Search for dissertations about: "biofuels for transport"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 59 swedish dissertations containing the words biofuels for transport.
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1. Adding Fuel to the Fire : North-South dynamics in the geographies of transport energy: the case of EU biofuels
Abstract : Since the 2000s, the European Union (EU) has promoted biofuels for transport to achieve climate change mitigation, and rural development in the global South. In contrast, critiques have argued that biofuel promotion impedes more meaningful mitigation while also resulting in dispossession of land and loss of labour opportunities in the global South. READ MORE
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2. Energy system perspectives on transport biofuel policies – a modelling analysis
Abstract : Climate concerns and energy security issues have in recent years triggered the interest in biofuels for transport. This has resulted in governmental and intergovernmental targets that, if implemented, will lead to an unprecedented growth in biofuel production. READ MORE
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3. Environmental Assessment of Emerging Technologies: The Case of Alternative Transport Fuels
Abstract : There are several methods to evaluate the environmental performance of new technologies. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the methodological development of environmental assessments, with contributions from life-cycle assessment (LCA), theories on technical change and socio-technical scenarios. READ MORE
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4. Public Policy and the Governance of Biofuel Systems
Abstract : The dependency of transport on oil fuels is responsible for risks of energy supply security, and local, regional and global environmental problems, including the emission of greenhouse gases affecting the Earth’s climate system. Biofuels attracted considerable attention in recent years as a solution to these problems. READ MORE
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5. Perspectives on bioenergy futures - International bioenergy trade and bioenergy expansion in a European policy context
Abstract : Biomass can be used to substitute the use of fossil fuels in the energy system. Presently, the use of biomass is being promoted in Sweden and the rest of the EU by targets and policies. READ MORE