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Study on the impacts of agrofuels on food security |
Period: |
2010 |
Client: |
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) |
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Review and analysis of recent reports, position papers and other policy materials on the topic of agrofuels development and food security linkages. Identification of the possible ways to get selected developing countries involved in the international trade of sustainable agrofuels without harming their food security. |
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English |
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Ecological balance of biodiesel production at EcoEnergie Etoy |
Period: |
2010 |
Client: |
EcoEnergie Etoy |
Description: |
Life cycle assessment of the production of rape methyl ester at EcoEnergie Etoy in Switzerland. Evaluation of the ecological balance (including GHG and energy balance, global environmental impact) of biodiesel production according to the Swiss legislation methodological framework (BLCAO). |
Language: |
French |
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Life cycle assessment of centralized vs. decentralized biogas production in agriculture |
Period: |
2009-2011 |
Client: |
Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) |
Description: |
Evaluation of the ecological balance of agricultural biogas production as a function of output level (size of production facility), based on real biogas production facilities in Switzerland: "centralized vs. decentralized". Comparative analysis of the results and identification of the main determinants of environmental performance of agricultural biogas production. Elaboration of practical recommendations addressed to biogas producers, investors and/or political actors regarding the size of agricultural biogas production. |
Language: |
French-German |
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Project: |
Labels for sustainable biofuels |
Period: |
2008-2010 |
Partners: |
EPFL BPE, Alcosuisse, Fair Energy |
Description: |
Development of a label for sustainable biofuels for use in the EU and the Swiss vehicle fuel market. In-depth analysis of the situation of liquid biofuels in the EU and Switzerland, with a focus on the legal context. Definition of technical, environmental and social criteria. Implementation of an online ecological balance evaluation tool. Visit the website for project details. |
Language: |
English |
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Project: |
Biofuels Platform |
Period: |
2007-2010 |
Client: |
Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) |
Description: |
Development of a web-based information platform on the topic of biofuels. Promotion of biofuels use in vehicle fleets, decision-aiding in procedures of implementation, setup of a network bringing together the various actors in the field of biofuels (fleet owners, producers, distributors, vehicle manufacturers, authorities). Visit the Biofuels Platform. |
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French-English |
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Project: |
Promotion and development of biofuels in western Switzerland |
Period: |
2007-2010 |
Client: |
Commission romande des délégués à l'énergie |
Description: |
Evaluation of the development potential of liquid biofuels (biodiesel and bioethanol) in western Switzerland. Identification of opportunities, technical and logistical constraints, potential of local production and availability, with the aim of evaluating the role of liquid biofuels in western Switzerland in the short-to-medium term. |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
Environmental evaluation of mineral water production and bottling |
Period: |
2009 |
Client: |
Colors Fruit |
Description: |
Preliminary life cycle assessment (LCA) of bioethanol production from sugarcane in Mozambique, in order to evaluate the energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of the proposed production pathway. Strategic guidance on the project implementation based on the preliminary LCA. |
Language: |
English |
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Project: |
Environmental evaluation of mineral water production and bottling |
Period: |
2009 |
Client: |
Coca-Cola Beverages |
Description: |
Implementation of an environmental evaluation tool aimed at the life cycle assessment of mineral water Valser production and bottling by Coca-Cola Beverages (CCB) in Switzerland. |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
Development of liquid biofuels in the canton of Geneva |
Period: |
2007 |
Client: |
Service cantonal de l'énergie (ScanE), Genève |
Description: |
Identification of vehicle fleets in the canton of Geneva and the corresponding fuel consumption (gasoline and diesel). Evaluation of the potential contribution of vehicle fleets to the objectives of liquid biofuels introduction in Geneva, according to various introduction strategies. |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
Business plan of a bioethanol dehydration plant (etha+ project) |
Period: |
2007 |
Client: |
Alcosuisse |
Description: |
Business-plan of a bioethanol dehydration plant for the production of fuel bioethanol (etha+ project, Alcosuisse). Study realised in collaboration with the Cabinet Béguin d'Expertise Financière (CBEF SA). |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
Preliminary study of a bioethanol dehydration plant |
Period: |
2007 |
Client: |
BG Ingénieurs-conseils |
Description: |
Establishment of the production cost of fuel-bioethanol produced in a dehydration plant in the Swiss context. Evaluation of the sensitivity of the production cost with respect to key-parameters (plant capacity, cost of hydrated ethanol, etc.). |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
Introduction of alternative fuels in Geneva |
Period: |
2006 |
Client: |
Service cantonal de l'énergie (ScanE), Genève |
