Portugal
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Information about biofuels and bioenergy in Portugal.
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Events
2009
- 20-22 October 2009, Lisbon: Europabio's European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology 2009- (Themes: biofuels, biotechnologies, sustainability).
2008
- 6-9 April 2008, Guimaraes: Bioenergy 2008 - Challenges and Opportunities
Issues
Arable land in Portugal is extremely limited in both extent and in the favorability of the climate for growing energy crops. Yields are limited by climate and soil conditions.[1]
News
- European Commission Funds Global Project to Produce Ethanol, Biodiesel and Bioproducts From Algae, 24 May 2011 by PR Newswire: "Nine partners from seven countries have joined in an innovative project to show that ethanol, biodiesel and bioproducts can be produced from algae on a large scale."
- "The BIOfuel From Algae Technologies (BIOFAT) project, largely funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Program, aims to demonstrate that biofuels made from microalgae can offer energy efficiency, economic viability and environmental sustainability."
- "BIOFAT seeks to maximize the benefits from algae while minimizing environmental impacts. Along the way, the project will introduce the world to the algorefinery, a facility that can produce high-value co-products in addition to biofuels."
- "This project will be carried out by a transnational consortium drawn from the academic, industrial and public sectors and include the University of Florence (IT), A4F-AlgaFuel (PT), Ben-Gurion University (IL), Fotosintetica & Microbiologica (IT), Evodos (NL), AlgoSource Technologies (FR), IN SRL (IT) and Hart Energy (BE)."[2]
- Oettinger tells Europe: It's double or quits on renewables, 31 January 2011 by Euractiv.com: "Europe will have to double its spending on renewables if it wants to meet its 2020 energy commitments, EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger has said."
- "The data showed that EU member states had largely failed to meet the electricity and transport targets they had set themselves for 2010."
- "But the latest figures show that only seven EU countries – Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland and Portugal– expect to meet or exceed their 2010 renewables targets, according to their national action plans."
- "To achieve the EU's energy goals, Oettinger called for a doubling of capital investments in renewable energies from €35 billion to €70 billion. This would require a substantial use of national support plans, he stated. But he did not set any time frame for implementation."
- "'If member states work together and produce renewable energy where it costs less, companies, consumers and the taxpayer will benefit from this,' he added."
- "'Unfortunately, the Commission is still dragging its feet on the issue of sustainable biofuels,' Luxembourg Green MEP Claude Turmes said."
- "He called for an urgent introduction of rules to take into account the impact of biofuels on indirect land use change (ILUC)."[3]
- Mozambique to get 19 million dollar biofuels project, 9 August 2010 by AFP: "Mozambique's state fuel company has partnered with the private sector to invest 19 million dollars (14 million euros) in biofuel production, state media reported on Monday."
- "National supplier Petromoc, Portuguese fuel company Galp and biodiesel producer Ecomoz will produce biodiesel in the northern Manica province from jatropha curcas plantations, Noticias newspaper reported."
- "A minimum of 10,000 hectares will be cultivated at first, with possible expansion to 50,000 hectares later, the paper reported."[4]
- Genetically Modified Crops vandalised in Portugal, 24 August 2007, by Checkbiotech. Protesters destroyed more than a hectare of crops and were condemned by the Portuguese President and the Minister of Agriculture.
- Portugal's EDP Bioelectrica to build 7 biomass power plants, 7 July 2006, Biofuel Review. The plants will utilize biomass generated from forestry and will generate 120MW of electricity.
Organizations
Governmental organizations
- Portuguese National Institute of Energy, Technology and Innovation
Nongovernmental organizations
Companies
- BioErgos ® -- Brevodisseia, valorização de Resíduos, lda.
Resources
- USDA report on Iberian Peninsula Biofuels Policy (PDF). Contains a great deal of information about the future of Portugal's biofuel capacity, and the policies that have led to the growth of that industry.
- European Union fact sheet on Renewable Energy in Portugal (PDF).
- Biofuel Production in Portugal: an overview (PDF). A generally negative take on the possibilities for major scale biofuel production in Portugal from the Portuguese National Institute of Energy, Technology and Innovation.
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