Implications of European Union recast Renewable Energy Directive sustainability criteria for renewable heat and transport: Case study of willow biomethane in Ireland

Long, Aoife; Bose, Archishman; O’Shea, Richard; Monaghan, Rory F.D.; Murphy, Jerry D.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2021.111461

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“…Some countries have implemented ambitious targets for biodiesel production and use, while others have been slower to adopt this renewable fuel source. In Europe, Renewable Energy Directive has set a target of 14% renewable energy in transportation by 2030, which includes the use of biodiesel (Long et al, 2021). Many European countries have implemented mandatory biodiesel blending policies, with blending ratios ranging from 7% to 20% (Chong et al, 2021).…”

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A comprehensive review on the use of biodiesel for diesel engines

Nguyen

Pham

et al. 2023

Int. J. Renew. Energy Dev.

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Fossil fuels are the main source of energy for transportation operations around the world. However, fossil fuels cause extremely negative impacts on the environment, as well as uneven distribution across countries, increasing energy insecurity. Biodiesel is one of the potential and feasible options in recent years to solve energy problems. Biodiesel is a renewable, low-carbon fuel source that is increasingly being used as a replacement for traditional fossil fuels, particularly in diesel engines. Biodiesel has several potential benefits such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving air quality, and energy independence. However, there are also several challenges associated with the use of biodiesel including the compatibility of biodiesel with existing engine technologies and infrastructure as well as the cost of production, which can vary depending on factors such as location, climate, and competing uses for the feedstocks. Meanwhile, studies aimed at comprehensively assessing the impact of biodiesel on engine power, performance, and emissions are lacking. This becomes a major barrier to the dissemination of this potential energy source. Therefore, this study will provide a comprehensive view of the physicochemical properties of biodiesel that affect the performance and emission properties of the engine, as well as discuss the difficulties and opportunities of this potential fuel source.

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Section: Challenges and Opportunitiesmentioning

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A comprehensive review on the use of biodiesel for diesel engines

Nguyen

Pham

et al. 2023

Int. J. Renew. Energy Dev.

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“…They argued that CO 2 and fossil fuels tend to substantially reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector, while fostering mobility service is the most cost-effective strategy investigated. Long et al (2021) studied the life cycle of CO 2 emissions with hazel gasification methanation to create renewable biofuels to compare the RED recast's heat and transport sustainability goals for 2026. They concluded that 97 percent of the greatest emissions associated were achieved by changing the arable land to transportation end-use.…”

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Nexuses between international trade, renewable energy, and transport services: Leading toward practical implications and trade policies

Khan¹,

Thomas²,

Jameel³

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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This research aims to investigate the connection between logistic indicators, trade, renewable energy, and ICT on transport services in the selected 33 developed European countries. The researchers used the panel data from the 33 developed European countries to test the hypothesis. Panel GMM is an optimal modeling choice in this study from data sets ranging from 2007 to 2020. The results revealed that transport services have a significant positive relationship with trade, renewable energy, ICT, and internet usage. Also, the logistic indicators have a significant positive connection with transport services. Furthermore, renewable energy and transport services have a significant positive association with transport services. ICT adoption positively affects road freight transport by enhancing operations’ safety, suitability, visibility, and accountability. The effectiveness of these indicators is considerably affected by transport flow predictions and resource allocation strategy. Moreover, the management of high-quality operations requires optimization, and using transport and logistic management systems for transportation services makes it feasible to get optimal outcomes.

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“…While GHG emissions and mitigation costs for biogas and biomethane have been addressed in many studies, for instance by coupling economic and GHG accounting models [15], by assessing the economics of biogas GHG mitigation potential [16], and by calculating the environmental impact of biomethane production, considering different types of technologies and substrates [17]. The effects of the different support schemes on biomethane have been rarely compared and are mostly within the framework of the EU RED [18,19] and RED II [20]. At the same time, the market for biomethane and its competitiveness with other advanced fuels have not been taken into account [21].…”

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Biomethane from Manure, Agricultural Residues and Biowaste—GHG Mitigation Potential from Residue-Based Biomethane in the European Transport Sector

2021

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Biomethane from manure, agricultural residues, and biowaste has been prioritized by many energy strategies as a sustainable way to decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transport sector. The technology is regarded as mature; however, its implementation is still at an early stage. At EU level, there are currently two major instruments relevant for promoting the production of biomethane from waste and residues and which are likely to contribute to unlocking unused GHG mitigation potentials: the Renewable Energy Directive 2018/2001 (RED II) and the European Emission Trading System (EU ETS). Our study analyzes the effects of these two instruments on the competitiveness of biomethane as an advanced transport fuel in relation to different policy scenarios within the RED II framework and under EU ETS conditions. Within the RED II market framework for advanced biofuels, biomethane concepts that use manure as a substrate or as a cosubstrate show significantly lower GHG mitigation costs compared to advanced biofuels. With respect to the current EU ETS conditions for bioenergy, it is helpful to consider the GHG reduction potential from the non-ETS agricultural sector as a way to unlock unused potential for reducing GHG emissions.

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Implications of European Union recast Renewable Energy Directive sustainability criteria for renewable heat and transport: Case study of willow biomethane in Ireland

Cited by 19 publications

References 29 publications

A comprehensive review on the use of biodiesel for diesel engines

A comprehensive review on the use of biodiesel for diesel engines

Nexuses between international trade, renewable energy, and transport services: Leading toward practical implications and trade policies

Biomethane from Manure, Agricultural Residues and Biowaste—GHG Mitigation Potential from Residue-Based Biomethane in the European Transport Sector

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