needle Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 Wondering about the potential for biodiesel/ bioethanol. Most of the commercial reports cost about 6k-10k. I cant afford 6k to spend on a report. Anyone know where I can get good information preferably pertaining to the UK/Europe market potential? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dom Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 Wondering about the potential for biodiesel/ bioethanol. Most of the commercial reports cost about 6k-10k. I cant afford 6k to spend on a report. Anyone know where I can get good information preferably pertaining to the UK/Europe market potential? Take a look around. If you can offer a considerably cheaper substitute for petrol and diesel........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needle Posted May 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gscottd Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Some creative googling, perhaps? http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy_transport...tmlu/lbpot.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needle Posted May 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Some creative googling, perhaps? http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy_transport...tmlu/lbpot.html Many thanks. Am a little bit "googled-out" at the moment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gscottd Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 I hope it was, at least minimally, helpful! Cheers, SubT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollandPark Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Nice Link, ST: "One of the key reasons for the construction of liquid biofuel plants is the introduction of tax relief on the fuel produced from pilot plants. This fiscal incentive has arisen because of the EC Scrivener Directive, although still not officially implemented, it provides a framework for a tax relief option. This incentive is a key driver for investment in liquid biofuels plants, which otherwise would not be built. Without this relief, the biofuel costs of production are between 2-3 times that of fossil fuels. While this helps to reduce the initial risk of building the plant, other risks such as securing feedstock supplies still remain. The introduction of the set-aside scheme following the CAP reform, was considered an ideal vehicle for the promotion of non-food crops. The variable set-aside rate however, has lead to uncertainty in the agricultural sector. Other mainstream food crops in many cases provide better returns than oilseed rape for industrial purposes on non-set-aside land. This competition for land use will continue to be a problem, and as such, farmers will be reluctant to enter into long term supply contracts for crops whose return may fall in comparison to other crops. On balance, the uncertainty surrounding both the future existence of tax relief and the security of feedstock supplies makes biofuel production a high risk investment." = = (this good too): Biodiesel Bear in mind the cost of growing crops. Only when waste/excess organic matter is used can BioDiesel be considered a "renewable" energy source. The diesel engine was originally designed to run on vegetable oil so farmers could grow their own fuel. Page Contents: News • Sources of Biodiesel • Open Source • Do-it-Yourself • Show-off • Companies • R&D • About Diesel Engines • Skeptics • See also Latest News http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/biodiesel-fuel/ Sources of Biodiesel Diesels can be run on almost any kind of oil: corn, soy, whale...but probably will end up running on a kind of algae since it is by weight 50% oil or so. The following comes from a wikipedia article: * Soybean: 40 to 50 US gal/acre (35 to 45,000 L/km) * Rapeseed: 110 to 145 US gal/acre (100 to 130,000 L/km) * Mustard: 140 US gal/acre (130,000 L/km) * Jatropha: 175 US gal/acre (160,000 L/km) * Palm oil: 650 US gal/acre (580,000 L/km) [6] * Algae: 10,000 to 20,000 US gal/acre (9,000,000 to 18,000,000 L/km) more links: http://www.freeenergynews.com/Directory/Biodiesel/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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