Sustainable bioenergy options for Mexico: GHG mitigation and costs

García, Carlos A.; Riegelhaupt, Enrique; Ghilardi, Adrián; Skutsch, Margaret; Islas, Jorge; Manzini, Fabio; Masera, Omar

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2014.11.062

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“…The screening of this literature suggests that case studies mostly emphasize GHG emissions metrics and economic performance (e.g. (García et al ., ; Mandaloufas et al ., )) and Dale et al . () point out the importance of appropriate sustainability criteria and indicators.…”

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“…The screening of this literature suggests that case studies mostly emphasize GHG emissions metrics and economic performance (e.g. (Garc ıa et al, 2015;Mandaloufas et al, 2015)) and Dale et al (2015) point out the importance of appropriate sustainability criteria and indicators. This observation suggests that the systematic bias observed in our survey of case studies can be interpreted as showing that social dimensions have been assigned a lower priority by scientists and policy processes than some environmental and economic dimensions.…”

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Bioenergy production and sustainable development: science base for policymaking remains limited

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The possibility of using bioenergy as a climate change mitigation measure has sparked a discussion of whether and how bioenergy production contributes to sustainable development. We undertook a systematic review of the scientific literature to illuminate this relationship and found a limited scientific basis for policymaking. Our results indicate that knowledge on the sustainable development impacts of bioenergy production is concentrated in a few well‐studied countries, focuses on environmental and economic impacts, and mostly relates to dedicated agricultural biomass plantations. The scope and methodological approaches in studies differ widely and only a small share of the studies sufficiently reports on context and/or baseline conditions, which makes it difficult to get a general understanding of the attribution of impacts. Nevertheless, we identified regional patterns of positive or negative impacts for all categories – environmental, economic, institutional, social and technological. In general, economic and technological impacts were more frequently reported as positive, while social and environmental impacts were more frequently reported as negative (with the exception of impacts on direct substitution of GHG emission from fossil fuel). More focused and transparent research is needed to validate these patterns and develop a strong science underpinning for establishing policies and governance agreements that prevent/mitigate negative and promote positive impacts from bioenergy production.

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Bioenergy production and sustainable development: science base for policymaking remains limited

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“…Based on moderate and high scenarios, Islas et al [16] presents a technical potential for 2004 of 71 PJ/year from sawmill residues and harvesting residues, 997-1791 PJ/year from natural forest and 450-1246 PJ/year from plantations. Moreover, García et al [17] calculates an energy potential of 64 PJ/year from wood pellets burned for heat and 108 PJ/year from traditional wood-fuel for efficient cook stoves. In a further study, Rios and Kaltschmitt [18] point to a bioenergy potential of 638 PJ from forest and shrub woody biomass residues and 26 PJ from woody industry residues for the year 2010.…”

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Bioenergy Potential and Utilization Costs for the Supply of Forest Woody Biomass for Energetic Use at a Regional Scale in Mexico

2017

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While considering constraints in regard to sustainability, this paper reviews the development of a methodology to assess the introduction of bioenergy supply chains in Mexico based on forest woody biomass. Three research modules include analyses of forest biomass utilization residues that originated from: (1) harvesting activities, (2) non-extracted stands and (3) sawmills. A regional case study focusing on tree species of commercial importance (pine, oak and fir) in the 10 provinces with the highest timber production located in the north and central-south part of the country, is analyzed. After applying the methodology, the theoretical potential of available woody biomass for energetic use amounts to 6,357,482 m 3 . When applying the sustainability constraints, the technically feasible supply of forest woody biomass for energetic use sums up to 5,798,722 m 3 , which relate to a technical energy potential of 45.96 PJ for 2013. Moreover, a biomass energy flow chart showing energy values for each analyzed source and species is presented. Monte Carlo simulations were carried out for each cost involved in utilizing the resulting available woody biomass for energetic use. In the absence of national studies which include forest operations and bioenergy transformation to calculate the sustainable energy potential, the developed methodology adds innovation for assessing woody biomass availability.

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“…This option considers ethanol produced from sugarcane as a partial substitute for gasoline by mixing up to 10% (in volume basis) of the gasoline, which is an ethanol widely used for blending around the world [62]. In this measure we adopted the technical assumptions used in [37], published in its supporting information appendix (see Table 9), where a surface of 2.9 million hectares (Mha) is required to establish sugarcane crops to introduce sugarcane ethanol. The ethanol production is planned to begin in year 4 with a processing plant that produces 170 million liters (ML)/year and this capacity grows to a total of 139 plants with the same capacity by year 25.…”

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“…In relation to the last four mitigation measures described in Section 5.1, according to [37] the consumptions by biofuel were calculated based on input data and assumptions made to replace gasoline and diesel with biofuels. Likewise, using the economic assumptions and input data from [37], the results of incremental investment, maintenance and fuel costs as well as the cost-benefit were estimated, applying the model of Section 6.2.…”

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Toward a Low-Carbon Transport Sector in Mexico

2019

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Considering that the world transport sector is the second largest contributor of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to energy use and the least decarbonized sector, it is highly recommended that all countries implement ambitious public policies to decarbonize this sector. In Mexico the transport sector generates the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions, in 2014 it contributed with 31.3% of net emissions. Two original scenarios for the Mexican transport sector, a no-policy baseline scenario (BLS) and a low carbon scenario (LCS) were constructed. In the LCS were applied 21 GHG mitigation measures, which far exceeds the proposals for reducing transport sector GHG emissions that Mexico submitted in its National Determined Contributions (NDC). As a result, the proposed LCS describes a sector transformation path characterized by structural changes in freight and passenger mobility, new motor technologies for mobility, introduction of biofuels, price signals, transportation practices and regulations, as well as urban planning strategies, which altogether achieve an accumulated reduction of 3166 MtCO2e in a 25 year period, producing a global net benefit of 240,772 MUSD and a GHG emissions’ reduction of 56% in 2035 in relation to the BLS.

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Sustainable bioenergy options for Mexico: GHG mitigation and costs

Cited by 40 publications

References 26 publications

Bioenergy production and sustainable development: science base for policymaking remains limited

Bioenergy production and sustainable development: science base for policymaking remains limited

Bioenergy Potential and Utilization Costs for the Supply of Forest Woody Biomass for Energetic Use at a Regional Scale in Mexico

Toward a Low-Carbon Transport Sector in Mexico

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