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Table of contents (workshop)  (170 kb) | Table of contents (strategy) (120 kb) |
Description: |
Establishing the technical, economic and environmental (LCA approach) potential of alternative fuels in Geneva. Evaluation of various strategies for the introduction of alternative fuels (natural gaz and biofuels) over the period 2005-2035. |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
BioForest project |
Period: |
2006 |
Client: |
BioThermic |
Description: |
Life cycle assessment of the cogeneration of heat and power (CHP) based on the gasification of torrefied wood, in the context of the Lumbier province (Spain). Evaluation of various scenarios based on the respective locations of torrefaction and gasification units. |
Language: |
English |
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Project: |
Life cycle inventory of bioenergy (LCI Bioenergy TP1.b) |
Period: |
2005-2006 |
Client: |
ESU-Services, by mandate of SFOE and FOEN |
Description: |
Establishment of the life cycle inventory biofuels (bioethanol and biodiesel) imported to Switzerland. The inventories produced in the frame of this project are to be included in v2.0 of the ecoinvent LCIA database. |
Language: |
English |
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Project: |
Biogaz production from cheese whey |
Period: |
2006 |
Client: |
Laiteries Réunies de Genève (LRG) |
Download: |
Table of contents (feasibility) (154 kb) |
Description: |
Economic and environmental (LCA approach) implications of biogaz production from cheese whey at the LRG. In collaboration with the Service cantonal de l'énergie (ScanE) and the Service de Gestion des déchets (GEDEC) of Geneva. |
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French |
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Project: |
Environmental comparaison of heating technologies |
Period: |
2006 |
Client: |
Services Industriels de Lausanne (SIL) |
Description: |
Environmental comparaison (through a LCA approach) of the various heating technologies proposed by the SIL. Realised in the frame of a semester project of a Civil Engineering student at EPFL. |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
Energy and CO2 balance of bioethanol in Switzerland and Brazil |
Period: |
2006 |
Client: |
Alcosuisse |
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Table of contents (report CH) (134 kb) | Table of contents (report BR) (134 kb) |
Description: |
Comparison of energy and CO2 balances of bioethanol production pathways in the Swiss context (sugarbeets, sugarbeet molasses, cheese whey, potatoes, wheat, corn, wood, grass and straw) and the Brazilian context (sugarcane, sugarcane molasses), through a LCA approach. |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
Environmental evaluation of beverage bottling companies |
Period: |
2005-2006 |
Client: |
Coca-Cola Beverages |
Description: |
Evaluation and comparison (through a LCA approach) of the environmental performance of various bottling plants of the CCHBC group. Realised in the frame of the diploma project of a Civil Engineering student at EPFL. |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
Covering the Swiss fuel-bioethanol demand in 2010 |
Period: |
2006 |
Client: |
Alcosuisse |
Download: |
Table of contents (LCI report) (136 kb) |
Description: |
Study realised by the Institut de Politique Territoriale et d'Environnement Humain (IPTEH) of the University of Lausanne (UNIL). Contribution to the evaluation of the sustainability of fuel-bioethanol supply chains in Switzerland. Evaluation of the environmental aspects of bioethanol production (life cycle assessment of bioethanol production in Switzerland and Brazil). |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
Introduction of biodiesel in the Public Transports of Geneva |
Period: |
2005-2006 |
Client: |
Transports Publics Genevois |
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Table of contents (report) (111 kb) | Table of contents (synthesis) (101 kb) |
Description: |
Definition of the framework conditions of biodiesel introduction in the vehicle fleet of the Transports Publics Genevois. Technical and logistical constraints. Economic and environmental (LCA approach) implications. |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
Life cycle inventory of bioenergy (LCI Bioenergy TP1.a) |
Period: |
2004-2005 |
Client: |
ESU-Services, by mandate of SFOE and FOEN |
Description: |
Mandate of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) and the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). Life cycle inventory of the production of bioethanol, biodiesel and biomethanol in the Swiss context. The inventories produced in the frame of this project in the frame of this project are to be included in v2.0 of the ecoinvent LCIA database. |
Language: |
English |
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Project: |
Business plan of the multi- feedstock bioethanol plant (etha+ project) |
Period: |
2004-2005 |
Client: |
Alcosuisse |
Description: |
Business-plan of the multi- feedstock bioethanol plant planned by Alcosuisse (etha+ project). Study realised in collaboration with the Cabinet Béguin d'Expertise Financière (CBEF SA). |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
ASIATIC, European Union (5th Framework Programme), INCO-DEV |
Period: |
2002-2004 |
Client: |
European Union, FP5 |
Description: |
Agriculture and small to medium Scale Industries in peri-urban Areas through ethanol production for Transport In China (ASIATIC project). Realised in collaboration with the Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA, France). Contribution to the techno-economic description and the environmental evaluation of bioethanol production pathways. |
