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World Biofuels Markets
| Date: | 22nd March 2011 to 24th March 2011 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Venue: | Rotterdam |
| Sector: | Energy |
World Biofuels Markets (WBM) is the leading annual industry networking event where the leaders of the biofuels world meet to drive innovation and do business. Over 5465 high calibre executives from 80 countries have attended to date.
Top 10 Takeaways from WBM 10
1.The development of next generation advanced biofuels technologies is on course to begin mass, commercial scale deployment in 2012
2.10-25% of global agricultural wastes alone can provide a sustainable source of 12% of the global road transport fuels market
3.Energy crops innovation is continuing to develop additional sources of sustainable biofuels
4.Forestry resources and advanced BtL technologies are also coming onstream to provide another source of sustainable biofuels
5.Sustainable biofuels could grow beyond the EU and US mandated % mixes by 2012 as they achieve oil parity and the return to biofuels undercutting mineral oil is a very real scenario
6.iLUC debate is becoming a global sustainable land resource management issue and biofuels will lead the development of a system that will encompass ALL competing demands on land resource: timber, food, biodiversity and forestry protection.
7.Biofuels can be the standard bearer leading both to a solution to the iLUC debate, deforestation and in reducing emissions from food agriculture
8.The rapid rise of the aviation sector as a new customer was confirmed with the keynote address of KLM plus the participation of Boeing, Airbus, British Airways, SAS, Lufthansa, IATA etc.
9.Algal fuels producers they need to derive additional revenue sources from other products as they push the cost of algal fuels downwards
10.Innovation is occurring across huge amounts of waste feedstocks: black liquor, tallow, UCO and competitive new fuel sources are all over the horizon
