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Biofuel

January 01, 1970

This article is about mainly liquid or gaseous fuels used for transport. For other applications, see Bioenergy.

Biofuel is a fuel that is produced over a short time span from biomass, rather than by the very slow natural processes involved in the formation of fossil fuels such as oil. Biofuel can be produced from plants or from agricultural, domestic or industrial biowaste.[1] Biofuels are mostly used for transportation, but can also be used for heating and electricity.[2]: 173 [3] Biofuels (and bioenergy in general) are regarded as a renewable energy source.[4]: 11  The use of biofuel has been subject to criticism regarding the "food vs fuel" debate, varied assessments of their sustainability, and possible deforestation and biodiversity loss as a result of biofuel production.

A sample of biodiesel

In general, biofuels emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions when burned in an engine and are generally considered carbon-neutral fuels as the carbon emitted has been captured from the atmosphere by the crops used in production.[5] However, life-cycle assessments of biofuels have shown large emissions associated with the potential land-use change required to produce additional biofuel feedstocks.[6][7] The outcomes of lifecycle assessments (LCAs) for biofuels are highly situational and dependent on many factors including the type of feedstock, production routes, data variations, and methodological choices. This could be added to emphasize the complexity and variability in assessing the environmental impacts of biofuels.[8] Estimates about the climate impact from biofuels vary widely based on the methodology and exact situation examined.[6] Therefore, the climate change mitigation potential of biofuel varies considerably: in some scenarios emission levels are comparable to fossil fuels, and in other scenarios the biofuel emissions result in negative emissions.

Global demand for biofuels is predicted to increase by 56% over 2022-2027.[9] By 2027 worldwide biofuel production is expected to supply 5.4% of the world's fuels for transport including 1% of aviation fuel.[10] Demand for aviation biofuel is forecast to increase.[11][12]

The two most common types of biofuel are bioethanol and biodiesel. Brazil is the largest producer of bioethanol, while the EU is the largest producer of biodiesel. The energy content in the global production of bioethanol and biodiesel is 2.2 and 1.8 EJ per year, respectively.[13]

Bioethanol is an alcohol made by fermentation, mostly from carbohydrates produced in sugar or starch crops such as maize, sugarcane, or sweet sorghum. Cellulosic biomass, derived from non-food sources, such as trees and grasses, is also being developed as a feedstock for ethanol production. Ethanol can be used as a fuel for vehicles in its pure form (E100), but it is usually used as a gasoline additive to increase octane ratings and improve vehicle emissions.

Biodiesel is produced from oils or fats using transesterification. It can be used as a fuel for vehicles in its pure form (B100), but it is usually used as a diesel additive to reduce levels of particulates, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons from diesel-powered vehicles.[14]

Terminology edit

See also: Biomass (energy) § Terminology
 
Types and generation of biofuels

The term biofuel is used in different ways. One definition is "Biofuels are biobased products, in solid, liquid, or gaseous forms. They are produced from crops or natural products, such as wood, or agricultural residues, such as molasses and bagasse."[2]: 173 

Other publications reserve the term biofuel for liquid or gaseous fuels, used for transportation.[3]

The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report defines biofuel as "A fuel, generally in liquid form, produced from biomass. Biofuels include bioethanol from sugarcane, sugar beet or maize, and biodiesel from canola or soybeans.".[15]: 1795  It goes on to define biomass in this context as "organic material excluding the material that is fossilised or embedded in geological formations".[15]: 1795  This means that coal or other fossil fuels is not a form of biomass in this context.

Conventional biofuels (first generation) edit

First-generation biofuels (also denoted as "conventional biofuels") are made from food crops grown on arable land.[16][17]: 447  The crop's sugar, starch, or oil content is converted into biodiesel or ethanol, using transesterification, or yeast fermentation.[18]

Advanced biofuels edit

To avoid a "food versus fuel" dilemma, second-generation biofuels and third-generation biofuels (also called advanced biofuels or sustainable biofuels or drop-in biofuels) are made from feedstocks which do not directly compete with food or feed crop such as waste products and energy crops.[19] A wide range of waste feedstocks such as those derived from agriculture and forestry activities like rice straw, rice husk, wood chips, and sawdust can be used to produce advanced biofuels through biochemical and thermochemical processes.[17]: 448 

The feedstock used to make the fuels either grow on arable land but are byproducts of the main crop, or they are grown on marginal land. Second-generation feedstocks also include straw, bagasse, perennial grasses, jatropha, waste vegetable oil, municipal solid waste and so forth.[20]

Types edit

Liquid edit

Ethanol edit

Main article: Ethanol fuel

Biologically produced alcohols, most commonly ethanol, and less commonly propanol and butanol, are produced by the action of microorganisms and enzymes through the fermentation of sugars or starches (easiest to produce) or cellulose (more difficult to produce).The IEA estimates that ethanol production used 20% of sugar supplies and 13% of corn supplies in 2021.[21]

Ethanol fuel is the most common biofuel worldwide, particularly in Brazil. Alcohol fuels are produced by fermentation of sugars derived from wheat, corn, sugar beets, sugar cane, molasses and any sugar or starch from which alcoholic beverages such as whiskey, can be made (such as potato and fruit waste, etc.). Production methods used are enzyme digestion (to release sugars from stored starches), fermentation of the sugars, distillation and drying. The distillation process requires significant energy input to generate heat. Heat is sometimes generated with unsustainable natural gas fossil fuel, but cellulosic biomass such as bagasse is the most common fuel in Brazil, while pellets, wood chips and also waste heat are more common in Europe. Corn-to-ethanol and other food stocks has led to the development of cellulosic ethanol.[22]

Other bioalcohols edit

Methanol is currently produced from natural gas, a non-renewable fossil fuel. In the future it is hoped to be produced from biomass as biomethanol. This is technically feasible, but the production is currently being postponed for concerns that the economic viability is still pending.[23] The methanol economy is an alternative to the hydrogen economy to be contrasted with today's hydrogen production from natural gas.

