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With the Biofrontiers project, the European Climate Foundation seeks to bring together stakeholders from industry and civil society to explore the conditions under which supply-chains for advanced biofuels for transport may be developed in a sustainable manner. The project builds on work carried out in 2013–2014 on waste and residue-based feedstocks for advanced biofuels. (For a survey of that work, see Wasted: Europe's untapped resource.) Biofrontiers will also place a new focus on land-using feedstocks and novel fuel technologies.

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Review of the impact of crop residue management on soil organic carbon in Europe

Assesses the environmental impacts of crop residue management to inform advanced biofuel policy in Europe.

Working paper

Indirect greenhouse gas emissions of molasses ethanol in the European Union

An assessment of the market impacts and full lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from incentivizing the use of molasses for biofuel production in the EU.

Working paper

Effective policy design for promoting investment in advanced alternative fuels

An analysis of advanced biofuel policies and recommendations for improving the effectiveness of policy support for emerging low carbon fuel technologies.

White paper

Review of the impact of crop residue management on soil organic carbon in Europe

2017.12.15

Assesses the environmental impacts of crop residue management to inform advanced biofuel policy in Europe.

Publication: Working paper

Indirect greenhouse gas emissions of molasses ethanol in the European Union

2017.09.27

An assessment of the market impacts and full lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from incentivizing the use of molasses for biofuel production in the EU.

Publication: Working paper

Effective policy design for promoting investment in advanced alternative fuels

2017.09.21

An analysis of advanced biofuel policies and recommendations for improving the effectiveness of policy support for emerging low carbon fuel technologies.

Publication: White paper

Assessing the profitability of growing dedicated energy versus food crops in four European countries

2016.11.18

Assesses the potential for energy crops to displace food crops in four countries in Europe and evaluates the relative profitability of these crops compared to existing food crops.

Publication: Working paper

Understanding options for ILUC mitigation

2016.11.16

Surveys the existing literature on methodologies related to the certification of low ILUC biofuel projects through different measures. It also assesses the potential challenges, risks, and loopholes that could arise from the use of these methodologies.

Publication: Working paper

Biofrontiers: Responsible innovation for tomorrow's liquid fuels

2016.10.14

Based on more than a year of exchanges, this synthesis report presents five recommendations for a 2030 European policy for transport fuels regarding sustainability, carbon-intensity, incentives, competing uses and innovation.

Publication: Consulting report

Analysis of the current development of household UCO collection systems in the EU

2016.06.14

Explores the potential for improving home collection of used cooking oil for biodiesel production in the EU.

Publication: Consultant report

Beyond the biofrontier: Balancing competing uses of the biomass resource

2016.06.13
Assesses the environmental and societal impacts of utilizing sustainably available biomass for three different sectors: heat & power, liquid fuels, and bio-based materials. 
Publication: White paper

Sustainability criteria for biofuels made from land and non-land based feedstocks

2016.05.09

Prepares a proposal for a set of sustainability criteria that could be integrated into post-2020 EU legislation as a way to guarantee the sustainability of the next phase of the development of alternative fuels in Europe.

Publication: Consultant report

Crops of the biofrontier: In search of opportunities for sustainable energy cropping

2016.04.13

Describes case studies of energy cropping in Europe in the context of advanced biofuel and bioproducts sustainability.

Publication: White paper

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