What is the Renewable Fuels and there forms?

Renewable fuels are fuels produced from renewable resources. Examples include: biofuels (e.g. Vegetable oil used as fuel, ethanol, methanol from clean energy and carbon dioxide or biomass, and biodiesel) and Hydrogen fuel (when produced with renewable processes). This is in contrast to non-renewable fuels such as natural gas, LPG (propane), petroleum and other fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Renewable fuels can include fuels that are synthesized from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar. Renewable fuels have gained in popularity due to their sustainability, low contributions to the carbon cycle, and in some cases lower amounts of greenhouse gases. The geo-political ramifications of these fuels are also of interest, particularly to industrialized economies which desire independence from Middle Eastern oil.

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Renewable fuels are fuels that are produced from renewable resources. Renewable fuels include fuels that are synthesized from renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind. Renewable fuels have gained popularity due to their low contributions to the carbon cycle, sustainability, and in some cases, lower amounts of greenhouse gases. Renewable fuels are bound to replace fossil fuels, gradually.

Some of the Key Players

Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill, Darling Ingredients, Delta Fuel Company, ECO Erneuerbare Energien, Honeywell International Inc, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Neste, Pacific Biodiesel, Renewable Energy Group

The International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2006 concludes that rising oil demand, if left unchecked, would accentuate the consuming countries' vulnerability to a severe supply disruption and resulting price shock. Renewable biofuels for transport represent a key source of diversification from petroleum products. Biofuels from grain and beet in temperate regions have a part to play, but they are relatively expensive and their energy efficiency and CO2 savings benefits, are variable. Biofuels from sugar cane and other highly productive tropical crops are much more competitive and beneficial. But all first generation biofuels ultimately compete with food production for land, water, and other resources. Greater efforts are required to develop and commercialize second generation biofuel technologies, such as biorefineries and ligno-cellulosics, enabling the flexible production of biofuels and other products from non-edible plant materials.