Study highlights bioenergy's water footprint

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[Date: 2009-06-04]

Researchers and industry actors are on the bandwagon to find alternative sources of energy, for example by replacing petrol with biofuels. The spotlight is now on the water footprint - the volume of fresh water used to produce goods and services for consumption.

New research from the Netherlands assesses the water footprint of bioenergy - the amount of water needed to cultivate crops for biomass. The study's findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Early Edition.

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