IEA releases landmark "Status of 2nd Generation Biofuels Demonstration Facilities" report
In France, IEA Bioenergy, part of the International Energy Agency, has published its report “Status of 2nd Generation Biofuels Demonstration Facilities in June 2010”, as a report to IEA Bioenergy Task 39.
The 126-page report includes extensive data on thermo-chemical processing technologies, biochemical (enzymatic) biofuels systems and hybrid technologies, and is a near-definitive report on advanced biofuels production at this time.
What’s in it
The report, which is free and can be downloaded here, contains 75 tables and 72 figures. For advanced biofuels projects, it covers: project owner, location, technology, raw material. capacity. partners, funding, status and start-up year, and includes project photos.
What the authors say
According to the authors, “This report gives an overview on 66 projects that are being pursued currently, and provides details on the facility size, feedstock in use and technology applied. About 50 companies have provided data on their projects directly to the authors.
“The report shows that currently many facilities in the demonstration scale are under construction and will hopefully successfully demonstrate biofuels production from lignocellulosic raw materials in the near future. Plans exist to build larger commercial facilities and thus rapidly increase the production capacities. Despite the possibly fast development, the volumes of lignocellulosic biofuels to be produced in the next five years will be small as compared to the current production of conventional biofuels. High efforts still need to be made to pursue these and more demonstration activities and to quickly multiply facilities when technologies have proven their technical and economic feasibility.”
More about IEA Task 39
IEA Bioenergy Task 39 ‘Commercializing 1st- and 2nd-Generation Liquid Biofuels from Biomass’ is a global network dedicated to the development and deployment of biofuels for transportation fuel use. Task 39 is part of the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s Implementing Agreement on Bioenergy, and is currently composed of 15 countries and a regional association, including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Additional advanced biofuels projects not in the IEA report
Additional projects, not covered in this report, can be accessed via the Advanced Biofuels Tracking Database, published by Biofuels Digest, here.
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