Essays about: "social concerns of biofuels"

Found 4 essays containing the words social concerns of biofuels.

1. 1. Setting the seeds for a green growth -A Study of biofuel development in Indonesia’s transport sector

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Sophia Aaman; Johan Henrik Hessel Lundberg; [2017]
   Keywords : Multi-Level Perspective; Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning; Biofuels for transport; Indonesia; Barriers.;

   Abstract : Climate change poses as one of the major environmental issues on a global scale today, with one of the largest contributor to the climate change being the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions in turn is known to a large extent originate in anthropogenic energy use, especially fossil fuel usage. READ MORE

3. 2. Evaluation of Jatropha Curcas as future en-ergy crop in some African countries.

   University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknik

   Author : Mohammed Abaid; [2015]
   Keywords : Biofuels; Jatropha Curcas; Africa; policies; environments and food security;

   Abstract : Biofuels now days consider as one of the successful alternative to meet the challenges associated with climate change and peak oil, as well as a way for poorer countries to develop an industry in order to enhance social and economic development. In many developing countries and particularly in Africa, this has led to large-scale investments in lands by foreign companies, and as a consequence there has been a debate on whether these actions are environmentally sustainable and whether this kind of activity actually brings economic development. READ MORE

4. 3. Microalgae biofuels: some potential - many reservations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Mathilde Andersson; [2012]
   Keywords : Biofuels; Microalgae; new technologies; industrial emergence; constraints; transport.; Biology and Life Sciences; Business and Economics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Achieving climate policy goals and addressing the challenges of energy security requires very significant efforts from many private and public actors to bring immature technologies to competitiveness. Algae-based biofuel production is an emerging industrial sector that has great promise with regards to many sustainability aspects but faces many challenges in order to attain any meaningful market potential. READ MORE

5. 4. Sustainability Opportunities and Challenges of the Biofuels Industry

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Avdelningen för maskinteknik

   Author : Cesar L. França; Kate Maddigan; Kyle White; [2005]
   Keywords : biofuels; bioethanol; biodiesel; life cycle analysis; strategic sustainable development;

   Abstract : Liquid biofuels are being produced to displace fossil fuels for transportation, with bioethanol and biodiesel being the primary biofuels produced for this purpose in the world today. While there is consensus on the need for a sustainable biofuels industry, there is little consensus on how to proceed to avoid environmental and social degradation with global biofuel production. READ MORE