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Our web site aims to distribute information regarding the research and experimentation of our Biogasmax partners and today, it supplies information regarding young researchers in the bio-fuel field. Martin Olsson and Philip Eriksson presented their Masters thesis in Göteborg (2007). There is no doubt that their conclusions that deal with the potentials of bio-gas as vehicule fuel in Europe will interest you!
Despite the estimations related to bio-gas, M. Olsson and P. Eriksson noted a gap in research regarding current bio-gas production volumes and the potential of bio-methane as vehicule fuel.
The primary aim of their Masters thesis is to determine bio-gas production and to estimate its development up to the year, 2015. The second aim is to identify and analyse the factors that could determine whether biogas is a reliable fuel for vehicles. In relationship to bio-gas production, and according their research, European biogas production may increase from the current production of 6 Mtoe (million tons of oil equivalent) to 23 Mtoe by 2015. That most progressive forecast is in the line with previous patterns of other types of renewable energy technology as well as with the European Union estimates.
The most important factors regarding the potentials of bio-methane as vehicle fuel, seem to be mainly a matter of policy. In fact, a number of driving forces have been identified for the production of biogas, namely the need to reduce greenhouse gases and to decrease dependence on fossil fuels. Therefore, new policies aim to support all projects in the fields of renewable energy. However, a number of stumbling blocks in realizing the potential of bio-methane have been revealed: a weak formation of networks and advocacy coalitions as well as the lack of infrastructure. Nevertheless, according to one author’s conclusions, it seems that if an influential decision maker or network were to enter into the bio-methane sector, it would improve the situation a great deal and could lead the way to institutional changes and policy incentives that could increase the legitimacy of bio-gas as a vehicle fuel.
To learn more:
Martin Olsson – e-mail : olsmar&amail.com / i01olma@itek.chalmers.se
Philip Eriksson – e-mail : philooe@yahoo.se
Co-auteurs de « The Potential of Biogas as Vehicule Fuel in Europe – A Technological Innovation Systems Analysis of the Emerging Bio-Methane Technology »
Chalmers University of Technology – Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental System Analysis – Göteborg, Sweden, 2007 (Report N° 2007 :6, ISSN : 1404-8167)
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