Transition to a biofuel economy in Australia <!--break--> <p>The analytical modelling approach of the project uses a &lsquo;base case&rsquo; scenario to concurrently resolve looming policy dilemmas of transport fuel security, greenhouse emissions, landscape degradation, trade balances and regional renewal. The study found that it is feasible to underpin a substantial proportion of Australia&rsquo;s transport fuel cycle with a wood feedstock planted on 25 to 50 million hectares of Australia&rsquo;s &lsquo;tamed&rsquo; lands. It also tested several different pathways and technologies towards a renewable electricity system and found that many were feasible, even if costly by today&rsquo;s standards.</p> <p>While complementing many national policy issues under scrutiny, the study highlights a number of important strategic issues and possible solutions to them; issues and solutions that may require more elaboration in national decision-making forums. </p> <h2>Project Objectives</h2> <ul> <li>To develop the OzEcco energy flows model to acommodate the current and future technological and policy options that may lead to the carbohydrate economy.</li> <li>To replicate in the model the forage, waste and wood flows that practically might be sourced from key farming areas of Australia.</li> <li>To design and test numerically five nationally-scaled scenarios that affect the transition to a biomass-based carbohydrate economy.</li> </ul> <p><br /> &nbsp;</p> 2009-03-11T00:02:36Z 2009-07-03T03:56:04Z Transition to a biofuel economy in Australia 004460