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Figure 9.9: Road Transport Demand in the Reference and Alternative<br />

Policy Scenarios<br />

OECD North America<br />

2004<br />

OECD Europe<br />

OECD Pacific<br />

China<br />

India<br />

Rest of world<br />

Rest<br />

of<br />

world<br />

2030 APS<br />

savings<br />

China<br />

United<br />

States<br />

European<br />

Union<br />

0 200 400 600 800 1 000<br />

Mtoe<br />

Reference Scenario 2030 Alternative Policy Scenario 2030<br />

Fuel Type<br />

Biofuels are the alternative fuel that has been receiving by far the greatest<br />

attention from policy-makers, for reasons of security of supply, environmental<br />

protection and agricultural support. They are discussed in depth in Chapter 14,<br />

but the results of the Alternative Policy Scenario are briefly summarised here.<br />

Biofuels consumption in 2030 soars to 147 Mtoe, an increase of 54 Mtoe, or<br />

almost 60%, compared with the Reference Scenario. The share of biofuels in<br />

total road transport fuel demand reaches 7% in 2030, compared with 4% in<br />

the Reference Scenario. It is only 1% today. Biofuels consumption increases in<br />

all regions. The European Union and the United States account for more than<br />

half of the additional growth in biofuels consumption. In both regions, strong<br />

policies to spur biofuels consumption are already in place. In the Alternative<br />

Policy Scenario, we assume that those policies are strengthened and extended.<br />

As a result, biofuels account for 12% of road transport energy use in the<br />

European Union in 2030 and 7% in the United States in 2030. Brazil, while<br />

expanding its role as a biofuel exporter, does not see a big difference in<br />

domestic consumption between the two scenarios. Biofuels demand in<br />

developing countries as a whole jumps from 6 Mtoe in 2004 to 62 Mtoe in<br />

2030. In the Reference Scenario, it reaches only 40 Mtoe. In both scenarios,<br />

only first-generation biofuels are assumed to be economically viable before<br />

2030. There is also an increase in natural gas use in CNG cars, but the increase,<br />

3 Mtoe by 2030, or 16% compared to the Reference Scenario, is negligible<br />

compared to biofuels growth.<br />

Chapter 9 - Deepening the Analysis: Results by Sector 225<br />

© OECD/IEA, 2007<br />

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