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| Lange, Mareike. |
| The contribution of biofuels to the saving of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has recently been questioned because of emissions resulting from land use change (LUC) for bioenergy feedstock production. We investigate how the inclusion of the carbon effect of LUC into the carbon accounting framework, as scheduled by the European Commission, impacts on land use choices for an expanding biofuel feedstock production. We first illustrate the change in the carbon balances of various biofuels, using methodology and data from the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. It becomes apparent that the conversion of natural land, apart from grassy savannahs, impedes meeting the EU’s 35% minimum emissions reduction target for biofuels. We show that the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Land use change emissions; Bioenergy; European policy; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114406 |
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| Taheripour, Farzad; Tyner, Wallace E.. |
| Much research has provided estimates of induced land use change and emissions for first generation biofuels. Relatively little has estimated land use change for the second generation cellulosic biofuels. In this paper we estimate induced land use change and emissions for these biofuels. Estimated emissions due to land use changes induced by biofuels production are uncertain not only because their associated land use changes are uncertain, but also because of uncertainty in the land use emissions factors (EFs). This paper also examines uncertainties related to these EFs and their assumptions. Three emissions factors including EFs obtained based on Woods Hole (WH) data, EFs developed by California Air Resources Board (CARB), and EFs obtained from the... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Cellulosic biofuels; Land use change emissions; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124407 |
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