- Great Demand for Biofuel from Aviation, Shipping and Heavy Road Transport
- A well-attended seminar arranged by DI Bioenergi, Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster, SAS and The Sustainable Biofuel Network revealed that the transport sector is ready to take every drop of biofuel produced at a reasonable price level.
The aim of the seminar, held on April 28th, 2011, was to
communicate the need for biofuel for three large transport sectors:
aviation, shipping and heavy road transport, all of which are ready
to use biofuel as soon as it is commercially viable. Participants
at the seminar consisted of a broad range of players from within
the biofuel industry, and speakers covered issues ranging from the
production of crops to financial investments.
Three large buyers, Mærsk, SAS and SCANIA, were in attendance, and
the political aspect was represented through the participation of
the Danish Energy Agency.
Promising future
After a rewarding and informative day, it was concluded that the
necessary resources for biofuel production are indeed present, and
that the future of the sector looks promising. The transport sector
emphasized its readiness to prioritize suppliers able to provide
biofuel, and with a price level matching the market, the sector
will have a demand large enough to take all the biofuel
produced. Moreover, the importance of assuring the production
of biofuel for aviation, shipping and heavy road transport was
stressed, as there are no alternative fuels for these types of
transport.
Representatives from the sector further added that biofuel is the
best logical and economical solution, at least in the case of heavy
road transport, aside from possibly being part of the solution to
the challenge of high CO2 emission rates for all of the
industry.