Butanol (C
4H
9OH) is formed by ABE fermentation (acetone, butanol, ethanol) and experimental modifications of the process show potentially high net energy gains with biobutanol as the only liquid product. Biobutanol is often claimed to provide a direct replacement for gasoline, because it will produce more energy than ethanol and allegedly can be burned "straight" in existing gasoline engines (without modification to the engine or car),[24] is less corrosive and less water-soluble than ethanol, and could be distributed via existing infrastructures. Escherichia coli strains have also been successfully engineered to produce butanol by modifying their amino acid metabolism.[25] One drawback to butanol production in E. coli remains the high cost of nutrient rich media, however, recent work has demonstrated E. coli can produce butanol with minimal nutritional supplementation.[26] Biobutanol is sometimes called biogasoline, which is incorrect as it is chemically different, being an alcohol and not a hydrocarbon like gasoline.

Biodiesel edit

 
Biofuel pumps, 2010
Main article: Biodiesel
Further information: Biodiesel around the world

Biodiesel is the most common biofuel in Europe. It is produced from oils or fats using transesterification and is a liquid similar in composition to fossil/mineral diesel. Chemically, it consists mostly of fatty acid methyl (or ethyl) esters (FAMEs).[27] Feedstocks for biodiesel include animal fats, vegetable oils, soy, rapeseed, jatropha, mahua, mustard, flax, sunflower, palm oil, hemp, field pennycress, Pongamia pinnata and algae. Pure biodiesel (B100, also known as "neat" biodiesel) currently reduces emissions with up to 60% compared to diesel Second generation B100.[28] As of 2020, researchers at Australia's CSIRO have been studying safflower oil as an engine lubricant, and researchers at Montana State University's Advanced Fuels Center in the US have been studying the oil's performance in a large diesel engine, with results described as a "breakthrough".[29]

 
Targray Biofuels Division railcar transporting Biodiesel.

Biodiesel can be used in any diesel engine and modified equipment when mixed with mineral diesel. It can also be used in its pure form (B100) in diesel engines, but some maintenance and performance problems may occur during wintertime utilization, since the fuel becomes somewhat more viscous at lower temperatures, depending on the feedstock used.[30]

Electronically controlled 'common rail' and 'Unit Injector' type systems from the late 1990s onwards can only use biodiesel blended with conventional diesel fuel. These engines have finely metered and atomized multiple-stage injection systems that are very sensitive to the viscosity of the fuel. Many current-generation diesel engines are designed to run on B100 without altering the engine itself, although this depends on the fuel rail design. Since biodiesel is an effective solvent and cleans residues deposited by mineral diesel, engine filters may need to be replaced more often, as the biofuel dissolves old deposits in the fuel tank and pipes. It also effectively cleans the engine combustion chamber of carbon deposits, helping to maintain efficiency.

Biodiesel is an oxygenated fuel, meaning it contains a reduced amount of carbon and higher hydrogen and oxygen content than fossil diesel. This improves the combustion of biodiesel and reduces the particulate emissions from unburnt carbon. However, using pure biodiesel may increase NOx-emissions[31] Biodiesel is also safe to handle and transport because it is non-toxic and biodegradable, and has a high flash point of about 300 °F (148 °C) compared to petroleum diesel fuel, which has a flash point of 125 °F (52 °C).[32]

In many European countries, a 5% biodiesel blend is widely used and is available at thousands of gas stations.[33][34] In France, biodiesel is incorporated at a rate of 8% in the fuel used by all French diesel vehicles.[35] Avril Group produces under the brand Diester, a fifth of 11 million tons of biodiesel consumed annually by the European Union.[36] It is the leading European producer of biodiesel.[35]

Green diesel edit

Main article: Biodiesel production

Green diesel can be produced combination of biochemical and thermochemical processes. Conventional green diesel is produced through hydroprocessing biological oil feedstocks, such as vegetable oils and animal fats.[37][38] Recently, it is produced using series of thermochemical processes such as pyrolysis and hydroprocessing. In the thermochemical route, syngas produced from gasification, bio-oil produced from pyrolysis or biocrude produced from hydrothermal liquefaction is upgraded to green diesel using hydroprocessing.[39][40][41] Hydroprocessing is the process of using hydrogen to reform a molecular structure. For example, hydrocracking which is a widely used hydroprocessing technique in refineries is used at elevated temperatures and pressure in the presence of a catalyst to break down larger molecules, such as those found in vegetable oils, into shorter hydrocarbon chains used in diesel engines.[42] Green diesel may also be called renewable diesel, drop-in biodiesel, hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO fuel)[42] or hydrogen-derived renewable diesel.[38] Unlike biodiesel, green diesel has exactly the same chemical properties as petroleum-based diesel.[42][43] It does not require new engines, pipelines or infrastructure to distribute and use, but has not been produced at a cost that is competitive with petroleum.[38] Gasoline versions are also being developed.[44] Green diesel is being developed in Louisiana and Singapore by ConocoPhillips, Neste Oil, Valero, Dynamic Fuels, and Honeywell UOP[38][45] as well as Preem in Gothenburg, Sweden, creating what is known as Evolution Diesel.[46]

Straight vegetable oil edit

 
A biofuel truck in 2009[47]
Main article: Vegetable oil fuel

Straight unmodified edible vegetable oil is generally not used as fuel, but lower-quality oil has been used for this purpose. Used vegetable oil is increasingly being processed into biodiesel, or (more rarely) cleaned of water and particulates and then used as a fuel. The IEA estimates that biodiesel production used 17% of global vegetable oil supplies in 2021.[21]

Oils and fats reacted with 10 pounds of a short-chain alcohol (usually methanol) in the presence of a catalyst (usually sodium hydroxide [NaOH] can be hydrogenated to give a diesel substitute.[48] The resulting product is a straight-chain hydrocarbon with a high cetane number, low in aromatics and sulfur and does not contain oxygen. Hydrogenated oils can be blended with diesel in all proportions. They have several advantages over biodiesel, including good performance at low temperatures, no storage stability problems and no susceptibility to microbial attack.[49]

Biogasoline edit

Main article: Biogasoline

Biogasoline can be produced biologically and themochemically. Using biologicalical methods, a study led by Professor Lee Sang-yup at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and published in the international science journal Nature used modified E. coli fed with glucose found in plants or other non-food crops to produce biogasoline with the produced enzymes. The enzymes converted the sugar into fatty acids and then turned these into hydrocarbons that were chemically and structurally identical to those found in commercial gasoline fuel.[50] The thermochemical approach of producing biogasoline are similar to those used to produced biodiesel.[39][40][41] Biogasoline may also be called drop-in gasoline or renewable gasoline.

