Title:
Roadmap to the RSB Tool: Extension of the Sustainability Quick Check for Biofuels (SQCB) for Greenhouse Gas Calculations According to the European Renewable Energy Directive (RED)
Author(s):
Faist Emmenegger, M., Reinhard, J., Zah, R., Junquera, V., Guiramand, M., Kopse, A.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
The Sustainability Quick Check for Biofuels (SQCB) is a webbased tool for the evaluation of biofuels on an LCA basis. It allows calculating the global warming potential, as well as the as overall environmental impacts of the biofuels’ life cycle. The tool was first based on the requirements for the Swiss ordinance on mineral oil tax. EMPA will expand the SQCB to include the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) Certification Standard. The first step in this process is to include the regulatory requirements of the European Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC of April 23, 2009 (RED), in particular those the calculation of the greenhouse gas emissions according to the RED methodology. The implementation of the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions according to the Renewable Energy Directive will allow producers and importers to calculate the GHG emissions of their biofuels for the European context while profiting from the flexibility and comfort of the Sustainability Quick Check for Biofuels.
Keywords:
certification, environmental impact, greenhouse gases (GHG), life cycle assessment (LCA), sustainability, biofuels, greenhouse gas emissions
Topic:
Policies and ensuring sustainability
Subtopic:
Sustainability criteria of biofuels (session 2)
Event:
18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
OC6.2
Pages:
2035 - 2036
ISBN-13:
978-88-89407-56-1
ISBN-10:
88-89407-56-5
Paper DOI:
10.5071/18thEUBCE2010-OC6.2
Price:
FREE
