<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> During the last 10 years biofuel production and utilization in the European Union have become more extensive owing to support provided by the relevant EU Directives. Achievement of the main targets defined by Directives was not simple, being confronted with various barriers. Latvia is one of the EU member-countries that have set an ambitious goal as to the production of biofuel and its use in transport. The authors summarize the major achievements of the country in this area and analyze the main barriers to implementation of biofuels in the transport sector, providing an outlook on the current status of the bioenergy and the transport situation in Latvia.</p></abstract>

During the last 10 years biofuel production and utilization in the European Union have become more extensive owing to support provided by the relevant EU Directives. Achievement of the main targets defined by Directives was not simple, being confronted with various barriers. Latvia is one of the EU member-countries that have set an ambitious goal as to the production of biofuel and its use in transport. The authors summarize the major achievements of the country in this area and analyze the main barriers to implementation of biofuels in the transport sector, providing an outlook on the current status of the bioenergy and the transport situation in Latvia.

Biofuels in transport sector of Latvia: experience, current status and barriers 

Institute of Physical Energetics 21 Aizkraukles Str., Riga, LATVIA-1006, LATVIA

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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During the last 10 years biofuel production and utilization in the European Union have become more extensive owing to support provided by the relevant EU...

Biofuels in transport sector of Latvia: experience, current status and barriers

Published Online: Mar 25, 2014

Page range: 32 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2014-0004

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