From: Regional water footprints of potential biofuel production in China
Biofuels | Feedstock | Region | Water footprint (L H2O/L biofuel) | Source | |||
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Total | Blue | Green | Grey | ||||
Bioethanol | Cassava | Global | 2926 | 420 | 2506 | – | [43] |
China | 2827 | 22 | 520 | 2384 | [40] | ||
Thailand | 2414 | 703 | 1641 | 70 | [39] | ||
Thailand | 2161 | 6 | 2147 | 8 | [41] | ||
Thailand | 2021 | 335 | 1686 | – | [48] | ||
Thailand | 2582 | 449 | 2389 | – | [49] | ||
Nigeria | 783 | 407 | 376 | – | [50] | ||
Sorghum | Global | 9812 | 4254 | 5558 | – | [43] | |
Taiwan | 4394 | 1740 | 2291 | 364 | [42] | ||
China | 13,541 | 35 | 1195 | 12,310 | [40] | ||
Biodiesel | Jatropha curcas | Mozambiquea | 15,264 | 3 | 15,261 | – | [46] |
South Africaa | 8281 | – | – | – | [45] | ||
China | 4565 | 23 | 845 | 3697 | [40] | ||
Globalb | 19,924 | 11,636 | 8288 | – | [43] |