Decarbonisation of Transport Fuels

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Decarbonisation of Transport Fuels

• Dr. Aat Peterse
• March 6 2007

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About TE

• Members in
• Austria
• Belgium
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Italy

• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• UK

Russia!
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Structure

• Fuel efficiency remains the 1st priority
• Breaking down biofuels
• TEs policy preference

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Fuel efficiency is the first priority

• Car CO2 emissions increased by 16 since 1990
• Realization of the 120gCO2/km for cars would
  reduce total CO2 emissions by cars with 11 per
  2020and save car owners 25 on their fuel bill
  (5000 in a cars lifetime)
• Doubling fuel efficiency before 2020 is feasible
  and called for by EP

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Breaking down biofuels

• Dispersed, small-scale conversion of biowaste in
  transport fuel for local use
• Large scale production and distribution of
  dedicated crops to fuel transport competing with
  food crops production
• Opportunities for farmers and nature protection
  in 1st and 3rd worlds
• Risks for biodiversity and social deprivation in
  1st and 3rd worlds
• Disappointing CO2balance as a substitute

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German Experts (SRU) conclusions are negative

• Intensive production of energycrops conflicts
  with nature protection goals
• Surface of arable land is too small to realise
  volume targets
• There is no business case for biofuels
  ( langfristig nicht wettbewerbsfaehig )

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Decarbonisation is the preferred solution

• Is more effective environmentally because
  reduction of GHG will be defined (a volume target
  does not discriminate between good and bad)
• Allows organic growth of the biofuels market
  (discouraging bad biofuels and encouraging the
  good)
• In line with californian LCFS
• More flexible and generic and therefore more
  cost-effective

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Conclusions

• Biofuels should not replace energy efficiency
  objectives
• Biofuels are not necessarily sustainable
• The introduction of biofuels should be
  facilitated by focusing on their sustainability
  performance of all fuels

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