Nexus Bioenergy–Bioeconomy

Lago, Carmen; Herrera, Israel; Caldés, Natàlia; Lechón, Yolanda

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-813056-8.00001-7

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“…Its other objective is to reduce GHG and slow-down of depletion of fossil carbon. The main feedstocks for biorefinery include perennial grasses, starchy crops (wheat and maize), sugary crops (beet and cane), lignocellulosic or energy crops (switchgrass, miscanthus, willow, short rotation coppice, and poplar), lignocellulosic residues (stover and straw), oil crops (palm oil and rapeseed oil), aquatic biomass (algae, micro-organisms and seaweeds), agricultural, forest, and industrial residues (bagasse, forest thinning, stover, straws, sawdust, and paper mill waste), and consumer-generated kitchen waste (Pandey et al 2015 ; Kamm et al 2016 ; Lago et al 2018 ; Bhaskar et al 2020 ). Sustainable conversion of biopolymers such as cellulose, chitin, and chitosan-based products using (nano)-catalysis into valuable products as against fossil-fuel industry is critically analyzed (Varma 2019 ).…”

Section: The Quest For Sustainable Alternatives To Crude Oilmentioning

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The production of fuels and chemicals in the new world: critical analysis of the choice between crude oil and biomass vis-à-vis sustainability and the environment

Yadav

Patankar

2020

Clean Techn Environ Policy

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Energy and the environment are intimately related and hotly debated issues. Today’s crude oil-based economy for the manufacture of fuels, chemicals and materials will not have a sustainable future. The over-use of oil products has done a great damage to the environment. Faced with the twin challenges of sustaining socioeconomic development and shrinking the environmental footprint of chemicals and fuel manufacturing, a major emphasis is on either converting biomass into low-value, high-volume biofuels or refining it into a wide spectrum of products. Using carbon for fuel is a flawed approach and unlikely to achieve any nation’s socioeconomic or environmental targets. Biomass is chemically and geographically incompatible with the existing refining and pipeline infrastructure, and biorefining and biofuels production in their current forms will not achieve economies of scale in most nations. Synergistic use of crude oil, biomass, and shale gas to produce fuels, value-added chemicals, and commodity chemicals, respectively, can continue for some time. However, carbon should not be used as a source of fuel or energy but be valorized to other products. In controlling CO2 emissions, hydrogen will play a critical role. Hydrogen is best suited for converting waste biomass and carbon dioxide emanated from different sources, whether it be fossil fuel-derived carbon or biomass-derived carbon, into fuels and chemicals as well as it will also lead, on its own as energy source, to the carbon negative scenario in conjunction with other renewable non-carbon sources. This new paradigm for production of fuels and chemicals not only offers the greatest monetization potential for biomass and shale gas, but it could also scale down output and improve the atom and energy economies of oil refineries. We have also highlighted the technology gaps with the intention to drive R&D in these directions. We believe this article will generate a considerable debate in energy sector and lead to better energy and material policy across the world. Graphic abstract

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Section: The Quest For Sustainable Alternatives To Crude Oilmentioning

confidence: 99%

The production of fuels and chemicals in the new world: critical analysis of the choice between crude oil and biomass vis-à-vis sustainability and the environment

Yadav

Patankar

2020

Clean Techn Environ Policy

116

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“…favorable economic provisions only for other types of bioethanol. 27 Overall, concerning the economic incentives for advanced biofuels production, governments, according to the 2019 Study from IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency) titled: "Advanced biofuels: What holds them back", offer economic incentive most frequently to fuel producers and not feedstock suppliers -because if they did support suppliers directly they would risk prices and quantity of raw material to increase because of the demandbut in this way, merely an indirect support for farmers is not sufficient to make them adopt new crops and practices. 28 That being said, we need to bear in mind that direct subsidies for farmers have also been part of the policies, since one of the most important drivers for biofuels development has been policy-makers' intention to support rural areas, a fact which confirms the existence of strong links between the biofuel industry and agriculture.…”

