Germany’s Advisory Council on Global Change nixes first-gen biofuels, says 2nd-gen could provide up to 10 percent of global energy

In Germany, the national Advisory Council on Global Change announced that it has concluded that first-generation are unsuitable for climate change activities, as they create worse emission footprints if indirect land-use changes are taken into account. However, the group said that 10 percent of global energy needs in the midterm could be obtained from second-generation feedstocks. The group determined that Central and South America account for about a quarter of this potential, with 15 percent from each of North America, sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and China., The remainder of the potential is in India.

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