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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112496
	Analysis of biofuel production in Ecuador from the perspective of the water-food-energy nexus
	Terneus Páez C.F.; Viteri Salazar O.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	03014215
卷号	157
英文摘要	Biofuels in Ecuador were born with the purpose of achieving an effective substitution of imports of petroleum derivatives. The objective of this research is to analyze the impact that biofuel production has on water, food, and energy, and its contribution to reducing the growing dependence on fossil fuels in the transportation sector in Ecuador. The analysis focuses on ethanol produced from sugar cane, which is used to produce Ecopaís gasoline. The methodology is composed of three parts. For the first part, Geographic Information Systems were used; for the second, the FAO Penman-Monteith method; and, finally, in the third, the energy consumption was obtained through secondary information. As a result, taking the year 2019 as a reference, ethanol became the ninth product with the largest amount of land suitable for agriculture, and the seventh with the most irrigated areas in a country that suffers from malnutrition. Countries with a tropical climate and highly dependent on imports of petroleum derivatives are tempted to implement policies to promote biofuels. However, due to the risks that this renewable fuel represents on food security, other options for reducing its energy dependence should be exhausted. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Biofuels Energy efficiency Food Land Water
英文关键词	Bioethanol; Energy efficiency; Energy utilization; Ethanol; Ethanol fuels; Food supply; Fossil fuels; Gasoline; Sugar cane; Biofuel production; Ecuador; Energy; Energy-consumption; Geographic information; Land; Large amounts; Penman-Monteith method; Transportation sector; Tropical climates; Water; alternative energy; biofuel; energy efficiency; energy policy; energy resource; ethanol; food production; food security; fossil fuel; GIS; petroleum hydrocarbon; policy implementation; Ecuador; Saccharum
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205368
作者单位	Universidad de Las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Av. General Rumiñahui, s/n, Sangolquí, Ecuador; Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Av. Ladrón de Guevara, Quito, E11-253, Ecuador
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Terneus Páez C.F.,Viteri Salazar O.. Analysis of biofuel production in Ecuador from the perspective of the water-food-energy nexus[J],2021,157.
APA	Terneus Páez C.F.,&Viteri Salazar O..(2021).Analysis of biofuel production in Ecuador from the perspective of the water-food-energy nexus.Energy Policy,157.
MLA	Terneus Páez C.F.,et al."Analysis of biofuel production in Ecuador from the perspective of the water-food-energy nexus".Energy Policy 157(2021).