Bioenergy and agriculture: Promises and challenges: Bioenergy in Europe: Experiences and prospects

Although Europe is a relatively small producer of ethanol (2.6 percent of world production in 2005), it produces a sizable share of the world’s biodiesel (88 percent of world production in 2005). Production started in the early 1990s (well after Brazil and the United States; see Figure 1), when r...

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Autores principales: Henniges, Oliver, Zeddies, Jürgen
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160530
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Zeddies, Jürgen
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description Although Europe is a relatively small producer of ethanol (2.6 percent of world production in 2005), it produces a sizable share of the world’s biodiesel (88 percent of world production in 2005). Production started in the early 1990s (well after Brazil and the United States; see Figure 1), when revisions to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) first allowed farmers to grow nonfood crops for income on set-aside land. Germany began to produce biodiesel from rapeseed, while France undertook production of bioethanol from sugar beet and wheat. Today, Germany is the world’s largest biodiesel producer, with a total existing capacity of more than 2 million metric tons per year, representing more than 5 percent of domestic diesel demand.
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spelling CGSpace1605302025-11-06T04:19:58Z Bioenergy and agriculture: Promises and challenges: Bioenergy in Europe: Experiences and prospects Henniges, Oliver Zeddies, Jürgen biofuels climate change Although Europe is a relatively small producer of ethanol (2.6 percent of world production in 2005), it produces a sizable share of the world’s biodiesel (88 percent of world production in 2005). Production started in the early 1990s (well after Brazil and the United States; see Figure 1), when revisions to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) first allowed farmers to grow nonfood crops for income on set-aside land. Germany began to produce biodiesel from rapeseed, while France undertook production of bioethanol from sugar beet and wheat. Today, Germany is the world’s largest biodiesel producer, with a total existing capacity of more than 2 million metric tons per year, representing more than 5 percent of domestic diesel demand. 2006 2024-11-21T09:51:02Z 2024-11-21T09:51:02Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160530 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Henniges, Oliver; Zeddies, Jürgen. Bioenergy and agriculture: Promises and challenges: Bioenergy in Europe: Experiences and prospects. 2020 Vision Focus Brief. 14(9). International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/Focus14CH9.
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Bioenergy and agriculture: Promises and challenges: Bioenergy in Europe: Experiences and prospects
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title_full Bioenergy and agriculture: Promises and challenges: Bioenergy in Europe: Experiences and prospects
title_fullStr Bioenergy and agriculture: Promises and challenges: Bioenergy in Europe: Experiences and prospects
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title_short Bioenergy and agriculture: Promises and challenges: Bioenergy in Europe: Experiences and prospects
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climate change
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