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The renewable energy directive and the challenges for the biodiesel industry : insights into a dynamic and opaque industry /
Hauptbeschreibung In response to climate change, and unsustainable energy consumption, the European Parliament launched a climate and energy package in 2009. This included the 20:20:20 Energy Strategy whose aim was to decrease the effects of climate change, in particular by lowering greenhouse gas (...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hamburg :
Anchor Academic Pub.,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- The Renewable Energy Directive and the challenges for the Biodiesel Industry: Insights into a dynamic and opaque industry; Abstract (English); Résumé (Français); Resumo (Português); Table of contents; List of Figures; List of abbreviations and acronyms; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Motivation and research objective; 1.2. Methodological approach; 1.3. Structure of the book; 2. The Renewable Energy Directive (RED); 2.1. Background on the RED 2003/30/EC on commodity and biofuel trade; 2.2. The Renewable Energy Directives 2009/28/EC and 2009/30/EC; 3. The biofuel industry.
- 3.1. An overview of the biofuel industry and its players3.2. The biodiesel value chain and different types of feedstock; 3.3. Feedstock production, crushing plant and oil production; 3.4. Biofuel production and chemical background of transesterification; 3.5. Trade flows and concrete example of a Supply Chain Manager; 3.6. GHG emissions as main sustainability criteria for biodiesel; 3.7. Criticism on criteria regarding GHG emissions and biodiversity; 3.8. Crop rotation and Genetically Modified Organism; 3.9. Direct (DLUC) and indirect land use change (ILUC).
- 4. Political frameworks and incentives for the biofuel industry4.1. Argentinian's export tax driven biodiesel industry; 4.2. Splash and Dash
- a US case study on import and tariffs; 4.3. Sustainability certificates and voluntary schemes
- 2BSvs case study; 4.4. Criticism on sustainability schemes; 4.5. An outlook into second and third generation biofuels; 4.6. Price increases and price volatility cause food shortage and hunger; 5. Conclusion; 6. Bibliography; Appendix; Acknowledgements.