| Time | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Registration | ||
| 9:30 | Welcome | Rainer Zah, EMPA und Niels Jungbluth, ESU-services Ltd. | |
| 9:35 | Swiss Regulation of Agrofuels and Prospects for Future Fuels DF36-1 Lionel Cretegny.pdf | Lionel Cretegny , BAFU | |
| New Technology Developments | |||
| 10:00 | Life Cycle Assessment of Different Pathways of BtL-Fuels from Wood, Straw and Miscanthus DF36-2 Niels Jungbluth.pdf | Niels Jungbluth, ESU-services Ltd. | |
| 10:30 | LCA of the Production of Synthetic Natural Gas from Wood and Considerations to the Optimal Plant Scale DF36-3 Bernhard Steubing.pdf | Bernhard Steubing, Empa | |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:30 | SunCHem a 3rd Generation Biofuel Technology to Produce Methane from Algae DF36-4 Martin Brandenberger.pdf | Martin Brandenberger, PSI | |
| 12:00 | Short Presentations | ||
| LCA case study in Argentina: Including impacts from freshwater use for rapeseed production in arid zones DF36-5 Stefan Pfister.pdf | Stefan Pfister | ETH | |
| Future Biofuels in Sweden DF36-5 Tomas Rydberg.pdf | Tomas Rydberg | IVL | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| Improved Feedstock Production | |||
| 14:00 | Life Cycle Assessment of Jatropha Based Biodiesel DF36-6 Simon Gmünder.pdf | Simon Gmünder, Empa | |
| Perspectives of Future Biofuels | |||
| 14:30 | Risk & Opportunities of Biofuels for Developing Countries DF36-7 Somnath Bhattacharjee.pdf | Somnath Bhattacharjee, Winrock India | |
| 15:00 | TA-SWISS: Future Perspectives of 2nd Generation Biofuels DF36-8 Claudia Binder.pdf | Claudia Binder, Uni Zürich | |
| 15:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| Panel-Discussion | Michael Hagmann (Chair) | ||
| 17:10 | Outlook and Farewell |
DF 36 – LCA of Future Biofuels
Nowadays the discussion about biofuels is dominated by food security issues and ecological concerns. Indeed, various studies on currently used biofuels have shown that environmental impacts over the whole production chain are often higher than for the fossil reference. New hope is set on coming technology developments and improved feedstocks. They promise higher efficiencies and lower environmental impacts.
The conference will provide an overview on recent LCA approaches and results of several case studies about future bioenergy, including BtL-fuels and synthetic natural gas (SNG), as well as emerging feedstocks like jatropha and algae. Crucial questions from an LCA viewpoint are:
- Is the overall environmental performance of future biofuels better than that of current biofuels?
- Which feedstocks should be preferred?
What are the most promising technologies? However, LCA deals with only one aspect of sustainability. To obtain a complete picture of the future potential of biofuels, environmental impacts should be weighted against impacts on the socio-economic level. At this conference a holistic approach for the technology assessment of future biofuels will be presented. Furthermore opportunities and threats of biofuels from the perspective of the rural poor will be discussed.
Download: DF36_program_V1.pdf