Bioethers edit

 
Neat ethanol on the left (A), gasoline on the right (G) at a filling station in Brazil in 2008

Bioethers (also referred to as fuel ethers or oxygenated fuels) are cost-effective compounds that act as octane rating enhancers. "Bioethers are produced by the reaction of reactive iso-olefins, such as iso-butylene, with bioethanol."[51][attribution needed] Bioethers are created from wheat or sugar beets, and also be produced from the waste glycerol that results from the production of biodiesel.[52] They also enhance engine performance, while significantly reducing engine wear and toxic exhaust emissions. By greatly reducing the amount of ground-level ozone emissions, they contribute to improved air quality.[53][54]

In transportation fuel there are six ether additives: dimethyl ether (DME), diethyl ether (DEE), methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), tert-amyl methyl ether (TAME), and tert-amyl ethyl ether (TAEE).[55]

The European Fuel Oxygenates Association identifies MTBE and ETBE as the most commonly used ethers in fuel to replace lead. Ethers were introduced in Europe in the 1970s to replace the highly toxic compound.[56] Although Europeans still use bioether additives, the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005 lifted a requirement for reformulated gasoline to include an oxygenate, leading to less MTBE being added to fuel.[57] Although bioethers are likely to replace ethers produced from petroleum in the UK, it is highly unlikely they will become a fuel in and of itself due to the low energy density.[58]

Aviation biofuel edit

This section is an excerpt from Aviation biofuel.[edit]
 
Refueling an Airbus A320 with biofuel in 2011

An aviation biofuel (also known as bio-jet fuel[59] or bio-aviation fuel (BAF);[60]) is a biofuel used to power aircraft and is a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The International Air Transport Association (IATA) considers it a key element in reducing the environmental impact of aviation.[61] Aviation biofuel is used to decarbonize medium and long-haul air travel. These types of travel generate the most emissions, and could extend the life of older aircraft types by lowering their carbon footprint. Synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) refers to any non-petroleum-based fuel designed to replace kerosene jet fuel, which is often, but not always, made from biomass.

Biofuels are biomass-derived fuels from plants, animals, or waste; depending on which type of biomass is used, they could lower CO2 emissions by 20–98% compared to conventional jet fuel.[62] The first test flight using blended biofuel was in 2008,and in 2011, blended fuels with 50% biofuels were allowed on commercial flights. In 2023 SAF production was 600 million liters, representing 0.2% of global jet fuel use.[63]

Aviation biofuel can be produced from plant or animal sources such as Jatropha, algae, tallows, waste oils, palm oil, Babassu, and Camelina (bio-SPK); from solid biomass using pyrolysis processed with a Fischer–Tropsch process (FT-SPK); with an alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) process from waste fermentation; or from synthetic biology through a solar reactor. Small piston engines can be modified to burn ethanol.

Sustainable biofuels are an alternative to electrofuels.[64] Sustainable aviation fuel is certified as being sustainable by a third-party organisation.

Gaseous edit

Biogas and biomethane edit

 
Biogas plant in 2007
Main article: Biogas

Biogas is a mixture composed primarily of methane and carbon dioxide produced by the process of anaerobic digestion of organic material by micro-organisms. Other trace components of this mixture includes water vapor, hydrogen sulfide, siloxanes, hydrocarbons, ammonia, oxygen, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen.[65][66] It can be produced either from biodegradable waste materials or by the use of energy crops fed into anaerobic digesters to supplement gas yields. The solid byproduct, digestate, can be used as a biofuel or a fertilizer. When CO2 and other impurities are removed from biogas, it is called biomethane. The CO2 can also be combined with hydrogen in methanation to form more methane.

Biogas can be recovered from mechanical biological treatment waste processing systems. Landfill gas, a less clean form of biogas, is produced in landfills through naturally occurring anaerobic digestion. If it escapes into the atmosphere, it acts as a greenhouse gas.

In Sweden "waste-to-energy" power plants capture methane biogas from garbage and use it power transport systems.[67] Farmers can produce biogas from cattle manure via anaerobic digesters.[68]

Syngas edit

Main article: Gasification

Syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and various hydrocarbons, is produced by partial combustion of biomass (combustion with an amount of oxygen that is not sufficient to convert the biomass completely to carbon dioxide and water).[49] Before partial combustion the biomass is dried and sometimes pyrolysed. Syngas is more efficient than direct combustion of the original biofuel; more of the energy contained in the fuel is extracted.

Syngas may be burned directly in internal combustion engines, turbines or high-temperature fuel cells.[69] The wood gas generator, a wood-fueled gasification reactor, can be connected to an internal combustion engine.

Syngas can be used to produce methanol, dimethyl ether and hydrogen, or converted via the Fischer–Tropsch process to produce a diesel substitute, or a mixture of alcohols that can be blended into gasoline. Gasification normally relies on temperatures greater than 700 °C.

Lower-temperature gasification is desirable when co-producing biochar, but results in syngas polluted with tar.

Solid edit

Main article: Solid fuel § Biomass

The term "biofuels" is also used for solid fuels that are made from biomass, even though this is less common.[3]

Research into other types edit

Algae-based biofuels edit

Main articles: Algaculture and Algae fuel

Algae can be produced in ponds or tanks on land, and out at sea.[70][71] Algal fuels have high yields,[72] a high ignition point,[73] can be grown with minimal impact on fresh water resources,[74][75][76] can be produced using saline water and wastewater, and are biodegradable and relatively harmless to the environment if spilled.[77][78] However, production requires large amounts of energy and fertilizer, the produced fuel degrades faster than other biofuels, and it does not flow well in cold temperatures.[70][79]

By 2017, due to economic considerations, most efforts to produce fuel from algae have been abandoned or changed to other applications.[80]

Third and fourth-generation biofuels also include biofuels that are produced by bioengineered organisms i.e. algae and cyanobacteria.[81] Algae and cyanobacteria will use water, carbon dioxide, and solar energy to produce biofuels.[81] This method of biofuel production is still at the research level. The biofuels that are secreted by the bioengineered organisms are expected to have higher photon-to-fuel conversion efficiency, compared to older generations of biofuels.[81] One of the advantages of this class of biofuels is that the cultivation of the organisms that produce the biofuels does not require the use of arable land.[82] The disadvantages include the cost of cultivating the biofuel-producing organisms being very high.[82]

