Application of theory-based evaluation for the critical analysis of national biofuel policy: A case study in Malaysia

Abdul-Manan, Amir F.N.; Baharuddin, Azizan; Chang, Lee Wei

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2015.03.007

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“…There is still a lack of detailed assessment framework from the NBP. Abdul-Manan et al [99] discussed the significant variation in the environmental performances from the differences in land use, deforestation, N fertilisers and fertilisation management practice of different palm-based biofuel refinery.Čuček et al [100] also highlighted that footprints used to monitor sustainability usually vary and expressed ambiguously. For environmental footprints, there are carbon emission footprint, water footprint, energy footprint, emission footprint, nitrogen footprint, land footprint and biodiversity footprint [100].…”

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Operational Management Implemented in Biofuel Upstream Supply Chain and Downstream International Trading: Current Issues in Southeast Asia

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Bioenergy is one of the alternatives to secure energy demand, despite increasing debate on the sustainability of using bioenergy as a renewable source. As the source is disseminated over a large area and affected by seasonality, the potential benefit is highly dependent on other cost and benefit trade-offs along the supply chain. This review paper aims to assess operational management research methods used in biofuel supply chain planning, including both upstream production and international downstream trading. There have been considerable operational management studies done on upstream processes in biofuel production based on different strategic and tactical decision making of a single or multiple feedstocks, considering economic and environmental factor. However, the environmental consideration is often limited to carbon emission where the other environmental impact such as land-use change, biodiversity loss, irrigation and fertilisation are often being overlooked. Biofuel supply chain and trading at international level remain as an apparent research potential where only limited numbers of global energy models explicitly simulate international bioenergy trade. The leading biofuel producing countries in Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, are selected as a case study to investigate further on how the supply chain management model could be applied considering the existing biofuel support policies. This study is expected to contribute to the selection of operational management research methods used for decision making under robust policy context, followed by several recommendations.

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“…The adoption of a well-to-wheels LCA-based accounting perspective within regulations helps to ensure that such policies lead to actual reductions in global emissions as opposed to shifting the burden to a different economic sector or geographical region. Despite this, there are still many regulations today that continue to mandate the use of biofuels in transport without imposing a minimum GHG emissions reduction criterion, and therefore risk worsening global GHG emissions by forcing the substitution of fossil fuels with a biofuel that can potentially have higher emission intensity (Abdul-Manan et al, 2015).…”

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“…Nevertheless, TBA shows good traceability, whereas transferability is not given due to customized analysis. The strengths of theory-based evaluation are the usefulness in niches were other approaches might fail as well as the property that they have a look at the cause-effect elements and that they can contribute to extent existing data [67,68]. In the meanwhile, the major drawbacks are that the size of a contribution of an intervention cannot be measured.…”

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“…One problem in theory-based evaluation is data availability. Although other evaluation approaches need a certain amount of data too, theorybased evaluation is highly dependent on data availability [68]. Theory-based approaches (TBA) are not set up in a computing environment.…”

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Are decisions well supported for the energy transition? A review on modeling approaches for renewable energy policy evaluation

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Thrän

2017

Energ Sustain Soc

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This study reviews energy policy evaluation approaches on their capability to estimate a successful implementation of renewable energy policies. This is predominantly done via energy system modeling and analysis. Although modeling the possible success and effects is not a precondition for policy making, it is a powerful tool to support decision makers in policy making. This awareness has led to the development of numerous modeling approaches with many case studies. Therefore, effort has to be made to evaluate recent modeling approaches that could be suitable for renewable energy policy evaluation. It is the aim of this paper to provide an overview on recent renewable energy policy modeling approaches that are capable in evaluating the success and side effects to other sectors of renewable energy policies. We will highlight advantages and drawbacks of these approaches and provide a framework assessing the suitability of the presented methodologies for the evaluation of renewable energy policies. We provide a tabular overview that enables the reader to quickly derive information on the suitability of the several modeling approaches to evaluate renewable energy policies. Keywords: Policy evaluation, Renewable energy, Policy modeling, Decision support ReviewIn 1980, the term Energiewende was first used in a study of the Öko-Institut [1]. Since then, several policies were installed to follow the idea of a decarbonized energy system. This includes among others the support of the development of renewable energy and associated technologies, efficiency actions, renewable fuels, reduced import independence from fossil fuels, rural development, the decrease of long-term economic costs in kind of external effects, and R&D support [2][3][4]. International Energy Agency (IEA) defines renewable energy as energy derived from natural sources like sunlight, wind or some forms of biomass in terms of being not finite like fossil fuels having simultaneously a smaller impact on the environment [5]. Interplay between renewable energies, energy efficiency like green buildings, and a sustainable transport sector is crucial for achieving the imposed goals of the German Government and the Energiewende. Renewable energy is characterized by replenishing at a faster rate than being consumed. Like Germany, several countries implemented strategies, policies, and stimulus packages to promote the transition towards a renewable energy system and increase their overall share of renewable energy in the energy system. However, increasing the share of renewable energy is often associated with sustainability challenges [6,7]. The key elements of a sustainable development like economic performance, environmental protection, and social responsibility need to be considered in designing or evaluating support schemes, policies, or stimulus packages. But the design and evaluation of renewable energy promoting policies is a difficult task considering the multiple aspects policy designers and decision makers have to consider. Governmental intervention...

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Application of theory-based evaluation for the critical analysis of national biofuel policy: A case study in Malaysia

Cited by 14 publications

References 25 publications

Operational Management Implemented in Biofuel Upstream Supply Chain and Downstream International Trading: Current Issues in Southeast Asia

Operational Management Implemented in Biofuel Upstream Supply Chain and Downstream International Trading: Current Issues in Southeast Asia

Life cycle assessments of oil palm products

Are decisions well supported for the energy transition? A review on modeling approaches for renewable energy policy evaluation

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