Production of biofuels for transport in Colombia: An assessment through sustanability tools

Abstract

Bioenergy has emerged as a potentially sustainable alternative to the use of fossil fuels for transport and industrial uses. Developing nations, such as Colombia, can seize the advantages of modernizing rural areas by using cleaner energy and having more economic opportunities with bioenergy initiatives, provided the trade-offs between fiber, food, feed and fuel can be managed. This Thesis examines the bioenergy program now under way in Colombia, where comparative advantages (shared with other tropical countries) in production of sugar cane and palm oil are being built on. While the technologies associated with use of these feedstocks are well known, nevertheless their scaling up in a country like Colombia poses considerable environmenral, social, economic and business challenges.

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PRODUCTION OF
BIOFUELS FOR
TRANSPORT IN
COLOMBIA:
AN ASSESSMENT THROUGH
SUSTAINABILITY TOOLS
CARLOS ARIEL RAMÍREZ TRIANA
BSC ECONOMICS, MSC ECONOMICS,
PHD CANDIDATE IN MAGEMENT

INTITUCIÓNUNIVERSITARIA
POLITÉCNICOGRANCOLOMBIANO
ProductionofBiofuelsfortransportinColombia:
Anassessmentthroughsustainabilitytools
E–ISBN:978–958–8721–54–5
Octubrede2017
BogotáColombia
Rector
FernandoDávilaLadróndeGuevara
VicerrectorAcadémico
JuergenChiariEscobar
SecretarioGeneral
BillyEscobarPérez
FacultaddeCienciasAdministrativas,
EconómicasyContables
Decano
DeisydelaRosaDaza
Autor:
CarlosArielRamírezTriana
EditorialPolitécnicoGrancolombiano
Av. CaracasNo. 63–55
PBx: 7455555 ext. 1171
editorial@poligran.edu.co
CoordinadorEditorial
EduardoNormanAcevedo
Analistade Producción Editorial
PauloMoraNoguera
Diseño
SantiagoArciniegas
RamírezTriana,CarlosAriel
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