CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON LOSSES CARBON MONOXIDE CELLULOSE CELLULOSIC ETHANOL CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CHEMICAL BIOMASS CONVERSION CHEMICAL PROCESS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CO CO2 COAL COGENERATION COMBUSTION CONCENTRATES CONVENTIONAL DIESEL CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE COOKING COOKING OIL CORN CORN CROP CORN ETHANOL CORN PRICE CORN PRICES CORN PRODUCTION CORN STOVER COST OF ETHANOL COST OF SUGARCANE COSTS OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION CROP RESIDUES CULTIVATED LAND CUMULATIVE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS DEFORESTATION DEMAND FOR ETHANOL DEMONSTRATION PLANT DIESEL DIESEL CONSUMPTION DIESEL FUEL DISTILLERY DROUGHT EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTIONS ENERGY CARRIER ENERGY CARRIERS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY COSTS ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT ENERGY GAINS ENERGY INPUT ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY OUTPUT ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PRICES ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUPPLY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ESTER ETBE ETHANOL ETHANOL BLENDING ETHANOL IMPORTS ETHANOL INDUSTRY ETHANOL OUTPUT ETHANOL PLANT ETHANOL PLANTS ETHANOL PRODUCER ETHANOL PRODUCTION ETHANOL PRODUCTION COSTS ETHANOL PRODUCTION PROCESS ETHANOL PROGRAM FEEDSTOCK FEEDSTOCK COSTS FEEDSTOCK PRICES FEEDSTOCKS FERMENTATION FOOD CROPS FOREST LAND FOREST LANDS FOREST RESIDUES FOSSIL FOSSIL DIESEL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FOSSIL FUEL COUNTERPARTS FOSSIL FUELS FUEL DEMAND FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL ETHANOL FUEL ETHANOL INDUSTRY FUEL ETHANOL PRODUCTION FUEL PRICES FUEL PRODUCTION FUEL REPLACEMENT FUEL SUPPLY GAS PRICES GASIFICATION GASOLINE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION GASOLINE SALES GENERATION GHG GRAIN PRICES GREEN ENERGY GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS GREENHOUSE GAS RELEASE HEAT HEMICELLULOSE HIGH ETHANOL HYDROCARBONS HYDROLYSIS JATROPHA LAND USE LIGNIN LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS LIPIDS LIQUID FUEL LIQUID FUELS LUBRICITY MAIZE METHANE METHANOL MICROALGAE MIXTURE OF ETHANOL NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN NITROGEN FERTILIZER OCTANE VALUE OIL OIL CRISIS OIL DEMAND OIL IMPORTS OIL PALM OIL PRICE OIL PRICES OIL PRODUCTION OIL SEEDS OIL USE OILS ORGANIC CARBON PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS POLLUTANT EMISSIONS POLLUTANTS POWER POWER PLANTS PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE OF GASOLINE PRICE OF OIL PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION OF FEEDSTOCKS RAPESEED RAPESEED OIL REGULAR GASOLINE RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY RENEWABLE ENERGIES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES RENEWABLE FUEL RENEWABLE FUELS SEWAGE SORGHUM SOY OIL SOYBEAN OIL SOYBEAN PRODUCTION SUGAR SUGAR BEET SUGAR BEETS SUGAR CANE SUGARCANE SUGARCANE CULTIVATION SUGARCANE ETHANOL SUGARCANE PRODUCTION SUGARS SULFUR SULFUR EMISSIONS SYNTHETIC GAS TAX CREDIT TAX CREDITS TAX EXEMPTION TRANSPORT SECTOR TROPICAL FOREST VEGETABLE OIL VEGETABLE OILS VEHICLES VOLUME OF ETHANOL WASTE MATERIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER MANAGEMENT WATER VAPOR WHEAT WIND WOOD WOOD WASTES This paper reviews recent developments in biofuel markets and their economic, social and environmental impacts. Several countries have introduced mandates and targets for biofuel expansion. Production, international trade and investment have increased sharply in the past few years. However, several existing studies have blamed biofuels as one of the key factors behind the 2007-2008 global food crisis, although the magnitudes of impacts in these studies vary widely depending on the underlying assumptions and structure of the models. Existing studies also have huge disparities in the magnitude of long-term impacts of biofuels on food prices and supply; studies that model only the agricultural sector show higher impacts, whereas studies that model the entire economy show relatively lower impacts. In terms of climate change mitigation impacts, there exists a consensus that current biofuels lead to greenhouse gas mitigation only when greenhouse gas emissions related to land-use change are not counted. If conversion of carbon rich forest land to crop land is not avoided, the resulting greenhouse gas release would mean that biofuels would not reduce cumulative greenhouse gas emissions until several years had passed. Overall, results from most of the existing literature do not favor diversion of food for large-scale production of biofuels, although regulated production of biofuels in countries with surplus land and a strong biofuel industry are not ruled out. Developments in second generation biofuels offer some hope, yet they still compete with food supply through land use and are currently constrained by a number of technical and economic barriers. 2012-03-19T18:40:53Z 2012-03-19T18:40:53Z 2010-07-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100719162226 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3848 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5364 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |