Biofuel has received a lot of attention as a main viable technology that can reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and replace petroleumbased transport fuel. It has been commonly known to be sustainable and carbon-neutral because it can be produced from biomass, which is plentiful and absorbs CO2 to grow through photosynthesis. However, some biomass sources are evaluated to show limitations in aspects of sustainability. Especially, the high demand of food-derived biofuels may have been associated with the recent hikes in food prices, some adverse impacts on environment and issues of land use change. Under these conditions, Global Bioenergy Partnership makes efforts to promote environmentally-friendly biofuel production and use through the development of “Sustainability standards”, which contains some criteria such as GHG emissions, net energy balances, biodiversity, food security, and socioeconomic impacts. Korean government introduced Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in 2012. It is required to develop more specified RFS that considers the sustainability issues of the biofuel and reflects the levels of life-cycle GHG reductions of each biomass.
키워드
BiofuelPolicySustainability standards
저자
Ji Hye JO [ Division of Resource Circulation, Korea Environment Institute, Seoul ]
한국생물공학회 [The Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering]
설립연도
1984
분야
공학>생물공학
소개
이 법인은 생물 공학의 발전과 보급에 이바지하고, 회원 상호 간의 연구 협력과 친목을 도모함을 목적으로 한다
1. 생물공학 분야의 발전을 위한 연구 협력
2. 생물공학의 실용화를 촉진시키기 위한 산학 협동
3. 학술연구 발표회, 강연회, 연수회 등 학술활동의 개최
4. 국,영문 학술지,소식지,학술회의 Proceedings 및 학술도서의 발간
5. 생물공학 발전을 위한 정책 건의
6. 기타 국제 교류 등 본 학회의 목적 달성을 위한 제반 활동