Electrofuels and solar fuels edit

Electrofuels[citation needed] and solar fuels may or may not be biofuels, depending on whether they contain biological elements. Electrofuels are made by storing electrical energy in the chemical bonds of liquids and gases. The primary targets are butanol, biodiesel, and hydrogen, but include other alcohols and carbon-containing gases such as methane and butane. A solar fuel is a synthetic chemical fuel produced from solar energy. Light is converted to chemical energy, typically by reducing protons to hydrogen, or carbon dioxide to organic compounds.[83]

Bio-digesters edit

A bio-digester is a mechanized toilet that uses decomposition and sedimentation to turn human waste into a renewable fuel called biogas. Biogas can be made from substances like agricultural waste and sewage.[84][85] The bio-digester uses a process called anaerobic digestion to produce biogas. Anaerobic digestion uses a chemical process to break down organic matter with the use of microorganisms in the absence of oxygen to produce biogas.[86] The processes involved in anaerobic respiration are hydrolysis, acidogenesis, acetogenesis, and methanogenesis.[87]

Extent of production and use edit

 
Biofuel energy production, 2022[88]
 
Biofuel production by region

Global biofuel production was 81 Mtoe in 2017 which represented an annual increase of about 3% compared to 2010.[4]: 12  In 2017 the US was the largest biofuel producer in the world producing 37 Mtoe, followed by Brazil and South America at 23 Mtoe and Europe (mainly Germany) at 12 Mtoe.[4]: 12 

An assessment from 2017 found that: "Biofuels will never be a major transport fuel as there is just not enough land in the world to grow plants to make biofuel for all vehicles. It can however, be part of an energy mix to take us into a future of renewable energy."[4]: 11 

In 2021 worldwide biofuel production provided 4.3% of the world's fuels for transport, including a very small amount of aviation biofuel.[10] By 2027 worldwide biofuel production is expected to supply 5.4% of the world's fuels for transport including 1% of aviation fuel.[10]

The US, Europe, Brazil and Indonesia are driving the majority of biofuel consumption growth. This demand for biodiesel, renewable diesel and biojet fuel is projected to increase by 44% (21 billion litres) over 2022-2027.[89]

Issues edit

 
Wheat fields in the USA: wheat is grown for food but also for biofuel production.
This section is an excerpt from Issues relating to biofuels.[edit]

Issues relating to biofuel are social, economic, environmental and technical problems that may arise from biofuel production and use. Social and economic issues include the "food vs fuel" debate and the need to develop responsible policies and economic instruments to ensure sustainable biofuel production. Farming for biofuels feedstock can be detrimental to the environment if not done sustainably. Environmental concerns include deforestation, biodiversity loss and soil erosion as a result of land clearing for biofuels agriculture. While biofuels can contribute to reduction in global carbon emissions, indirect land use change for biofuel production can have the inverse effect. Technical issues include possible modifications necessary to run the engine on biofuel, as well as energy balance and efficiency.

The International Resource Panel outlined the wider and interrelated factors that need to be considered when deciding on the relative merits of pursuing one biofuel over another.[90] The IRP concluded that not all biofuels perform equally in terms of their effect on climate, energy security and ecosystems, and suggested that environmental and social effects need to be assessed throughout the entire life-cycle.

Environmental impacts edit

Further information: Sustainable biofuels
 
Deforestation in Indonesia, to make way for an oil palm plantation.[91]

Estimates about the climate impact from biofuels vary widely based on the methodology and exact situation examined.[6]

In general, biofuels emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions when burned in an engine and are generally considered carbon-neutral fuels as the carbon they emit has been captured from the atmosphere by the crops used in biofuel production.[5] They can have greenhouse gas emissions ranging from as low as -127.1 gCO2eq per MJ when carbon capture is incorporated into their production to those exceeding 95 gCO2eq per MJ when land-use change is significant. [40][41] Several factors are responsible for the variation in emission numbers of biofuel such as feedstock and its origin, fuel production technique, system boundary definitions, and energy sources.[41] However, many government policies such as those by European Union and the UK require that biofuels have at least 65% greenhouse gas emissions savings (or 70% if it is renewable fuels of non-biological origins) relative to fossil fuels.[92][93]

Life-cycle assessments of first generation biofuels have shown large emissions associated with the potential land-use change required to produce additional biofuel feedstocks.[6][7] If no land-use change is involved, first-generation biofuels can—on average—have lower emissions than fossil fuels.[6] However, biofuel production can compete with foodcrop production. Up to 40% of corn produced in the United States is used to make ethanol[94] and worldwide 10% of all grain is turned into biofuel.[95] A 50% reduction in grain used for biofuels in the US and Europe would replace all of Ukraine's grain exports.[96] Several studies have shown that reductions in emissions from biofuels are achieved at the expense of other impacts, such as acidification, eutrophication, water footprint and biodiversity loss.[6]

The use of second generation biofuels is thought to increase environmental sustainability, since the non-food part of plants is being used to produce second-generation biofuels, instead of being disposed.[97] But the use of second-generation biofuels increases the competition for lignocellulosic biomass, increasing the cost of these biofuels.[98]

Third generation biofuels, produced from Algae, in theory shouldn't have as negative an impact on the environment than first or second generation biofuels, due to lower changes in land use and not requiring pesticide use for production.[99] When looking at the data however, it has been shown that the environmental cost to produce the infrastructure and energy required for third generation biofuel production, is higher than the benefits provided from the biofuels use.[100]

The European Commission has officially approved a measure to phase out palm oil-based biofuels by 2030.[101][102] Unsustainable palm oil agriculture has caused significant environmental and social problems, including deforestation and pollution.

The production of biofuels can be very energy intensive, which if generated from non-renewable sources can heavily mitigate the benefits gained through biofuel use. A solution proposed to solve this issue is to supply biofuel production facilities with excess nuclear energy, which can supplement the energy provided by fossil fuels.[103] This can provide a carbon inexpensive solution, to help reduce the environmental impacts of biofuel production.

