Paper details

Title:

Learning from Bioenergy: Sustainability Dimensions of Hydrogen-based Fuels

Author(s):

Demuth, A., Schmermer, F., Lehmann, H., Voswinckel, S.

Document(s):

Abstract:

Biofuels, as one of the early options for sustainable fuels, have long been under the watchful eye of the public. In the process, their sustainability has also been scrutinized and questioned on many levels. In the course of this, biofuels have undergone an instructive process that also contains important lessons for newer fuels such as e­fuels. An important step in addressing sustainability challenges has been the progress made in developing extensive sustainability standards. With stakeholder engagement in form of roundtable settings these efforts can serve as a role model for the adoption in other technological pathways like e-fuels. Armed with this knowledge, holistic sustainability standards can be developed at an early stage and integrated into effective and compatible regulation of the market ramp-up. This can create good governance of the technology from an early stage via policy coherence, stakeholder participation, monitoring institutions, and good communication. It will be important that forerunners in this sector test the application of such sustainability standards and prove their applicability.

Keywords:

alternative fuel, governance, land use, sustainability standards, sustainability criteria, water use

Topic:

Biomass Conversion to Intermediate Bioenergy Carriers and Sustainable Biofuels

Subtopic:

Synthetic fuels from biomass and hydrogen

Event:

31st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

5BO.14.1

Pages:

816 - 827

ISBN:

978-88-89407-23-3

Paper DOI:

10.5071/31stEUBCE2023-5BO.14.1

Price:

FREE