Indirect land use changes of biofuel production - a review of modelling efforts and policy developments in the European Union.

ABSTRACT: The issue of indirect land use changes (ILUC) caused by the promotion of transport biofuels has attracted considerable attention in recent years. In this paper, we reviewed the current literature on modelling work to estimate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) caused by ILUC of biofuels. We also reviewed the development of ILUC policies in the EU. Our review of past modelling work revealed that most studies employ economic equilibrium modelling and focus on ethanol fuels, especially with maize as feedstock. It also revealed major variation in the results from the models, especially for biodiesel fuels. However, there has been some convergence of results over time, particularly for ethanol from maize, wheat and sugar cane. Our review of EU policy developments showed that the introduction o

SUBMITTER: Ahlgren S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4015842 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature