 SAGE is active in assessing environmental impacts of energy use, and exploring new opportunities to meet global energy demand. These activities build on ongoing research in air quality, climate change, land use, agriculture, and public health to help inform energy decision-making at the state, national, and international level.
For more information on energy research at UW-Madison, please visit the Energy Institute's web site.
Biodiesel and Ethanol
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Liquid biofuels, renewable fuels derived from biomass, are one of the best positioned fuels to transition away from petroleum in the near-term and have made a recent resurgence in response to rising oil prices. However, while the technical details of biofuels have been thoroughly studied, there has been less focus on what constitutes a strategic deployment. Further, with an increasing number of countries and regions declaring support for rapid biofuel development, it is crucial to understand the full affects of these petroleum reduction policies.
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soybean agriculture
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At SAGE, we are working to determine how much biofuel can be produced today, which countries are most likely to achieve their potential, and to detail the likely impacts from increasing production to achieve the gap between existing potential and policy goals.
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Absolute Biodiesel Production Potential
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Supplemental Materials for SAGE Energy Articles
Johnston, M., J.A. Foley, T. Holloway, C. Kucharik, and C. Monfreda (2009). Resetting global expectations from agricultural biofuels. Environmental Research Letters 4, 014004. (Article) (supplemental materials) (M3 cropland datasets)
Johnston, M., and T. Holloway (2007). A global comparison of national biodiesel production potentials. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41 (23), 7967–7973 10.1021/es062459k. (Article) (supplemental materials)
Updated: 6/9/10
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