Policies and instruments affecting water use for bioenergy production

Bioenergy‐related water use can intensify existing water stress, increasing the importance of sustainable management of water resources for sustainable bioenergy production and use. This paper presents a review of policies and instruments that can influence how bioenergy production affects water ava...

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Autores principales: Moraes, Marcia, Ringler, Claudia, Cai, Ximing
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154760
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Ringler, Claudia
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description Bioenergy‐related water use can intensify existing water stress, increasing the importance of sustainable management of water resources for sustainable bioenergy production and use. This paper presents a review of policies and instruments that can influence how bioenergy production affects water availability and use. It discusses policies and instruments of importance for water use for bioenergy production, considering both biomass production and the subsequent conversion to solid/liquid/gaseous fuels and electricity. Water policies on the biomass production side should focus on ensuring efficient water use. While environmental policy instruments, such as command‐and‐control approaches, support maintaining specific water quantities and quality standards for biofuel production, market‐based tools can help users identify least‐cost options and increase efficiency. For the energy conversion side, water quality is the key issue that needs to be addressed with adequate policy instruments, but water scarcity can also constrain biofuel industry growth. It is important that policies and instruments for water management on the biomass production and energy conversion side are coordinated to ensure that efficiency is achieved along the entire production chain. Finally, the evaluation of water‐use policies and instruments for bioenergy production should not only relate to their direct impacts on water use, but should also take into account overall impacts on the economy. This is of particular importance given the likely future large‐scale expansion, the potentially large impacts on both water and land, and the potentially large benefits for rural economies of bioenergy expansion. © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
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spelling CGSpace1547602024-11-15T08:53:14Z Policies and instruments affecting water use for bioenergy production Moraes, Marcia Ringler, Claudia Cai, Ximing sustainable development goals sustainability marketing techniques water bioenergy regulations Bioenergy‐related water use can intensify existing water stress, increasing the importance of sustainable management of water resources for sustainable bioenergy production and use. This paper presents a review of policies and instruments that can influence how bioenergy production affects water availability and use. It discusses policies and instruments of importance for water use for bioenergy production, considering both biomass production and the subsequent conversion to solid/liquid/gaseous fuels and electricity. Water policies on the biomass production side should focus on ensuring efficient water use. While environmental policy instruments, such as command‐and‐control approaches, support maintaining specific water quantities and quality standards for biofuel production, market‐based tools can help users identify least‐cost options and increase efficiency. For the energy conversion side, water quality is the key issue that needs to be addressed with adequate policy instruments, but water scarcity can also constrain biofuel industry growth. It is important that policies and instruments for water management on the biomass production and energy conversion side are coordinated to ensure that efficiency is achieved along the entire production chain. Finally, the evaluation of water‐use policies and instruments for bioenergy production should not only relate to their direct impacts on water use, but should also take into account overall impacts on the economy. This is of particular importance given the likely future large‐scale expansion, the potentially large impacts on both water and land, and the potentially large benefits for rural economies of bioenergy expansion. © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2011-07 2024-10-01T14:03:39Z 2024-10-01T14:03:39Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154760 en https://doi.org/10.1061/41173(414)345 Limited Access Wiley Moraes, Marcia; Ringler, Claudia; Cai, Ximing. 2011. Policies and instruments affecting water use for bioenergy production. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining 5(4): 431-444. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.306
spellingShingle sustainable development goals
sustainability
marketing techniques
water
bioenergy
regulations
Moraes, Marcia
Ringler, Claudia
Cai, Ximing
Policies and instruments affecting water use for bioenergy production
title Policies and instruments affecting water use for bioenergy production
title_full Policies and instruments affecting water use for bioenergy production
title_fullStr Policies and instruments affecting water use for bioenergy production
title_full_unstemmed Policies and instruments affecting water use for bioenergy production
title_short Policies and instruments affecting water use for bioenergy production
title_sort policies and instruments affecting water use for bioenergy production
topic sustainable development goals
sustainability
marketing techniques
water
bioenergy
regulations
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154760
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