{"id":818,"date":"2020-11-01T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rdcenvironment.be\/?p=818"},"modified":"2024-07-24T07:26:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T06:26:47","slug":"biofuels-impacts-economic-environmental-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdcenvironment.be\/en\/news\/biofuels-impacts-economic-environmental-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Biofuels Impacts: Economic &amp; Environmental Analysis of Biomass-Based Fuels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"ap\">\n  <div class=\"ap__container\">\n    <p><em>RDC Environment evaluated the economic, environmental and social impacts of different types of advanced biofuels.<\/em><\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div \n  class=\"ai\">\n  \n\n  \n<figure class=\"image image_fit-cover ai__image\"\n  style=\"--aspect-ratio: auto\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rdcenvironment.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ovam-300x113-1.png\" alt=\"Impact Bio Fuels\" \/>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ap\">\n  <div class=\"ap__container\">\n    <h2><strong>The Social Impact of Biofuels\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Demand for advanced or second generation biofuels, which are mainly based on biomass residues, is growing. However, some residues already hplay a role in economy.<\/p>\n<p>As a result,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ovam.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OVAM<\/a>\u00a0(Public Waste Management Agency of Flanders) wanted to be able to take a stance on the relevance for society to use biomass residues for biofuels.<\/p>\n<p>OVAM therefore commissioned RDC Environment to examine the suitability of using residual biomass streams for biofuels, based on a\u00a0<strong>life-cycle analysis<\/strong>\u00a0and a\u00a0<strong>socio-economic analysis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A Methodological Development\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>An appropriate evaluation framework was first developed: the relevant indicators for evaluating environmental impacts were determined, as well as the methodology for assigning weighting to each indicator and taking into account other societal impacts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-936929e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"936929e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>Cost-Benefit Analysis of Biofuels<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa02e4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa02e4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>The evaluation framework was then applied to\u00a0<strong>4 waste streams<\/strong>\u00a0as case studies:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>corn residues (stalks, husks);<\/li>\n<li>logging residues;<\/li>\n<li>the woody fraction of green waste;<\/li>\n<li>post-consumer wood waste (A-wood).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>3 biofuel production processes<\/strong>\u00a0that have been studied are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-treatment of biomass followed by fermentation into alcohol (ethanol), a process that is typical to crop residues;<\/li>\n<li>Biomass gasification followed by synthesis into liquid or gaseous fuel (Fischer-Tropsch diesel, methanol, methane), or fermentation of the synthesis gas (into ethanol); a process that is typical to fairly pure wood fractions;<\/li>\n<li>Biomass liquefaction (flash pyrolysis, thermo-catalytic reforming) followed by further refining to improve fuel quality, which can be done by co-processing in existing oil refineries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,27],"class_list":["post-818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-waste-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Biofuels Impacts: Economic &amp; Environmental Analysis of Biomass-Based Fuels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore the impacts of biofuels: RDC Environment delves into the economic, environmental, and social benefits of biomass waste-derived fuels.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rdcenvironment.be\/en\/news\/biofuels-impacts-economic-environmental-analysis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Biofuels Impacts: Economic &amp; 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