Indirect land use change impacts of biofuels edit

This section is an excerpt from Indirect land use change impacts of biofuels.[edit]
 
Brazilian cerrado
 
Amazon rainforest

The indirect land use change impacts of biofuels, also known as ILUC or iLUC (pronounced as i-luck), relates to the unintended consequence of releasing more carbon emissions due to land-use changes around the world induced by the expansion of croplands for ethanol or biodiesel production in response to the increased global demand for biofuels.[104][105]

As farmers worldwide respond to higher crop prices in order to maintain the global food supply-and-demand balance, pristine lands are cleared to replace the food crops that were diverted elsewhere to biofuels' production. Because natural lands, such as rainforests and grasslands, store carbon in their soil and biomass as plants grow each year, clearance of wilderness for new farms translates to a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Due to this off-site change in the carbon stock of the soil and the biomass, indirect land use change has consequences in the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of a biofuel.[104][105][106][107]

Other authors have also argued that indirect land use changes produce other significant social and environmental impacts, affecting biodiversity, water quality, food prices and supply, land tenure, worker migration, and community and cultural stability.[106][108][109][110]

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January 01, 1970
biofuel, this, article, about, mainly, liquid, gaseous, fuels, used, transport, other, applications, bioenergy, fuel, that, produced, over, short, time, span, from, biomass, rather, than, very, slow, natural, processes, involved, formation, fossil, fuels, such. This article is about mainly liquid or gaseous fuels used for transport For other applications see Bioenergy Biofuel is a fuel that is produced over a short time span from biomass rather than by the very slow natural processes involved in the formation of fossil fuels such as oil Biofuel can be produced from plants or from agricultural domestic or industrial biowaste 1 Biofuels are mostly used for transportation but can also be used for heating and electricity 2 173 3 Biofuels and bioenergy in general are regarded as a renewable energy source 4 11 The use of biofuel has been subject to criticism regarding the food vs fuel debate varied assessments of their sustainability and possible deforestation and biodiversity loss as a result of biofuel production A sample of biodiesel In general biofuels emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions when burned in an engine and are generally considered carbon neutral fuels as the carbon emitted has been captured from the atmosphere by the crops used in production 5 However life cycle assessments of biofuels have shown large emissions associated with the potential land use change required to produce additional biofuel feedstocks 6 7 The outcomes of lifecycle assessments LCAs for biofuels are highly situational and dependent on many factors including the type of feedstock production routes data variations and methodological choices This could be added to emphasize the complexity and variability in assessing the environmental impacts of biofuels 8 Estimates about the climate impact from biofuels vary widely based on the methodology and exact situation examined 6 Therefore the climate change mitigation potential of biofuel varies considerably in some scenarios emission levels are comparable to fossil fuels and in other scenarios the biofuel emissions result in negative emissions Global demand for biofuels is predicted to increase by 56 over 2022 2027 9 By 2027 worldwide biofuel production is expected to supply 5 4 of the world s fuels for transport including 1 of aviation fuel 10 Demand for aviation biofuel is forecast to increase 11 12 The two most common types of biofuel are bioethanol and biodiesel Brazil is the largest producer of bioethanol while the EU is the largest producer of biodiesel The energy content in the global production of bioethanol and biodiesel is 2 2 and 1 8 EJ per year respectively 13 Bioethanol is an alcohol made by fermentation mostly from carbohydrates produced in sugar or starch crops such as maize sugarcane or sweet sorghum Cellulosic biomass derived from non food sources such as trees and grasses is also being developed as a feedstock for ethanol production Ethanol can be used as a fuel for vehicles in its pure form E100 but it is usually used as a gasoline additive to increase octane ratings and improve vehicle emissions Biodiesel is produced from oils or fats using transesterification It can be used as a fuel for vehicles in its pure form B100 but it is usually used as a diesel additive to reduce levels of particulates carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from diesel powered vehicles 14 Contents 1 Terminology 1 1 Conventional biofuels first generation 1 2 Advanced biofuels 2 Types 2 1 Liquid 2 1 1 Ethanol 2 1 2 Other bioalcohols 2 1 3 Biodiesel 2 1 4 Green diesel 2 1 5 Straight vegetable oil 2 1 6 Biogasoline 2 1 7 Bioethers 2 1 8 Aviation biofuel 2 2 Gaseous 2 2 1 Biogas and biomethane 2 2 2 Syngas 2 3 Solid 3 Research into other types 3 1 Algae based biofuels 3 2 Electrofuels and solar fuels 4 Bio digesters 5 Extent of production and use 6 Issues 6 1 Environmental impacts 6 2 Indirect land use change impacts of biofuels 7 See also 8 References 8 1 Sources 9 External linksTerminology editSee also Biomass energy Terminology nbsp Types and generation of biofuels The term biofuel is used in different ways One definition is Biofuels are biobased products in solid liquid or gaseous forms They are produced from crops or natural products such as wood or agricultural residues such as molasses and bagasse 2 173 Other publications reserve the term biofuel for liquid or gaseous fuels used for transportation 3 The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report defines biofuel as A fuel generally in liquid form produced from biomass Biofuels include bioethanol from sugarcane sugar beet or maize and biodiesel from canola or soybeans 15 1795 It goes on to define biomass in this context as organic material excluding the material that is fossilised or embedded in geological formations 15 1795 This means that coal or other fossil fuels is not a form of biomass in this context Conventional biofuels first generation edit First generation biofuels also denoted as conventional biofuels are made from food crops grown on arable land 16 17 447 The crop s sugar starch or oil content is converted into biodiesel or ethanol using transesterification or yeast fermentation 18 Advanced biofuels edit To avoid a food versus fuel dilemma second generation biofuels and third generation biofuels also called advanced biofuels or sustainable biofuels or drop in biofuels are made from feedstocks which do not directly compete with food or feed crop such as waste products and energy crops 19 A wide range of waste feedstocks such as those derived from agriculture and forestry activities like rice straw rice husk wood chips and sawdust can be used to produce advanced biofuels through biochemical and thermochemical processes 17 448 The feedstock used to make the fuels either grow on arable land but are byproducts of the main crop or they are grown on marginal land Second generation feedstocks also include straw bagasse perennial grasses jatropha waste vegetable oil municipal solid waste and so forth 20 Types editLiquid edit Ethanol edit Main article Ethanol fuel Biologically produced alcohols most commonly ethanol and less commonly propanol and butanol are produced by the action of microorganisms and enzymes through the fermentation of sugars or starches easiest to produce or cellulose more difficult to produce The IEA estimates that ethanol production