When this research project was started in autumn 2006, the discussion on the sustainability of bioenergy – and particularly biofuels – was largely restricted to expert circles. The tenor of the discussion however had already developed in the direction of increasing skepticism. Biofuels have so far only become important in terms of volume in Brazil, in the USA (both bioethanol) and in Germany (biodiesel), although production and use is to be significantly expanded from now on for the fulfillment of climate policy objectives.
Climate | Energy, Waste | Resources, Transport, Agriculture
Criteria for a Sustainable Use of Bioenergy on a Global Scale
Series
Texte | 30/2008
Number of pages
245
Year of publication
Author(s)
Horst Fehrenbach, Jürgen Giegrich, Dr. Guido Reinhardt, Jutta Schmitz, Dr. Uwe Sayer, Marco Gretz, Elmar Seizinger, Kerstin Lanje
Language
English
Project No. (FKZ)
206 41 112
Publisher
Umweltbundesamt
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2552 KB
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