Bioenergy in Mexico: Status and perspective

Mexico’s Government has stated a Law for Climate Change unique worldwide, because it established targets of greenhouse gases reductions at the same level that developed countries despite being an emerging country. This reform represents a crucial challenge for the electrical and transport sectors largely dependent on fossil energy since Mexico is the ninth world oil producer. Local industry and academic sectors are called to lead the introduction of renewable energy sources, and particularly to enhance the share of energy from biomass in the local energy basket. Thus, this paper outlines the baseline on regulatory, energy and carbon markets and local technological capacities to increase bioenergy utilization in Mexico. Furthermore, it opens the discussion about the steps forward with regard to sustainability and research needs, emphasizing some priorities and principles to develop a bio-energy system environmentally-compatible in this country.

ALEMAN NAVA Gibran;  MENESES JACOME Alexander;  CARDENAS CHAVEZ Diana;  DIAZ CHAVEZ Rocio;  SCARLAT Nicolae;  DALLEMAND Jean-Francois;  ORNELAS SOTO Nancy;  GARCIA ARRAZOLA Roeb;  PARRA Roberto; 

2015-01-27

WILEY-BLACKWELL

JRC90400

1932-104X,   

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bbb.1523/pdf,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC90400,   

10.1002/bbb.1523,