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Biofuels in Africa

Mitchell, Donald

2011,2010

Overview

Biofuels offer new opportunities for African countries. They can contribute to economic growth, employment, and rural incomes. They can become an important export for some countries and provide low-cost fuel for others. There is also a potentially large demand for biofuels to meet the rapidly growing need for local fuel. Abundant natural resources and low-cost labor make producing biofuel feedstock's a viable alternative to traditional crops; and the preferential access available to most African countries to protected markets in industrial countries provides unique export opportunities. Biofuels also bring challenges and risks, including potential land-use conflicts, environmental risks, and heightened concerns about food security. This book examines the potential of African countries to produce biofuels for export or domestic consumption and looks at the policy framework needed. It is part of the effort by the World Bank's Africa region to examine critical issues that affect the region and to recommend policies that effectively address these issues while providing an enabling environment for the private sector. The book is intended to inform policy makers and the larger development community of the global and domestic market opportunities facing biofuel producers, as well as the challenges of producing biofuels, in the Africa region.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank
• Subject: ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES / ACID RAIN / Africa / AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES / AGRICULTURAL LAND / AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION / AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY / AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE / AIR POLLUTION / ALTERNATIVE CROPS / ALTERNATIVE ENERGY / ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES / ANIMAL FAT / ANIMAL FATS / ANIMAL FODDER / APPROACH / AVAILABILITY / AVIATION FUEL / BAGASSE / BIODIESEL / BIOENERGY / BIOFUEL / BIOFUEL INDUSTRY / BIOFUEL PRODUCTION / BIOFUEL STRATEGY / BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGY / BIOFUEL USE / BIOFUELS / BIOMASS / BIOMASS ENERGY / Biomass energy -- Africa / BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS / BIRDS / BOILERS / BY-PRODUCTS / CARBOHYDRATES / CARBON CREDITS / CARBON DIOXIDE / CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS / CARBON MARKET / CASH CROPS / CASSAVA / CELLULOSE / CELLULOSIC ETHANOL / CHARCOAL / CHARCOAL PRODUCTION / CLEAN DEVELOPMENT / CLIMATE CHANGE / COAL / COGENERATION / COLLECTION COSTS / COMMODITY / CONVERSION EFFICIENCY / COOKING / COOKING OIL / COST OF ETHANOL / COST OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION / CROP / CROP PRICES / CROP PRODUCTION / CROP RESEARCH / CROP VARIETIES / CRUDE OIL / DEMAND FOR ENERGY / DEMAND FOR ETHANOL / DEMAND FOR GASOLINE / DEMONSTRATION PLANTS / DIESEL / DIESEL ENGINE / DIESEL ENGINES / DIESEL FUEL / DIMETHYL ETHER / DISTILLERY / ELECTRICAL ENERGY / ELECTRICITY / ELECTRICITY FOR SALE / ELECTRICITY PRICES / EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT / EMPLOYMENT / ENERGY CONTENT OF ETHANOL / ENERGY ECONOMIST / Energy policy / ENERGY PRICES / ENERGY REQUIREMENTS / ENERGY SECTOR / ENERGY SECURITY / ENERGY SOURCES / ENERGY SUPPLIES / ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES / ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT / ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS / ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS / ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS / ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES / ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS / ETHANOL / ETHANOL FEEDSTOCKS / ETHANOL IMPORTS / ETHANOL MARKET / ETHANOL PLANT / ETHANOL PLANTS / ETHANOL PRICES / ETHANOL PRODUCER / ETHANOL PRODUCERS / ETHANOL PRODUCTION / ETHANOL PRODUCTION CAPACITY / ETHANOL PRODUCTION COSTS / ETHANOL PRODUCTION FACILITIES / ETHANOL PRODUCTION FACILITY / ETHANOL PRODUCTION PROCESS / ETHANOL PROGRAM / ETHANOL YIELD / ETHANOL YIELDS / EXTRACTION PROCESSES / FAO / FARM / FARMERS / FEEDSTOCK / FEEDSTOCK COSTS / FEEDSTOCK FOR ETHANOL / FEEDSTOCK FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION / FEEDSTOCKS / FERMENTATION / FERTILIZERS / FOOD CONSUMPTION / FOOD CROPS / FOOD PRODUCTION / FOOD SECURITY / FOSSIL / FOSSIL FUEL / FOSSIL FUELS / FUEL / FUEL CELLS / FUEL CONSUMPTION / FUEL DEMAND / FUEL PRICES / FUEL REQUIREMENTS / FUEL WOOD / FUELS / GASES / GASIFICATION / GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES / GASOLINE / GASOLINE PRICES / GENERATION / GHG / GRAIN / GRAINS / GRASSES / GREENHOUSE GAS / GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS / GREENHOUSE GASES / HARVESTING / HEAVY OIL / HECTARES OF LAND / HEMICELLULOSE / HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES / HOUSEHOLD ENERGY / HUSBANDRY / HYDROCARBONS / HYDROLYSIS / INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE / JATROPHA / KEROSENE / LABOR COSTS / LABOR PRODUCTIVITY / LAND RESOURCES / LIGHTING / LIQUEFACTION / LIQUID BIOFUEL / LIQUID BIOFUELS / LIQUID FUELS / LUBRICITY / MAIZE / MAIZE YIELDS / METHANOL / MOLASSES / NATIONAL GRID / NITROGEN / OIL / OIL EXTRACTION / OIL PALM / OIL PALMS / OIL PRICES / OIL PRODUCTION / OIL YIELDS / OILS / OILSEEDS / PEST CONTROL / PETROLEUM / PLANT OIL / PLANTING / PLANTING MATERIALS / POWER / POWER GENERATORS / POWER GRID / POWER PLANTS / Power resources -- Government policy -- Africa / PRICE VOLATILITY / PRIMARY FEEDSTOCK / PRIMARY SOURCE OF ENERGY / PRODUCE / PRODUCT OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION / PRODUCT QUALITY / PRODUCTION COST / PRODUCTION INCENTIVES / PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL / PRODUCTION OF FEEDSTOCKS / PYROLYSIS / RAPESEED / RENEWABLE FUEL / RENEWABLE SOURCES / RURAL AREAS / RURAL VILLAGES / SMOKE / SOIL NUTRIENTS / SORGHUM / SOYBEAN OIL / SOYBEANS / STARCHES / SUGAR / SUGAR CROPS / SUGAR FACTORY / SUGAR MILLS / SUGARCANE / SUGARCANE BAGASSE / SUGARCANE ETHANOL / SUGARCANE PRODUCTION / SUGARCANE RESIDUE / SUGARS / SYNTHESIS GAS / SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS / TAX REVENUES / TEA / TEA RESEARCH / TRADITIONAL BIOMASS / TREES / TROPICAL FORESTS / TURBINES / VEGETABLE OIL / VEGETABLE OILS / VEHICLES / WHEAT / WHOLESALE PRICES / WOOD / WOOD FUEL / WOOD FUELS / WOODS
• ISBN: 9780821385173, 082138516X, 9780821385166, 0821385178