RESEARCH PROJECTS OF THE WORLD ENERGY AGENCY IN THE FIELD OF BIOENERGY

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to analyze the current projects of the World Energy Agency (IEA) aimed at exploring the potential for reducing the cost of producing new types of biofuels, in terms of methodology, status and first results. As a result, it was revealed that, as a methodological basis, IEA projects use a top-down approach to the analysis of primary data (top-down), the theory of learning curves for forecasting and classical project analysis. Expert surveys, meta-analysis of primary data, and sensitivity analysis of projects are used as the main research methods.
The main results of the IEA projects indicate that despite the significant potential for cost reduction in the production of many types of biofuels, it is not possible to achieve price parity with traditional fuels based on hydrocarbons in the medium term.