Demand for Renewable Hydrocarbons in 2030 and 2050
report
The continues growth in transportation and the sector’s dependence on fossil hydrocarbons make it challenging to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to European Environment Agency (EEA), GHG emissions from transport have increased every year since 2014, reaching at 29% above 1990 levels in 2018. The chemical industry is another sector in the economy that relies on fossil hydrocarbons. Next to meeting its energy demand, this sector uses about half of its fossil fuel demand as feedstock. These fossil resources are used as raw material for a variety of widely used products like plastics, fertilisers, solvents, detergents, or tyres in the chemical and plastics industries. To mitigate climate change and reach the overall goal of net-zero emissions both transport sector and the chemical industry should move away from fossil hydrocarbons and substitute these with renewable options to the extent possible. This study analyses the future hydrocarbon demand from these sectors and investigates how the demand can be fulfilled by renewable hydrocarbons. Renewable hydrocarbons are defined as renewable carbon sources that can avoid or substitute the use of fossil carbons. These cover all types of sustainable biomass and CO2 feedstocks from point source as well as direct air capture.
TNO Identifier
884891
Publisher
TNO
Collation
175 p. (incl. bijl.)
Place of publication
Amsterdam