Energy Exploration & ExploitationGreenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels have necessitated finding renewable energy alternatives for sustainability. Bioethanol from biomass is thus gaining prominence.
Sheikh Faruk Ahmed +6 more
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Life Cycle Assessment of Sweet Sorghum as Feedstock for Second-generation Biofuel Production [PDF]
, 2017 There exist few life cycle assessments (LCAs) in the literature that focus on the second-generation biofuel production from sweet sorghum, a non-food-source feedstock that offers several advantages in terms of farming requirements compared to corn or ...
Morrissey, Karla
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Biodiesel: A New Oildorado? [PDF]
Guaranteeing tax reductions and exemptions, the European governments intend to increase the share of biofuels in total EU fuel consumption to 5.75% by 2010.
Jörg Peters, Manuel Frondel
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Experimental TGA device for the determination of cellulose pyrolysis behaviour at elevated pressure [PDF]
, 2012 Forestry lignocellulosic biomass is a major renewable energy sources in the world. Carbon generated by Nature through photosynthesis process, could potentially be considered as a neutral energy carrier in term of the greenhouse gas emissions, if it is ...
Boutahar, Nabila +2 more
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EFFECTS OF A POTENTIAL NEW BIOFUEL DIRECTIVE ON EU LAND USE AND AGRICULTURAL MARKETS [PDF]
In its Progress Report on Biofuels the European Commission proposes a more restrictive biofuel directive which sets a mandatory minimum share of biofuels in total fuel consumption in the transport sector of 10% per Member State by 2020. This is likely to
Banse, Martin, Grethe, Harald
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Synthesis of bioethanol from mixed vegetable wastes: Experimental methodology and characterization
Engineering ReportsBioethanol has been identified as a renewable product with high potential for application as biofuel. On the other hand, high volumes of agri‐food residues are generated daily.
Guillermo Manuel González‐Guerra +7 more
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Recent developments and prospects for the production of biofuels in the EU: Can they really be "Part of Solution"? [PDF]
The European Union has launched an ambitious policy aiming at increasing the use of biofuels in land transport “with a view to contributing to objectives such as meeting climate change commitments, environmentally friendly security of supply and ...
Bamiere, Laure +5 more
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Advanced biofuel technologies : status and barriers [PDF]
Large-scale production of crop based (first generation) biofuels may not be feasible without adversely affecting global food supply or encroaching on other important land uses. Because alternatives to liquid fossil fuels are important to develop in order
Cheng, Jay J., Timilsina, Govinda R
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Sustainable Energy Crop Production: A Case Study for Sugarcane and Cassava Production in Yunnan, China [PDF]
The possibility of using biomass as a source of energy in reducing the greenhouse-effect imposed by carbon dioxide emission and relieving energy crisis is a matter of great interest, such as bioethanol production.
Ni, Jianhong, Zhang, Sizhu, Zhang, Yu
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Bio-fuel Chains – An Overview on the Structure and the Value Chain Organization [PDF]
Structural change in the agricultural sector as well as in the whole agricultural value chain is an ongoing dynamic process and creates a number of diverse phenomena.
Dautzenberg, Kirsti, Hanf, Jon Henrich
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