PtL Fuels and Biofuels: A Dream Team?
摘要
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.