Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

IEA finds biofuels contribute to sustainable energy future-

Ethanol Producer Magazine

By Kris Bevill April 22, 2011




A long-term roadmap for biofuels recently released by the International Energy Agency shows that biofuels have the potential to comprise 27 percent of the global transport fuels market by 2050, an impressive increase over the industry’s current 2 percent share. The report, “Technology Roadmap: Biofuels for Transport,” is one of a series of roadmaps being prepared by the IEA aimed at advancing global development and uptake of key technologies to reach a 50 percent CO2 equivalent emissions reduction by 2050 over 2005 levels. The roadmaps will be made available for governments, industries and their financial partners to identify steps needed to advance and implement technologies, such as those developed currently for advanced biofuels.

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