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Biofuels for Transport: Prospects and Challenges

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Environmental issues, the growing demand for energy, political concerns and the medium-term depletion of petroleum created the need for the development of sustainable technologies based on renewable raw materials. The so-called biofuels might help to meet the future energy supply demands as well as contributing to a reduction of green house gases emissions. In this work, we aim to provide the latest update of the production and potential of biofuels in the transport sector including type of biofuel, feedstocks and technologies as well as some realistic engine tests for the widespread use of biofuels in our society.

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Authors greatly acknowledge funds from Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Projects CTQ2007-65754/PPQ, CTQ2008-01330/BQU, ENE2007-65490/ALT and HI2008-0229), Spanish International Cooperation Agency AECID (project PCI-C/019212/08) and Junta de Andalucía (FQM-191, TEP-169 and P07 FQM-02695), cofinanced with FEDER funds.

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Luque, R. et al. (2010). Biofuels for Transport: Prospects and Challenges. In: Shah, V. (eds) Emerging Environmental Technologies, Volume II. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3352-9_8

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