PtL Fuels and Biofuels: A Dream Team?
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2025
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Mukherjee, Agneev
Grahn, Maria
Hansson, Julia
Boter, Thijmen
Junginger, Martin
Rådberg, Henrik
Wallington, Timothy J.
de Jong, Sierk
De Kleine, Robert
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Abstract
This chapter reviews the pros and cons of Power-to-Liquid (PtL) fuels and fuels produced from biomass (biofuels). Possible integrated production and deployment pathways for these fuels are described as this will improve the potential for these fuels. An updated comparison of the economics of biofuels, PtL fuels and combinations of them as well as an overview of important environmental issues is presented. Finally, some industry actors provide their views on the possibilities for PtL fuels versus biofuels in various sectors. Overall, it can be concluded that the combination of biofuels and PtL fuels could—at least temporarily—be a ‘dream team’, providing a transitional trade-off between costs, land use, and electricity use.
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Biofuels, Biomass, Power-to-liquid, PtL possibilities, PtL potential, PtL vs. biofuels, Taverne, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 15 - Life on Land
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Mukherjee, A, Grahn, M, Hansson, J, Boter, T, Junginger, M, Rådberg, H, Wallington, T J, de Jong, S & De Kleine, R 2025, PtL Fuels and Biofuels : A Dream Team? in Green Energy and Technology. Green Energy and Technology, vol. Part F3771, Springer, pp. 1127-1156. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62411-7_38