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Biofuels in sub-Sahara Africa: drivers, impacts and priority policy areas
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2015-05)
There has been a growing interest in jatropha- and sugarcane-based biofuels across Sub-Sahara Africa. Biofuel expansion in the region reflects policy concerns related to energy security, poverty alleviation and economic ...
Policies for the sustainable development of biofuels in the Pan American region: a review and synthesis of five countries
(Springer, 2015-12)
Rapid growth of biofuel production in the United States and Brazil over the past decade has increased interest in replicating this success in other nations of the Pan American region. However, the continued use of food-based ...
BIODIESEL PRODUCTION IN MEXICO FROM JATROPHA CURCAS
(4th International Congress on Alternative Energies, 2013-10-17)
Biodiesel production from vegetable oils has been severely questioned in severa! published works; they present economic, social and sustainability arguments to
show that there are no neat advantages in the use of biofuels ...
Next-generation biofuels: Survey of emerging technologies and sustainability issues
(Wiley VCH Verlag, 2010-10)
Next-generation biofuels, such as cellulosic bioethanol, biomethane from waste, synthetic biofuels obtained via gasification of biomass, biohydrogen, and others, are currently at the center of the attention of technologists ...
Flexible ethanol production: Energy from sugarcane bagasse might help the sustainability of biofuels
(2015-01-01)
The ethanol industry in Brazil is going through a period of stagnation, resulting in the reduction of ethanol supply. The ethanol for automotive purposes may be anhydrous, which is used as an anti-detonating additive to ...
Are biofuels a feasible option?
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2009)
Recently a number of objections have been raised against the use of ethanol produced from agricultural products such as maize, sugarcane, wheat or sugar beets as a replacement for gasoline, despite some of their advantages ...
Green microalgae as substrate for producing Biofuels and chlorophyll in Biorefineries
(2018-01-01)
In order to develop sustainable technologies with reduced impacts in an attempt to repair previously caused damages to the environment, green alternatives have been the focus of several researches nowadays. Technological ...
Biofuels and Sustainable Energy Development in Brazil
(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2011)
Through the assessment of three decades of the Alcohol Program in Brazil, the paper shows that adequate public policies regarding biomass production can deliver direct benefits like energy security improvement, foreign ...
Sustainability certification of bioethanol: how is it perceived by Brazilian stakeholders?
(JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, 2010)
This paper investigates whether initiatives for sustainability certification of Brazilian ethanol can be expected to stimulate a change among producers toward more sustainable production - and, if so, what those changes ...