Abstract
| Original language | Undefined |
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| Place of Publication | Delft, the Netherlands |
| Publisher | Unesco-IHE Institute for Water Education |
| Number of pages | 82 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Publication series
| Name | Value of water research report 43 |
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| Publisher | UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education |
| No. | 43 |
Keywords
- METIS-266329
- IR-77192
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Biofuel scenarios in a water perspective: the global blue and green water footprint of road transport in 2030. / van Lienden, A.R.; Gerbens-Leenes, Winnie; Hoekstra, Arjen Ysbert; van der Meer, Theodorus H.
Delft, the Netherlands : Unesco-IHE Institute for Water Education, 2010. 82 p. (Value of water research report 43; No. 43).Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional
TY - BOOK
T1 - Biofuel scenarios in a water perspective: the global blue and green water footprint of road transport in 2030
AU - van Lienden, A.R.
AU - Gerbens-Leenes, Winnie
AU - Hoekstra, Arjen Ysbert
AU - van der Meer, Theodorus H.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The trend towards substitution of conventional transport fuels by biofuels requires additional water. The EU aims In the last two centuries, fossil fuels have been our major source of energy. However, issues concerning energy security and the quality of the environment have given an impulse to the development of alternative, renewable fuels. Particularly the transport sector is expected to steadily switch from fossil fuels to a larger fraction of biofuels - liquid transport fuels derived from biomass. Many governments believe that biofuels can replace substantial volumes of crude oil and that they will play a key role in diversifying the sources of energy supply in the coming decades. The growth of biomass requires water, a scarce resource. The link between water resources and (future) biofuel consumption, however, has not been analyzed in great detail yet. Existing scenarios on the use of water resources usually only consider the changes in food and livestock production, industry and domestic activity. The aim of this research is to assess the change in water use related to the expected increase in the use of biofuels for road transport in 2030, and subsequently evaluate the contribution to potential water scarcity. The study builds on earlier research on the relation between energy and water and uses the water footprint (WF) methodology to investigate the change in water demand related to a transition to biofuels in road transport. Information about this transition in each country is based on a compilation of different energy scenarios. The study distinguishes between two different bio-energy carriers, bio-ethanol and biodiesel, and assesses the ratio of fuel produced from selected first-generation energy crops per country. For ethanol these crops are sugar cane, sugar beet, sweet sorghum, wheat and maize. For biodiesel they are soybean, rapeseed, jatropha, and oil palm.
AB - The trend towards substitution of conventional transport fuels by biofuels requires additional water. The EU aims In the last two centuries, fossil fuels have been our major source of energy. However, issues concerning energy security and the quality of the environment have given an impulse to the development of alternative, renewable fuels. Particularly the transport sector is expected to steadily switch from fossil fuels to a larger fraction of biofuels - liquid transport fuels derived from biomass. Many governments believe that biofuels can replace substantial volumes of crude oil and that they will play a key role in diversifying the sources of energy supply in the coming decades. The growth of biomass requires water, a scarce resource. The link between water resources and (future) biofuel consumption, however, has not been analyzed in great detail yet. Existing scenarios on the use of water resources usually only consider the changes in food and livestock production, industry and domestic activity. The aim of this research is to assess the change in water use related to the expected increase in the use of biofuels for road transport in 2030, and subsequently evaluate the contribution to potential water scarcity. The study builds on earlier research on the relation between energy and water and uses the water footprint (WF) methodology to investigate the change in water demand related to a transition to biofuels in road transport. Information about this transition in each country is based on a compilation of different energy scenarios. The study distinguishes between two different bio-energy carriers, bio-ethanol and biodiesel, and assesses the ratio of fuel produced from selected first-generation energy crops per country. For ethanol these crops are sugar cane, sugar beet, sweet sorghum, wheat and maize. For biodiesel they are soybean, rapeseed, jatropha, and oil palm.
KW - METIS-266329
KW - IR-77192
M3 - Report
T3 - Value of water research report 43
BT - Biofuel scenarios in a water perspective: the global blue and green water footprint of road transport in 2030
PB - Unesco-IHE Institute for Water Education
CY - Delft, the Netherlands
ER -