Sustainable Feedstock Resource Availability: Increasing Feedstock Production for Biofuels
Zia Haq (Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy) focused his presentation on efforts that the Biomass R&D Board Interagency Working Group makes in order to increase the feedstock production. The priorities he pointed out in his talk are sustainability, modeling, and data.
Some of the findings are:
· Market response is linked to changes in biofuel targets (12 to 15 billion gallons)
· There is a wider distribution of feedstock sources
· The producer decisions are sensitive to profitability for 2nd generation biofuels
· Changes in farm activities generating the largest reduction in GHG emissions differ across scenarios
Mr. Haq also states that the “sustainability of agricultural production for biofuels is a complex and nascent field” that must include new ways of research such as experimentation and additional data, scale (understanding the influence of heterogeneity), and fundamental research (understanding determinants of soil fertility).
The presentation also shows maps of areas in USA and gives preliminary estimates of energy crop supply. READ MORE
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