Asebio calls to set up aid from the Government for the use of biofuels

The Spanish Association of Biocompanies (Asebio) has asked the Ministry of industry, tourism and trade, the Ministry of environment, Rural and marine (Marm) and the Ministry of science and innovation, the creation of aid for research and use of biofuels, in the form of premiums to producers and tax deductions, for example. From the entity, is it also urges the Government to encourage public procurement of innovative technology in this area, something that the Ministry of science has been included in the State innovation strategy. Also, Asebio sources insist that the public sector can contribute more prominently to the increase of the national r & d through the adoption of this type of public procurement in coordination with other autonomous communities.

Currently, the production of biofuels still costs more than that of fossil fuels, both for the unstable of the commodities market, for own systems of production (gasification, Transesterification, pyrolysis, etc) still require higher approximations and biotechnological actionseven taking into account the sharp increase in oil prices. However, in view of Asebio sources, some countries such as United States, Brazil and Germany have a remarkable production of biofuels thanks to a combination of fiscal measures (tax breaks, subsidies, etc.) with others in sustaining prices and objectives of compulsory use.

At Spain, the Ministry of industry, tourism and trade, adopted the order of biofuels obligation that stated the percentage of the mandatory use of biofuels in 2010 at 5.83% on October 14, 2008. In 2007, the consumption of primary energy, only 0.3 per cent had its origin in biofuels, according to the Institute for diversification and saving of energy (IDEA). The European directive 2009/29/EC of 23 April establishes objective binding in the Member States to achieve 20% use of biofuels by 2020. "Currently, Spain has the technologies and media sufficient to reach these levels of" production of biofuels, since we are now the second European country in installed capacity of biodiesel, the fourth in production of bioethanol, and we have our own agroclimatic structure with a potential exceptional biomásico. If the framework "regulatory accompanies, is be able to meet the objectives," explains Alexander Terriza and Nora Alonso, Asebio biofuels working group coordinators. The entity refers to three reasons which have helped generate a legislative boost to the use of biofuels. The first, the security energy, to have a more balanced energy mix to decrease dependence on the price of fossil fuels and oil imports. The second, geopolitical reasons dictated by the volatility of oil and, lastly, environmental reasons-producing areas, as there is the need to reduce greenhouse emissions in order to reduce air pollution by emissions of CO₂, getting In addition a transport and industry cleaner and more sustainable.

Second generation biofuels are produced from a greater variety of raw materials that do not compete with the market Food and improve balance sheets in the reduction of greenhouse gases, to contribute to the sustainability of the process and the fulfilment of the objectives set out in the EU and in the PER (Plan's) (Renewable energy 2005-2010). It is also starting to investigate the third and fourth generation of biofuels. Biodiesel from microalgae and ciano-bacteria would be the third generation. The production of Hydrogen (H2) and of bioelectricity using photosynthetic mechanisms, and the methane retrieved by bacteria from CO₂ is It is considered that make up the fourth generation biofuels. Biofuels are currently used in the automotive sector and also to make use of its heat properties. In Brazil there are gas stations in addition to traditional gasoline with bioethanol pumps at 100%. Also used as a heating fuel in factories.