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Trends in Green Chemistry
ISSN: 2471-9889
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JOINT EVENT
Environmental Chemistry 2018 &
Green Technologies 2018
September 20-22, 2018
September 20-22, 2018 Berlin, Germany
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7
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Edition of International Conference on
Green Energy, Green Engineering and Technology
8
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International Conference on
Environmental Chemistry and Engineering
Economic and environmental prospects of biofuels in the European transport sector
Ralph-Uwe Dietrich
German Aerospace Center-DLR e.V., Germany
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ecarbonization of the transport sector as proclaimed in the COP 21 targets requires the transition from fossil to renewable
energy sources. While electric vehicles may become a viable option towards decarbonization of individual car traffic, at
least aviation, shipping and heavy duty transportation will continue to rely on liquid fuels. Biofuels can replace a large share of
fossil fuel in these sectors. However, the usage of biofuels within transportation is only reasonable with significantly reduced
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to fossil fuels and lower GHG abatement costs compared to other decarbonization
technologies (e.g. Power-to-Liquid, hydrogen, electric mobility etc.). A detailed discussion of biofuels prospects in Europe shall
be presented. Different biofuel production paths are compared and analyzed in terms of technical potential, fuel costs, GHG
footprint and GHG abatement costs. Based on the results the following superordinate questions are addressed: What share of
the European transportation energy consumption can be covered by biofuels? In which sector seem biofuels most realistic and
most feasible and what type of biofuels are required? How compare biofuels GHG abatement potential and GHG abatement
costs with other GHG reducing technologies? A standardized techno economic assessment method was applied out in order
to calculate the fuel production costs of the most promising biofuel routes. The methodology was adapted from a best-practice
cost calculation standard from the chemical process industry and built up in the in-house cost estimation tool TEPET (Techno
Economic Process Evaluation Tool). With transparent cost data input a reliable prediction of current net production costs
of alternative fuels is achieved, what is automatically linked to the steady state PFD simulation? The impact of economic
boundary conditions such as plant location, biomass price, key equipment costs and economy of scale can be demonstrated.
ralph-uwe.dietrich@dlr.deTrends in Green chem 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-9889-C2-012