3 May 2011
Biofuels can be sustainable, claims IEA
Manufacturers have been keen to promote the latest breakthroughs in electric-vehicle technology in recent months
Manufacturers have been keen to promote the latest breakthroughs in electric-vehicle technology in recent months. But the International Energy Agency (IEA) wants to remind the world that the internal-combustion engine will remain king for the foreseeable future – and that means improved biofuels must play a significant role if the world is to cut carbon emissions from the transport sector. In its latest report, Biofuels for Transport*, the industrialised world’s energy think-tank said global biofuels consumption could be increased in a sustainable manner using next-generation technologies to account for 27% of global transport fuels by 2050, compared with just 2% now. That would mean boostin
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