In its Progress Report on Biofuels the European Commission proposes a more restrictivebiofuel directive which sets a mandatory minimum share of biofuels in total fuel consumption in thetransport sector of 10% per Member State by 2020. This is likely to have a strong impact on demandfor biofuel...

Angesichts endlicher fossiler Energieressourcen und eines drohenden Klimawandels stellt sich die Frage, welchen Beitrag der Einsatz der Wasserstofftechnologie zur Versorgungssicherheit und zur Reduzierung der Emissionen von Kohlendioxid (CO2) beitragen kann. Wasserstoff stellt keine primäre...

The aim of this work is to evaluate the impact of domestic and global biofuel policies on Germany's agricultural sector. The central part of our study is divided into four sections. Section 2 presents in detail the issues that make biofuels a debated topic in today's economic policies....