The Fall of Oil Prices and the Effects on Biofuels

Fernando H. Reboredo; Fernando Lidon; Fernanda Pessoa; José C. Ramalho

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.10.002

The Fall of Oil Prices and the Effects on Biofuels

Fernando H. Reboredo, Fernando Lidon, Fernanda Pessoa, José C. Ramalho

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Abstract

This analysis is focused on the effect of the abrupt decline of oil prices on biofuels, particularly second-generation ethanol. The efforts to decrease the production costs of biofuels, especially cellu- losic ethanol (CE), will be greatly threatened if current oil prices remain low, especially since pro- duction is not slowing. Only huge state subsidies could alleviate this threat, but the challenge is to per- suade citizens that this sacrifice is worthwhile.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-6
Number of pages	4
Journal	Trends In Biotechnology
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.10.002
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016

Keywords

Biofuels
Ethanol
Oil Prices
Second generation
Production cost

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