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Abbreviations
- Biofuel:
-
Biofuel is one type of bioenergy. In general, this term is used for liquid biofuels. The most known liquid biofuels are biodiesel and bioethanol.
- Biofuel program:
-
In general, encompasses incentives to biofuels production and/or consumption through policies and regulatory frameworks.
- Biomass:
-
Biomass is anything that has lived from vegetal or animal origin. The energy obtained from biomass (such as wood, straw, crops, etc.) to produce a fuel is known as bioenergy.
- Energy balance:
-
Energy balance is the assessment of the energy content in a certain biofuel compared with the fossil fuel energy used to convert it.
- Replication:
-
Repetition of an experiment utilizing key features. Following the Brazilian experience with ethanol, other countries have possibility to convert sugar plants into ethanol distilleries.
- Sustainability:
-
Sustainability of biofuels production is related to environment protection, social welfare, and economic development.
- Sustainable development:
-
Sustainable development is the utilization of the resources aiming to achieve better living conditions without disturbing the future generations’ needs [1].
- Tariff and non-tariff barriers:
-
Tariff barriers are duties imposed on tradable goods and services to be imported. Non-tariff barriers are a way to delimitate the trade by imposing conditions, quotas, and restrictions. Tariff and non-tariff barriers are barriers imposed mainly by developed countries against the import of products which may jeopardize local economy (or local farmers); they also occur in biofuels trade [2].
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Coelho, S.T., Gorren, R., Guardabassi, P., Grisoli, R., Goldemberg, J. (2013). Bioethanol from Sugar : The Brazilian Experience. In: Kaltschmitt, M., Themelis, N.J., Bronicki, L.Y., Söder, L., Vega, L.A. (eds) Renewable Energy Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5820-3_312
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