Full Title: Sustainable Production of SECOND-Generation Biofuels, Potential and perspectives in major economies and developing countries
Author(s): Anselm Eisentraut
Publisher(s): International Energy Agency
Publication Date: February 1, 2010
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Description (excerpt):
Research-and-development activities on second-generation biofuels so far have been undertaken only in a number of developed countries and in some large emerging economies like Brazil, China and India. The aim of this study is, therefore, to identify opportunities and constraints related to the potential future production of second-generation biofuels and assess the framework for a successful implementation of a second-generation biofuel industry under different economic and geographic conditions. Therefore, eight countries have been analysed in detail: Mexico, four major non-OECD economies (Brazil, China, India and South Africa), and three developing countries in Africa and South-east Asia (Cameroon, Tanzania and Thailand). The study further assesses the potential of agricultural and forestry residues as potential feedstock for second-generation biofuels. The results of this study help answer what contribution second-generation biofuels from residues could make to the future biofuel demand projected in IEA scenarios, and under which conditions major economies and developing countries could profit from their production.