used 20 of sugar supplies and 13 of corn supplies in 2021 21 Ethanol fuel is the most common biofuel worldwide particularly in Brazil Alcohol fuels are produced by fermentation of sugars derived from wheat corn sugar beets sugar cane molasses and any sugar or starch from which alcoholic beverages such as whiskey can be made such as potato and fruit waste etc Production methods used are enzyme digestion to release sugars from stored starches fermentation of the sugars distillation and drying The distillation process requires significant energy input to generate heat Heat is sometimes generated with unsustainable natural gas fossil fuel but cellulosic biomass such as bagasse is the most common fuel in Brazil while pellets wood chips and also waste heat are more common in Europe Corn to ethanol and other food stocks has led to the development of cellulosic ethanol 22 Other bioalcohols edit Methanol is currently produced from natural gas a non renewable fossil fuel In the future it is hoped to be produced from biomass as biomethanol This is technically feasible but the production is currently being postponed for concerns that the economic viability is still pending 23 The methanol economy is an alternative to the hydrogen economy to be contrasted with today s hydrogen production from natural gas Butanol C4 H9 OH is formed by ABE fermentation acetone butanol ethanol and experimental modifications of the process show potentially high net energy gains with biobutanol as the only liquid product Biobutanol is often claimed to provide a direct replacement for gasoline because it will produce more energy than ethanol and allegedly can be burned straight in existing gasoline engines without modification to the engine or car 24 is less corrosive and less water soluble than ethanol and could be distributed via existing infrastructures Escherichia coli strains have also been successfully engineered to produce butanol by modifying their amino acid metabolism 25 One drawback to butanol production in E coli remains the high cost of nutrient rich media however recent work has demonstrated E coli can produce butanol with minimal nutritional supplementation 26 Biobutanol is sometimes called biogasoline which is incorrect as it is chemically different being an alcohol and not a hydrocarbon like gasoline Biodiesel edit nbsp Biofuel pumps 2010 Main article Biodiesel Further information Biodiesel around the world Biodiesel is the most common biofuel in Europe It is produced from oils or fats using transesterification and is a liquid similar in composition to fossil mineral diesel Chemically it consists mostly of fatty acid methyl or ethyl esters FAMEs 27 Feedstocks for biodiesel include animal fats vegetable oils soy rapeseed jatropha mahua mustard flax sunflower palm oil hemp field pennycress Pongamia pinnata and algae Pure biodiesel B100 also known as neat biodiesel currently reduces emissions with up to 60 compared to diesel Second generation B100 28 As of 2020 update researchers at Australia s CSIRO have been studying safflower oil as an engine lubricant and researchers at Montana State University s Advanced Fuels Center in the US have been studying the oil s performance in a large diesel engine with results described as a breakthrough 29 nbsp Targray Biofuels Division railcar transporting Biodiesel Biodiesel can be used in any diesel engine and modified equipment when mixed with mineral diesel It can also be used in its pure form B100 in diesel engines but some maintenance and performance problems may occur during wintertime utilization since the fuel becomes somewhat more viscous at lower temperatures depending on the feedstock used 30 Electronically controlled common rail and Unit Injector type systems from the late 1990s onwards can only use biodiesel blended with conventional diesel fuel These engines have finely metered and atomized multiple stage injection systems that are very sensitive to the viscosity of the fuel Many current generation diesel engines are designed to run on B100 without altering the engine itself although this depends on the fuel rail design Since biodiesel is an effective solvent and cleans residues deposited by mineral diesel engine filters may need to be replaced more often as the biofuel dissolves old deposits in the fuel tank and pipes It also effectively cleans the engine combustion chamber of carbon deposits helping to maintain efficiency Biodiesel is an oxygenated fuel meaning it contains a reduced amount of carbon and higher hydrogen and oxygen content than fossil diesel This improves the combustion of biodiesel and reduces the particulate emissions from unburnt carbon However using pure biodiesel may increase NOx emissions 31 Biodiesel is also safe to handle and transport because it is non toxic and biodegradable and has a high flash point of about 300 F 148 C compared to petroleum diesel fuel which has a flash point of 125 F 52 C 32 In many European countries a 5 biodiesel blend is widely used and is available at thousands of gas stations 33 34 In France biodiesel is incorporated at a rate of 8 in the fuel used by all French diesel vehicles 35 Avril Group produces under the brand Diester a fifth of 11 million tons of biodiesel consumed annually by the European Union 36 It is the leading European producer of biodiesel 35 Green diesel edit Main article Biodiesel production Green diesel can be produced combination of biochemical and thermochemical processes Conventional green diesel is produced through hydroprocessing biological oil feedstocks such as vegetable oils and animal fats 37 38 Recently it is produced using series of thermochemical processes such as pyrolysis and hydroprocessing In the thermochemical route syngas produced from gasification bio oil produced from pyrolysis or biocrude produced from hydrothermal liquefaction is upgraded to green diesel using hydroprocessing 39 40 41 Hydroprocessing is the process of using hydrogen to reform a molecular structure For example hydrocracking which is a widely used hydroprocessing technique in refineries is used at elevated temperatures and pressure in the presence of a catalyst to break down larger molecules such as those found in vegetable oils into shorter hydrocarbon chains used in diesel engines 42 Green diesel may also be called renewable diesel drop in biodiesel hydrotreated vegetable oil HVO fuel 42 or hydrogen derived renewable diesel 38 Unlike biodiesel green diesel has exactly the same chemical properties as petroleum based diesel 42 43 It does not require new engines pipelines or infrastructure to distribute and use but has not been produced at a cost that is competitive with petroleum 38 Gasoline versions are also being developed 44 Green diesel is being developed in Louisiana and Singapore by ConocoPhillips Neste Oil Valero Dynamic Fuels and Honeywell UOP 38 45 as well as Preem in Gothenburg Sweden creating what is known as Evolution Diesel 46 Straight vegetable oil edit nbsp A biofuel truck in 2009 47 Main article Vegetable oil fuel Straight unmodified edible vegetable oil is generally not used as fuel but lower quality oil has been used for this purpose Used vegetable oil is increasingly being processed into biodiesel or more rarely cleaned of water and particulates and then used as a fuel The IEA estimates that biodiesel production used 17 of global vegetable oil supplies in 2021 21 Oils and fats reacted with 10 pounds of a short chain alcohol usually methanol in the presence of a catalyst usually sodium hydroxide NaOH can be hydrogenated to give a diesel substitute 48 The resulting product is a straight chain hydrocarbon with a high cetane number low in aromatics and sulfur and does not contain oxygen Hydrogenated oils can be blended with diesel in all proportions They have several advantages over biodiesel including good performance at low temperatures no storage stability problems and no susceptibility