Section: Are Existing Policies and Regulatory Framework Promotinmentioning

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“…Subsidies aimed at rural communities have also been criticized on the basis that, because of them, biofuels are "an expensive form of GHG emissions reduction". 29 In that sense, agriculture-centered provisions and fiscal 27 Morone P, Strzałkowski A, Tani A. Biofuel transitions: An overview of regulations and standards for a more sustainable framework. Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future, 2020, 21-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-815581-3.00002-6.…”

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Sustainable Biofuel Policies: Challenges and ethical considerations

Tsitrouli

2021

Bioethica

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Over the last few decades, after the emergence of biofuels at commercial scale in the 1970s, several policies, at domestic or international level, have promoted these alternative fuels, citing mainly three supporting reasons: their potential to fight energy insecurity, ability to alleviate climate change through decreasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere -compared to conventional fuels- and capacity to promote agriculture and rural development. But, ever since the beginning of their expansion, it became clear that biofuels are not as sustainable as originally thought. And since policies and national legislative frameworks are the main instruments guiding biofuels’ development, this article aims to focus on answering the question whether current biofuel policies are efficient in ensuring sustainability, while promoting biofuels. If this is found not to be the case, then an attempt will be made in order to examine the relative existing gaps, to discuss the potential conflicting interests and ultimately to proceed with recommending adequate alterations in legislations. Ethical dimensions will also be discussed, which could provide some insightful considerations for upcoming biofuel legislations.

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“…En cuanto a la biomasa -bioenergía, Scarlat et al, (2015) y Lago et al, (2019) la presentan como otro de los pilares básicos bioeconómicos, ya que tiene un rol de proveedora de materias primas biológicas, las cuales van estrechamente ligada con la circularidad económica, sustituyendo la filosofía productiva de "tomar, fabricar y eliminar" e introduciendo nuevos conceptos como el "uso en cascada" (Haberl & Geissler, 2000), que sienta sus bases en la utilización eficiente del material considerado como "residuo" para extender la disponibilidad de biomasa dentro del sistema por mayor tiempo, mientras disminuye el impacto en el ambiente (Lago et al, 2019).…”

Section: Cuadro 2 Legislación Costarricense De Vinculo Biotecnológico -Bioeconómicounclassified

Legislación costarricense y su relación con la bioeconomía moderna

Gómez

2021

e-Agronegocios

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El desarrollo histórico de la bioeconomía, se ha caracterizado por estar sumido en un proceso de constante dinamismo y evolución teórica, albergando no solo numerosas definiciones, sino también diversas estrategias que le permiten tener una aplicación apacible. Este nuevo modelo, ha llevado a los gobiernos a reconsiderar la posición que deben tomar los marcos regulatorios para alinearse al desarrollo de los tres pilares básicos de la bioeconomía (biotecnología – biomasa – biodiversidad) y de esta forma, contribuir al desarrollo sostenible. El objetivo de esta investigación, es analizar las fortalezas y debilidades de la legislación costarricense en relación con el desarrollo de la bioeconomía, a través de una revisión de literatura de leyes actualizadas costarricenses del año 2017, emitidas por el Departamento de Servicios Parlamentarios de la Asamblea Legislativa. Los resultado indican un total de 58 instrumentos legales (leyes, políticas, decretos) que aportan positivamente a la producción y la conservación desde los principios bioeconómicos, una legislación limitante en la práctica de la bioeconomía y nueve herramientas que obstaculizan la producción pero aportan a la conservación, dando como conclusión, un extenso marco legal que no necesita mayor creación de leyes, sino mayormente una coordinación central y articulación de todas las herramientas con las que ya cuenta.

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Nexus Bioenergy–Bioeconomy

Cited by 31 publications

References 23 publications

The production of fuels and chemicals in the new world: critical analysis of the choice between crude oil and biomass vis-à-vis sustainability and the environment

The production of fuels and chemicals in the new world: critical analysis of the choice between crude oil and biomass vis-à-vis sustainability and the environment

Sustainable Biofuel Policies: Challenges and ethical considerations

Legislación costarricense y su relación con la bioeconomía moderna

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