Titre : | INCREASING FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION FOR BIOFUELS : ECONOMIC DRIVERS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS, AND THE ROLE OF RESEARCH |
Autre titre: | AUGMENTER LA PRODUCTION DE MATIERE PREMIERE POUR LES BIOCARBURANTS |
Auteurs : | THE BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE |
Type de document : | Livre |
Editeur : | THE BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, 2008 |
Format : | 148 P. |
Langues: | Anglais ; Français |
Concepts : |
MATIERE PREMIERE
CARBURANT ETHANOL AGROCARBURANT BIOGAZ |
Résumé : | A large expansion in ethanol production, along with research and innovation to deveiop second-generation biofuels, is underway in the United States, spurred by volatile oïl prices and energy policies. This increased focus on ethanol and other biofuels is an important element of US. economic, energy, enviroamental, and national security policies, A series of policies have supported development of biofuels, including the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (which mandated increasing domestic use of renewable fuels to 7.5 billion gallons in 2012), the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 (which established a 36-billion-gallon mandate for biofuels by 2022), and the 2002 and 2008 Farm 13111s. Meeting these goals wifl require that technical, economic, and research challenges are met. The availability of biomass feedstocks isa criticat part ofthe challenge. The National Biofuels Action Plan identified two general barriers to providing sustainable quantities of feedstocks; a lack of biomass production capacity and the high relative costs of production, recovery, and transportation for feedstocks. The goal of this report is to inform research recommendations to address the constraints surrounding availability of biomass feedstocks. To meet this goal, an economic assessment, which links to an analysis of the consequences for greenhouse gas emissions and sustainability, bas been deve]oped that encompasses feedstock production from agriculture and forestry sources. The boundaries of the analysisa domesiic focus on feedstocks and up to the farmgate or forest roadsidecircumscribe the findings. (Jncertainty about the conversion of feedstocks to biofuel s, transportation of both, international effects, and consideration ofdisplaced petroleum fuels are beyond the scope of this study. Four questions guide the analysis: What feedstocks and at what price? What is the regional distribution of feedstock production? What are the effects of alternative invesiments in research on feedstocks? What are the consequences for sustainability and greenhouse gases related to feedstock production? |
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