Biofuel Production in Developing Countries :: Sorghum and greenhouse gas balances Fao / Ifad / Icrisat consultation Rome, Italy 8-9 November 2007 Jeff Tschirley Environment, Climate change and Bioenergy (Nrc) Interdepartmental working group on Bioenergy Food & Agriculture Organization of the United
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Biofuel Production in Developing Countries :: Sorghum and greenhouse gas balances
Fao / Ifad / Icrisat consultationRome, Italy8-9 November 2007
Jeff TschirleyEnvironment, Climate change and Bioenergy (Nrc)Interdepartmental working group on BioenergyFood & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Where are the hungry?
Developed market economies
9Countries in transition
25
Sub-Saharan Africa
206
Near East and North Africa
38
Asia and Pacific
524
Latin America and
Caribbean52
854 million(820 in developing
countries)
212 million India 150 million China
Where is the energy deficit?
Why Sorghum?
Comparative advantage – food system, bioenergy system
Greenhouse gas benefits – methodologies under discussion, different systems under development
Life Cycle analysis – complex, time consuming
Ghg benefits alone may be insufficient to justify sorghum emphasis, also look for:
Complementary to other biofuel crops Multiple functions in production system
Righelato and Spracklen, 2007
:
Cumulative avoided emissions per hectare over 30 years compared with carbon sequestered over 30 years by changing cropland to forest and loss of carbon to atmosphere by conversion of forest to cropland.
Error bars indicate values in literature cited.
Sequestration over many years
:
Life Cycle Analysis central to all ghg balance estimates
Iso 14040 Life cycle assessment
International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy Task 38 - Greenhouse Gas Balances of Biomass and Bioenergy Systems
Biomass-based climate change mitigation through renewable energy systems (Biomitre)
McClaren et al 2002
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Component
EthanolEthanol
K Btu/ bu grain
plantcultivate
fertilizerchemicals
irrigateharvest
transport
process
delivery DDGS credit
plantcultivate
fertilizerchemicals
irrigateharvest
transport
process
delivery DDGS credit
Net energy gain= 26,000 Btu/ buNet energy gain= 26,000 Btu/ bu
The Process Chain: Sorghum life cycle inputs
Ghg’s of interest: Carbon dioxide, CO2 Methane, CH4 ** Nitrous oxide, N2O **
Criteria: Simplicity Traceability Scientific credibility Political acceptability
Ethanolcellulose, residues none high moderate-high* high
croplands, marginal lands
Biodiesel (BTL)cellulose residues none high moderate-high* high
croplands, marginal lands
Other
Biodiesel/SVO jatrophaSouth Asia,
Africa highmoderate-
high** low-moderate degraded lands
Biogas (SNG, GtL)biomass, residues all high moderate high all land
Fritsche, 2007
Some key challenges Favourable policy and legislative frameworks Estimating national bioenergy potentials Coordinating investment flows – industrial
bioenergy v.a.v. small-scale Best practices, certification - flexible, cost effective,
does not penalize small-scale producers Developing countries competing in international
markets and with technological change First versus second generation technologies
Some questions for sorghum potential Is sorghum already being grown? How does it
fit in the food scheme? Does biofuel processing infrastructure exist? Sorghum for export or domestic consumption? If export, can producers comply? Best
practices, certification If export, can the country compete? Regional
or global markets How fast do producers take up technology?