Essays about: "need for Biofuels"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 essays containing the words need for Biofuels.

  1. 16. Investigating fossil fuel utilization and the potential of reducing fossil fuels for heating in companies : The case of Gävleborg County

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Energisystem

    Author : Martin Eriksson; [2016]
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    Abstract : Fossil fuels constitute roughly 80 % of the world’s energy supply and of this amount oil makes up almost one third. The combustion of these fossil fuels leads to increasing levels of greenhouse gases, causing a warming of the earth through the so called greenhouse effect. READ MORE

  3. 17. 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. 18. A review and analysis of sustainable issues related to liquid biofuels.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : M Munirul Islam; [2015]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Liquid biofuel; Biofuel policies; Climate change; Global transport sector; Sustainability;

    Abstract : Most of the time when developing policies for the promotion of future biofuel, the social dimension of sustainable development is neglected. But it is important to incorporate both social and economic issues along with environmental issues for a successful sustainability strategy because sustainable development depends on all three aspects of sustainability. READ MORE

  5. 19. Investigation on the Use of Intermediate Crops for Anaerobic Digestion as a Renewable Source of Energy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

    Author : Ida Ahlberg; Thais Leidiomara Silva Nilsson; [2015]
    Keywords : biofuels; pretreatment; acetic acid; steam pretreatment; sodium hydroxide; kemiteknik; chemical engineering; Mellangrödor; Hemp; White mustard; Oilseed radish; Sudangrass; Hairy vetch; Phacelia; energy; Intermediate crops; Biogas; Anaerobic digestion; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Biology and Life Sciences; Technology and Engineering; Chemistry;

    Abstract : The eminent dilemma around the relationship between the increasing world population, the need of new fuel sources and environment issues has raised great awareness in the last decades. The European Parliament has set common goals such as the reduction of the greenhouse gases by 20 % by the year of 2020, followed by the requirement of at least 10 % of the fuel has to be biofuel. READ MORE

  6. 20. The Achilles heel of the EU's Renewable Energy Directive sustainability criteria : the policy on biofuel and its limitation to understanding sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Anna-Lena Klassen; [2014]
    Keywords : dominance of GHG accounting; sustainability criteria; Renewable Energy Directive; biofuels; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Within the Renewable Energy Directive, the European Union has embedded sustainability criteria, addressing sustainable biofuels. Due to criticism, the sustainability criteria have been re-examined by the EU in the light of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC). READ MORE