to microbial attack 49 Biogasoline edit Main article Biogasoline Biogasoline can be produced biologically and themochemically Using biologicalical methods a study led by Professor Lee Sang yup at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology KAIST and published in the international science journal Nature used modified E coli fed with glucose found in plants or other non food crops to produce biogasoline with the produced enzymes The enzymes converted the sugar into fatty acids and then turned these into hydrocarbons that were chemically and structurally identical to those found in commercial gasoline fuel 50 The thermochemical approach of producing biogasoline are similar to those used to produced biodiesel 39 40 41 Biogasoline may also be called drop in gasoline or renewable gasoline Bioethers edit nbsp Neat ethanol on the left A gasoline on the right G at a filling station in Brazil in 2008 Bioethers also referred to as fuel ethers or oxygenated fuels are cost effective compounds that act as octane rating enhancers Bioethers are produced by the reaction of reactive iso olefins such as iso butylene with bioethanol 51 attribution needed Bioethers are created from wheat or sugar beets and also be produced from the waste glycerol that results from the production of biodiesel 52 They also enhance engine performance while significantly reducing engine wear and toxic exhaust emissions By greatly reducing the amount of ground level ozone emissions they contribute to improved air quality 53 54 In transportation fuel there are six ether additives dimethyl ether DME diethyl ether DEE methyl tert butyl ether MTBE ethyl tert butyl ether ETBE tert amyl methyl ether TAME and tert amyl ethyl ether TAEE 55 The European Fuel Oxygenates Association identifies MTBE and ETBE as the most commonly used ethers in fuel to replace lead Ethers were introduced in Europe in the 1970s to replace the highly toxic compound 56 Although Europeans still use bioether additives the U S Energy Policy Act of 2005 lifted a requirement for reformulated gasoline to include an oxygenate leading to less MTBE being added to fuel 57 Although bioethers are likely to replace ethers produced from petroleum in the UK it is highly unlikely they will become a fuel in and of itself due to the low energy density 58 Aviation biofuel edit This section is an excerpt from Aviation biofuel edit nbsp Refueling an Airbus A320 with biofuel in 2011 An aviation biofuel also known as bio jet fuel 59 or bio aviation fuel BAF 60 is a biofuel used to power aircraft and is a sustainable aviation fuel SAF The International Air Transport Association IATA considers it a key element in reducing the environmental impact of aviation 61 Aviation biofuel is used to decarbonize medium and long haul air travel These types of travel generate the most emissions and could extend the life of older aircraft types by lowering their carbon footprint Synthetic paraffinic kerosene SPK refers to any non petroleum based fuel designed to replace kerosene jet fuel which is often but not always made from biomass Biofuels are biomass derived fuels from plants animals or waste depending on which type of biomass is used they could lower CO2 emissions by 20 98 compared to conventional jet fuel 62 The first test flight using blended biofuel was in 2008 and in 2011 blended fuels with 50 biofuels were allowed on commercial flights In 2023 SAF production was 600 million liters representing 0 2 of global jet fuel use 63 Aviation biofuel can be produced from plant or animal sources such as Jatropha algae tallows waste oils palm oil Babassu and Camelina bio SPK from solid biomass using pyrolysis processed with a Fischer Tropsch process FT SPK with an alcohol to jet ATJ process from waste fermentation or from synthetic biology through a solar reactor Small piston engines can be modified to burn ethanol Sustainable biofuels are an alternative to electrofuels 64 Sustainable aviation fuel is certified as being sustainable by a third party organisation Gaseous edit Biogas and biomethane edit nbsp Biogas plant in 2007 Main article Biogas Biogas is a mixture composed primarily of methane and carbon dioxide produced by the process of anaerobic digestion of organic material by micro organisms Other trace components of this mixture includes water vapor hydrogen sulfide siloxanes hydrocarbons ammonia oxygen carbon monoxide and nitrogen 65 66 It can be produced either from biodegradable waste materials or by the use of energy crops fed into anaerobic digesters to supplement gas yields The solid byproduct digestate can be used as a biofuel or a fertilizer When CO2 and other impurities are removed from biogas it is called biomethane The CO2 can also be combined with hydrogen in methanation to form more methane Biogas can be recovered from mechanical biological treatment waste processing systems Landfill gas a less clean form of biogas is produced in landfills through naturally occurring anaerobic digestion If it escapes into the atmosphere it acts as a greenhouse gas In Sweden waste to energy power plants capture methane biogas from garbage and use it power transport systems 67 Farmers can produce biogas from cattle manure via anaerobic digesters 68 Syngas edit Main article Gasification Syngas a mixture of carbon monoxide hydrogen and various hydrocarbons is produced by partial combustion of biomass combustion with an amount of oxygen that is not sufficient to convert the biomass completely to carbon dioxide and water 49 Before partial combustion the biomass is dried and sometimes pyrolysed Syngas is more efficient than direct combustion of the original biofuel more of the energy contained in the fuel is extracted Syngas may be burned directly in internal combustion engines turbines or high temperature fuel cells 69 The wood gas generator a wood fueled gasification reactor can be connected to an internal combustion engine Syngas can be used to produce methanol dimethyl ether and hydrogen or converted via the Fischer Tropsch process to produce a diesel substitute or a mixture of alcohols that can be blended into gasoline Gasification normally relies on temperatures greater than 700 C Lower temperature gasification is desirable when co producing biochar but results in syngas polluted with tar Solid edit Main article Solid fuel Biomass The term biofuels is also used for solid fuels that are made from biomass even though this is less common 3 Research into other types editAlgae based biofuels edit Main articles Algaculture and Algae fuel Algae can be produced in ponds or tanks on land and out at sea 70 71 Algal fuels have high yields 72 a high ignition point 73 can be grown with minimal impact on fresh water resources 74 75 76 can be produced using saline water and wastewater and are biodegradable and relatively harmless to the environment if spilled 77 78 However production requires large amounts of energy and fertilizer the produced fuel degrades faster than other biofuels and it does not flow well in cold temperatures 70 79 By 2017 due to economic considerations most efforts to produce fuel from algae have been abandoned or changed to other applications 80 Third and fourth generation biofuels also include biofuels that are produced by bioengineered organisms i e algae and cyanobacteria 81 Algae and cyanobacteria will use water carbon dioxide and solar energy to produce biofuels 81 This method of biofuel production is still at the research level The biofuels that are secreted by the bioengineered organisms are expected to have higher photon to fuel conversion efficiency compared to older generations of biofuels 81 One of the advantages of this class of biofuels is that the cultivation of the organisms that produce the biofuels does not require the use of arable land 82 The disadvantages include the cost of cultivating the biofuel producing organisms being very high 82 Electrofuels and solar