Appropriateness of a 350 million litre biofuels target

In July 2003, the Australian Government commissioned a report from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, jointly with the Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics and the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, on the appropriateness of maintaining an objective that biofuels, produced in Australia from renewable resources, contribute at least 350 million litres (ML) to the total fuel supply by 2010. Using existing literature, the study was to assess the net environmental (ie greenhouse, air quality and other, including health) benefits of replacing fossil fuels with Australian sourced biofuels in the Australian transport mix, together with the economic and regional benefits. The study was to include consideration of industry viability in producing biofuels in Australia and the cost-effectiveness of assistance to achieve any estimated net public benefits. In light of an effective six to eight year time horizon for the study, the focus is on production options that are already technically viable, or very close to being so, rather than on alternatives that may possibly become viable in a longer time frame. Thus, for example, ethanol production from lignocellulosics and the new Zeachem process are not included in the analysis.

• Record URL:
  http://www.btre.gov.au/publications/33/Files/BiofuelsStudy.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Appendices in separate volume.
• Corporate Authors:

  Australia. Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (BTRE)

  Canberra, ACT   

  Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE

  ,    

  Australia. Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (BTRE

  ,    

  CSIRO

  ,    
• Publication Date: 2003-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 181p + appendices

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Alternate fuels; Economic analysis; Environment; Ethanol; Fuel consumption; Greenhouse effect; Health; Literature reviews; Policy; Subsidies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Planning and Environment
• ATRI Terms: Air pollution; Alternative fuel; Economic analysis; Emissions control; Environment; Ethanol; Fuel consumption; Greenhouse effect; Health; Literature review; Policy; Subsidy
• Subject Areas: Economics; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01388789
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 23 2012 1:17AM