Biofuels could indeed be a complementary or temporary solution to increased demand of energy and the prospect that one day (in the distant future) we will run out of fossil fuel! However, the challenges and dilemmas remain very significant not least because of global, regional, and local energy market forces and competition.
"In August, Associated British Foods (ABF) announced the closure of Vivergo, its bioethanol production plant in Hull, UK. The decision to close the site, one of just two bioethanol plants in the UK, followed failed discussions with the UK government to find a solution to enable Vivergo to operate on a profitable and sustainable basis.
The closure leaves Ensus’s Teesside plant, owned by German company CropEnergies, as the sole major producer of bioethanol in the country, although it too has warned that it might be forced to close unless the UK government takes urgent action. ..."
Chemistry World Daily Newsletter "Bioethanol plants closing after US tariffs removed, while biodiesel faces competition from China"
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