TY - CHAP
T1 - Sustainability tensions and opportunities for aviation biofuel production in Brazil
AU - Palmeros Parada, Mar
AU - van der Putten, Wim H.
AU - van der Wielen, Luuk A.M.
AU - Osseweijer, Patricia
AU - van Loosdrecht, Mark
AU - Pashaei Kamali, Farahnaz
AU - Posada, John A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Aviation biofuels are promising to reduce carbon emissions in the aviation sector. However, emerging concerns over biofuels indicate a need for sustainability analyses that take into consideration the context around biofuel production. Here, we present a novel ex-ante sustainability analysis of production alternatives for aviation biofuel in Southeast Brazil. Considering local stakeholders’ concerns, the analysis is focused on climate change, commercial acceptability, efficiency, energy security, investment security, profitability, social development, and soil sustainability. By identifying tensions between production alternatives and these sustainability aspects, we discuss opportunities for further developments, such as sugarcane ethanol-to-jet production in the short term, and in-house production of hydrogen and power with renewable energy. Additionally, producer–operator partnerships and opening the decision-making to stakeholder participation are suggested to stimulate social cohesion, and reconcile diverging interests with biobased production. Analyzing sustainability with consideration of the local context can contribute to identify opportunities for more sustainable decarbonization alternatives.
AB - Aviation biofuels are promising to reduce carbon emissions in the aviation sector. However, emerging concerns over biofuels indicate a need for sustainability analyses that take into consideration the context around biofuel production. Here, we present a novel ex-ante sustainability analysis of production alternatives for aviation biofuel in Southeast Brazil. Considering local stakeholders’ concerns, the analysis is focused on climate change, commercial acceptability, efficiency, energy security, investment security, profitability, social development, and soil sustainability. By identifying tensions between production alternatives and these sustainability aspects, we discuss opportunities for further developments, such as sugarcane ethanol-to-jet production in the short term, and in-house production of hydrogen and power with renewable energy. Additionally, producer–operator partnerships and opening the decision-making to stakeholder participation are suggested to stimulate social cohesion, and reconcile diverging interests with biobased production. Analyzing sustainability with consideration of the local context can contribute to identify opportunities for more sustainable decarbonization alternatives.
KW - Biofuels
KW - Ethanol-to-jet
KW - Integral sustainability assessment
KW - Life cycle assessment
KW - Renewable jet fuel
KW - Sustainable aviation fuel
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-323-85715-4.00007-0
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-323-85715-4.00007-0
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85137854482
SN - 9780323857154
T3 - Sustainable Alternatives for Aviation Fuels
SP - 237
EP - 262
BT - Sustainable Alternatives for Aviation Fuels
PB - Elsevier
ER -