Policy Assessment of Potential Biodiesel Feedstock Supply in Thailand

Keson, Jutaporn; Ratchaniphont, Adisorn; Wongsai, Sangdao; Wongsai, Noppachai

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.549

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“…For example, a number of studies have assessed the economic impacts of palm oil-based biofuel in terms of subsidy, tax and prices of biodiesel, cost of economic production for biodiesel project, and life cycle cost of biodiesel, for example, Laung-Iem and Thanarak (2021), Chantawong et al (2020), Romprasert and Jermsittiparsert (2019) and Siralertruksa et al (2012a). Several studies have assessed the energy impacts of palm oil-based biofuel, for example, Nutongkaew et al (2019), Prueksakorn et al (2010), Pleanjai and Gheewala (2009) Prueksakorn and Gheewala (2008) and Keson et al (2015) have focused specifically on resource potential assessment of palm oil-based biofuel production. Several research works have been carried out an analysis of palm oil-based biofuel production implications on the environment including Lecksiwilai and Gheewala (2020), Prapaspongsa et al (2017), Permpool et al (2016), Wibul et al (2012), Silalertruksa and Gheewala (2012) and Raghareutai et al (2010).…”

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Impacts of Palm Oil-based Biofuel Utilization Promotion Policy in the Thai Transport Sector

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Purathanung

Wattana

2022

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This paper aims to provide an analysis of the impacts of the promotion policy of palm oil-based biofuel utilization in the Thai transport sector for the period 2020–2037. For this purpose, three scenarios are developed to represent different proportions of palm oil-based biofuel blending implemented in Thailand and their impacts are analyzed through the application of the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) model. The analysis reveals that an increase in the proportion of palm oil-based biofuel in a diesel mix would provide several noticeable benefits, for example, help reducing diesel consumption, decreasing crude oil requirement, and mitigating emissions of CO2 and PM2.5 – a major source of current environmental health problems. In addition, increased proportion of palm oil-based biofuel in the diesel mix would contribute to a growing demand for oil palm production and a plantation area to meet an increase in palm oil-based biofuel production. A high demand for oil palm production and plantation land requirement could, however, be emerging challenges. In order to address these challenges, the effective strategies could include a plan for agricultural crop zoning, crop breeding, the efficiency enhancement of biofuel conversion technology, the reduction of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and the support from the government for research and development of second-generation biofuels. The analysis will be useful for Thai planners and policy makers to design policies to overcome the issues of energy and food security as well as climate change problems.

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Impacts of Palm Oil-based Biofuel Utilization Promotion Policy in the Thai Transport Sector

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“…Another study assessed the policy aspects of the biodiesel production in Thailand, which aims to achieve 25% of the biofuel share in the country's mix by 2021. The study employed GIS based mapping to highlight the potential for a sustainable supply of the resource to produce biodiesel [29]. Another study to employ the GIS based mapping for biodiesel production supply in Iran was carried out which considered the second generation resource microalgae to be the feedstock for the aimed production.…”

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Techno-spatial assessment of waste cooking oil for biodiesel production in Pakistan

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This study presents a take on employing the principles of waste valorization to solve the long-standing problem of finding sustainable resources for biodiesel production. The biodiesel production has always met with a competition with food security and land use. This has limited the scope of the technology to laboratory experiments only. This study aims to assess the geospatial availability of waste cooking oil in Pakistan to map its biodiesel production potential. Owing to the resource posing no land use or food security challenges, a resource assessment using geographical information systems was carried out. The waste cooking oil availability was estimated using the statistics on per capita edible oil consumption with a realistic consumption and collection factor applied to it. The available residual cooking oil was subjected to the transesterification with a rather conservative conversion to the biodiesel at 66.25% to keep the estimates realistic. The study results in heat maps of all the different regions and provinces of the country. The findings suggest that Punjab province is the highest potential province with 249,260 tonnes of biodiesel production annually. Karachi district is the highest potential district with a potential of 36,156 tonnes of biodiesel production in a year. The study paves ways for investment sector in the study area to identify highest potential regions to invest in. It also motivates the scientific community to step outside of experimental research on waste cooking oil's biodiesel production potential and perform resource assessments and techno-economic analyses on the technology for its widespread adoption.Graphic abstract PS-The callouts do not represent any geographical locations instead they represent the shade of the gradient they correspond to in terms of red being the gradient shade for the problems and the green being the gradient shade for the remedial contributions made by the study. The use of the map of the study area is because of the contextual important of the map in a resource and potential assessment that is geospatial in nature.

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Policy Assessment of Potential Biodiesel Feedstock Supply in Thailand

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Impacts of Palm Oil-based Biofuel Utilization Promotion Policy in the Thai Transport Sector

Impacts of Palm Oil-based Biofuel Utilization Promotion Policy in the Thai Transport Sector

Techno-spatial assessment of waste cooking oil for biodiesel production in Pakistan

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