Green Fuels - Sustainable Solutions for Transportation

ECKHARD DINJUS, ULRICH ARNOLD, NICOLAUS DAHMEN, RAINER HOFER AND WOLFGANG WACH = 

The importance of biofuels is growing rapidly and this is reflected in steadily increasing research activities in both academia and industry as well as an increasing number of joint ventures comprising several institutions. Thus, not only is the extent of publications on this highly dynamic topic strongly increasing but so too, due to its obvious socioeconomic relevance, is public interest. 

Directive due to boost EU renewable energy use to 20% by 2020. The latter also aims for a substitution of 10% of transport fuels by biofuels in 2020 as a mandatory target for the Member States. Furthermore, this directive also defines minimum sustainability standards, e.g. a 35% reduction of greenhouse gas emission and a focus on the type of land used for biomass cultivation. 

The biomass volume available for biofuel production in Europe was reported to be 95 Mio mto oil equivalent (Mton) per year in 2005 with an estimated increase to a value between 112 and 172 MtoE in 2020 and 243 to 316 MtoE in 2030. For comparison, predicted energy demands for the transport sector are 416.3 MtoE in 2020 and 437.2 MtoE in 2030. Biomass yields under average conditions are assumed to be approximately 10 mto of dry biomass per hectare and year in the case of willow. 

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Dinjus E, Arnold U, Dahmen N, Hofer R,WachW. Green fuels — sustainable solutions for transportation. In Hofer R, editor. Sustainable solutions for modem economies. Cambridge RSC Green Chem. No 4, RSC Publ. 2009. p. 125-63. 

Dinjus E,Arnold U, Dahmen N, Hofer R,WachW. Green fuels- sustainable solutions for transportation. 

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