How to Create a Future for Biofuels, Jeffrey Seisler, European Voice, 15 May 2008
Liquid biofuels --ethanol and biodiesel -- have captured the worldwide and European fascination as renewable energy for the transport sector, but the tide seems to be turning now that people are realising the inherent challenges of leaping into a liquid biofuels policy in the absence of adequate consideration of the down-stream results.
This article recommends three major changes in the European biofuels policy that would reduce the stress on liquid biofuels and present new opportunities for biomethane in the transportation sector: reduce the 10% liquid biofuels target to 2-5%; create market-based financial incentives for biofuels; and support gaseous biofuels to support the balance of the 10% targets to achieve renewable fuels in the transportation sector.
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ENERGY & CLIMATE ARE HOT: NGVs ARE NOT…but they could be!
Jeffrey Seisler, Clean Fuels Consulting, in collaboration with Kevin Leydon Associates. For NGV Global 14 March 2008
This comprehensive article provides an update to mid-March 2008 of the key legislative and regulatory developments, with an assessment of the impacts upon and challenges facing the naural gas vehicle industry in 'getting back on the legislative agenda' in order to set the stage for improved visibility and commercialisation in Europe.
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Strategy for Global Commercialization of NGVs, International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles Bi-Annual Conference, Götenberg, Sweden, 23 September 1992.
This was the landmark paper that advocated the development of worldwide regional and national NGV associations. It provides a theoretical framework and an action plan for the international commercialization of NGVs. It formed the basis of the longer term strategy advocated by Jeff Seisler that lead to the creation of the European Natural Gas Vehicle Association (ENGVA), the Asia-Pacific NGV Association (ANGVA), and the Latin American NGV Association (ALGNV). Elements within this strategy are appropriate for other alternative fuels such as hydrogen.
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