Bioenergy
The current expansion in the use of bioenergy, and promotion of biofuels as a means to achieve fuel security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, is driving increased use of biomass for energy, including both electricity generation and the production of liquid transport fuels.
Within these web pages, information on bioenergy (principally biofuels) and related issues can be found in a number of areas.
Within country profiles - with biofuels ‘profile’s being presented for a selected set of countries. Country information can be accessed through the Search page. These profiles summarise biofuels substitution targets, national policy and trends in biofuels crop development. These will be updated regularly. Summaries are currently available for the following countries:
Biofuels calculator - a biofuels calculation tool has been developed to allow biofuels calculations to be made using country specific crop yield data and generic information on energy yields. This allows an assessment of national production targets (based on volume) to be assessed in terms of required crop volume and land area or energy and biofuels yield from crop land area data can be used to calculate potential biofuels yield in volume and energy terms. Open the Biofuels Calculator tool in a new window.
Commodity information - commodities such as palm oil, soya, sugar and ethanol are used in the biofuels industry. Information on these commodities can be accessed through the Search page.
The Document Library – is accessed through its own search page and contains selected reports on bioenergy issues in relation to biodiversity.
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