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According to an analysis of the existing and future demand in gasoline in China’s transportation sector, and the necessary request in oxygenated additives (MTBE, ethanol) in order to replace lead as octane booster, this proposal aims to give answers to the following question : How to produce and use bioethanol, in a sustainable way with a mutual benefit between rural and urban people? This analysis is based upon two case studies in Liaoning and Guangxy Provinces. This sustainability will be studied in terms of economy (micro and macro), environmental impacts, and social impacts (competition between food, feed and fuel, land use, job creation in rural areas...). Finally, the proposed scenarios will be discussed with a group of regional stakeholders in order to test their acceptability, to implement them in the two provinces and to envisage their feasibility in other Asian areas. |
Language: |
English |
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Project: |
Potential of biomass energy use in Switzerland |
Period: |
2004-2005 |
Client: |
Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) |
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Final report (3'367 kb) | Annex (1'144 kb) | Alcohol fuels report (734 kb) |
Description: |
Study realised and written by INFRAS, in collaboration with the LASEN. Preparation of the bioethanol report and contribution to the Fischer-Tropsch report. |
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This study aimed at determining the economic potential of biomass energy use in Switzerland. The work consisted first in completing and updating the studies realised until then, and secondly in analysing and evaluating the complete chain of biomass energy, from harvest of biomass resources to the supply of various forms of energy (heat, electricity and transportation fuels). The use of biomass for energy purposes is compared to that of conventional (non renewable) energy agents for specific technological applications. The focus in this study was put on the new technologies for the production of transportation biofuels (bioethanol and Fischer-Tropsch diesel from lignocellulosic feedstocks), and on the use of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) to represent the complete chains based on case studies. |
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German | English |
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Project: |
Energy from cheese whey : Comparison of biogaz and bioethanol |
Period: |
2004 |
Client: |
Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), with Alcosuisse |
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Final report (2'576 kb) |
Description: |
Study realised and written by EREP, in collaboration with the LASEN. Realisation of the life cycle assessment of biogaz and bioethanol production from cheese whey. |
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This study aimed at comparing the production of biogaz and bioethanol from cheese whey, from both economic and environmental points of view. Biogaz is compared to natural gaz and fuel oil for heat production, while bioethanol (used in the form of E5 in a standard gasoline engine) is compared to gasoline for use as a transportation fuel. Only two types of environmental impacts were considered in this study : the consumption of primary non renewable energy and global warming. According to the results of the study, the two streams seem to be complementary. |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
Comparative study of vehicle fuels by life cycle assessment |
Period: |
2002-2004 |
Client: |
Alcosuisse |
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Summary 2002 (656 kb) | Final report 2002 (5'050 kb) | Final report 2004 (2'517 kb) |
Description: |
LASEN reports 415.1005 (2002) and 420.100 (2004). Life cycle assessment of bioethanol production from wood waste and grass (2002), and according to the model of the multi- feedstock bioethanol plant planned by Alcosuisse in the frame of the etha+ project (2004). |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
Potential use of biofuels at the International Airport of Geneva |
Period: |
2001 |
Client: |
International Airport of Geneva |
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Synthesis (251 kb) | Final report (1'650 kb) |
Description: |
LASEN reports 140.104 (report) et 140.105 (synthesis). Evaluation economic and environmental implications (LCA approach) relating to the use of biofuels (bioethanol and biodiesel) in ground vehicles, at the International Airport of Geneva. |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
State-of-the-art of wood gasification |
Period: |
2000 |
Client: |
EPFL Sustainable Development group |
Download: |
Final report (2'676 kb) |
Description: |
LASEN report 140.103 (2000). Bibliography and characterisation of various wood gasification technologies, with a view to producing syngas compatible with the natural gas network. |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
Production of bioethanol in the Swiss context |
Period: |
2000 |
Client: |
Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) |
Download: |
Rapport final (1'605 kb) |
Description: |
LASEN report 140.102 (2000). Economic and environmental (LCA approach) evaluation of bioethanol and ETBE production in Switzerland. Production of bioethanol from various feedstocks, including sugarbeets, grass, cheese whey and waste paper. Bioethanol use in the form of 10% (vol.) ETBE. |
Language: |
French |
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Project: |
ETBE as an additive to gasoline |
Period: |
2000 |
Client: |
Laboratory of Energy Systems (LASEN) |
Download: |
Final report (1'910 kb) |
Description: |
LASEN report 415.100 (2000). Internal report, realised in the frame of the SETA programme (Sustainable Energy, Transportation and Agroforestry). Evaluation of the potential of ETBE in the Chinese transportation sector. Life cycle assessment of bioethanol production in the Chinese context. |
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English |
