energy Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/energy/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:43:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png energy Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/energy/ 32 32 The Past and Future of Biofuels https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/article/the-past-and-future-of-biofuels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-past-and-future-of-biofuels https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/article/the-past-and-future-of-biofuels/#respond Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:43:15 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/the-past-and-future-of-biofuels/ The global use of modern biofuels for transport is relatively recent and underwent rapid growth since the turn of this century. However, its performances in economic, energetic and environmental terms have recently been seriously questioned. Large-scale production of this renewable energy seems to have more inconveniences than advantages. Still, huge investments went to this sector so that any policy change away from this technological path will be costly.

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