Biofuels
Webinar // Agricultural residues as key ingredient for a bioenergy future – Latest technological developments
World Bioenergy Association is pleased to invite everyone to an upcoming free webinar on December 9, 2020 which will focus on the latest combustion…
Publication // Challenges and Solutions for Biogas Production from Agriculture Waste in the Aral Sea Basin
By Olimjon Saidmamatov, Inna Rudenko, Urs Baier and Elbek Khodjaniyazov. This paper focuses on the potential benefits of biogas production in the…
Publication // Sustainable energy-water-food nexus integration and optimisation in eco-industrial parks
By Jamileh Fouladi, Ahmed AlNouss and Tareq Al-Ansari. In this study, a representation of the Energy-Water-Food (EWF) nexus is developed to capture…
Research article // The water-land-food nexus of first-generation biofuels
By Maria Cristina Rulli, Davide Bellomi, Andrea Cazzoli, Giulia De Carolis and Paolo D’Odorico. This report provides a global assessment of biofuel…
Research article // Irrigation of biomass plantations may globally increase water stress more than climate change
By Fabian Stenzel, Peter Greve, Wolfgang Lucht, Sylvia Tramberend, Yoshihide Wada and Dieter Gerten. To corroborate findings from one earlier…
Biofuels // Some Insights in the Effect of Growing Bio-energy Demand on Global Food Security and Natural Resources
By Alexander Müller, Josef Schmidhuber, Jippe Hoogeveen and Pasquale Steduto. Growing crops for biofuels is often criticized because of its direct…
Pricing // Rising Energy Prices and the Economics of Water in Agriculture
By David Zilberman, Thomas Sproul, Deepak Rajagopal, Steven Sexton and Petra Hellegers. This article looks at how rising energy prices will alter…
Biofuels and Implications for Agricultural Water Use // Blue Impacts of Green Energy
By Charlotte de Fraiture, Mark Giordano and Yongsong Liao. This paper explores the land and water implications of increased biofuel production…
Pro-poor // Implications of India's Biofuel Policies for Food, Water and the Poor
By Deepak Rajagopal. Increasing consensus about the end of cheap oil, the consequences of global warming and the need for rural development are…
Efficiency Type Index // Analysis of the current World Biofuel Production under a Water–Food–Energy Nexus Perspective
By Emanuele Moioli, Federico Salvati, Marco Chiesa, Rosa T. Siecha, Flavio Manenti, Francesco Laio, Maria Cristina Rulli. This paper assesses the…