fuels edit Electrofuels citation needed and solar fuels may or may not be biofuels depending on whether they contain biological elements Electrofuels are made by storing electrical energy in the chemical bonds of liquids and gases The primary targets are butanol biodiesel and hydrogen but include other alcohols and carbon containing gases such as methane and butane A solar fuel is a synthetic chemical fuel produced from solar energy Light is converted to chemical energy typically by reducing protons to hydrogen or carbon dioxide to organic compounds 83 Bio digesters editA bio digester is a mechanized toilet that uses decomposition and sedimentation to turn human waste into a renewable fuel called biogas Biogas can be made from substances like agricultural waste and sewage 84 85 The bio digester uses a process called anaerobic digestion to produce biogas Anaerobic digestion uses a chemical process to break down organic matter with the use of microorganisms in the absence of oxygen to produce biogas 86 The processes involved in anaerobic respiration are hydrolysis acidogenesis acetogenesis and methanogenesis 87 Extent of production and use edit nbsp Biofuel energy production 2022 88 nbsp Biofuel production by region Global biofuel production was 81 Mtoe in 2017 which represented an annual increase of about 3 compared to 2010 4 12 In 2017 the US was the largest biofuel producer in the world producing 37 Mtoe followed by Brazil and South America at 23 Mtoe and Europe mainly Germany at 12 Mtoe 4 12 An assessment from 2017 found that Biofuels will never be a major transport fuel as there is just not enough land in the world to grow plants to make biofuel for all vehicles It can however be part of an energy mix to take us into a future of renewable energy 4 11 In 2021 worldwide biofuel production provided 4 3 of the world s fuels for transport including a very small amount of aviation biofuel 10 By 2027 worldwide biofuel production is expected to supply 5 4 of the world s fuels for transport including 1 of aviation fuel 10 The US Europe Brazil and Indonesia are driving the majority of biofuel consumption growth This demand for biodiesel renewable diesel and biojet fuel is projected to increase by 44 21 billion litres over 2022 2027 89 Issues edit nbsp Wheat fields in the USA wheat is grown for food but also for biofuel production This section is an excerpt from Issues relating to biofuels edit This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information March 2024 This article has an unclear citation style The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting July 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message Issues relating to biofuel are social economic environmental and technical problems that may arise from biofuel production and use Social and economic issues include the food vs fuel debate and the need to develop responsible policies and economic instruments to ensure sustainable biofuel production Farming for biofuels feedstock can be detrimental to the environment if not done sustainably Environmental concerns include deforestation biodiversity loss and soil erosion as a result of land clearing for biofuels agriculture While biofuels can contribute to reduction in global carbon emissions indirect land use change for biofuel production can have the inverse effect Technical issues include possible modifications necessary to run the engine on biofuel as well as energy balance and efficiency The International Resource Panel outlined the wider and interrelated factors that need to be considered when deciding on the relative merits of pursuing one biofuel over another 90 The IRP concluded that not all biofuels perform equally in terms of their effect on climate energy security and ecosystems and suggested that environmental and social effects need to be assessed throughout the entire life cycle Environmental impacts edit Further information Sustainable biofuels nbsp Deforestation in Indonesia to make way for an oil palm plantation 91 Estimates about the climate impact from biofuels vary widely based on the methodology and exact situation examined 6 In general biofuels emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions when burned in an engine and are generally considered carbon neutral fuels as the carbon they emit has been captured from the atmosphere by the crops used in biofuel production 5 They can have greenhouse gas emissions ranging from as low as 127 1 gCO2eq per MJ when carbon capture is incorporated into their production to those exceeding 95 gCO2eq per MJ when land use change is significant 40 41 Several factors are responsible for the variation in emission numbers of biofuel such as feedstock and its origin fuel production technique system boundary definitions and energy sources 41 However many government policies such as those by European Union and the UK require that biofuels have at least 65 greenhouse gas emissions savings or 70 if it is renewable fuels of non biological origins relative to fossil fuels 92 93 Life cycle assessments of first generation biofuels have shown large emissions associated with the potential land use change required to produce additional biofuel feedstocks 6 7 If no land use change is involved first generation biofuels can on average have lower emissions than fossil fuels 6 However biofuel production can compete with foodcrop production Up to 40 of corn produced in the United States is used to make ethanol 94 and worldwide 10 of all grain is turned into biofuel 95 A 50 reduction in grain used for biofuels in the US and Europe would replace all of Ukraine s grain exports 96 Several studies have shown that reductions in emissions from biofuels are achieved at the expense of other impacts such as acidification eutrophication water footprint and biodiversity loss 6 The use of second generation biofuels is thought to increase environmental sustainability since the non food part of plants is being used to produce second generation biofuels instead of being disposed 97 But the use of second generation biofuels increases the competition for lignocellulosic biomass increasing the cost of these biofuels 98 Third generation biofuels produced from Algae in theory shouldn t have as negative an impact on the environment than first or second generation biofuels due to lower changes in land use and not requiring pesticide use for production 99 When looking at the data however it has been shown that the environmental cost to produce the infrastructure and energy required for third generation biofuel production is higher than the benefits provided from the biofuels use 100 The European Commission has officially approved a measure to phase out palm oil based biofuels by 2030 101 102 Unsustainable palm oil agriculture has caused significant environmental and social problems including deforestation and pollution The production of biofuels can be very energy intensive which if generated from non renewable sources can heavily mitigate the benefits gained through biofuel use A solution proposed to solve this issue is to supply biofuel production facilities with excess nuclear energy which can supplement the energy provided by fossil fuels 103 This can provide a carbon inexpensive solution to help reduce the environmental impacts of biofuel production Indirect land use change impacts of biofuels edit This section is an excerpt from Indirect land use change impacts of biofuels edit This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information August 2021 nbsp Brazilian cerrado nbsp Amazon rainforest The indirect land use change impacts of biofuels also known as ILUC or iLUC pronounced as i luck relates to the unintended consequence of releasing more carbon emissions due to land use changes around the world induced by the expansion of croplands for ethanol or biodiesel production in 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