Bioenergy crops
Subtitle: a development guide and species reference
By: N. El Bassam.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sterling, VA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781844078547
Subjects: Energy crops
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Global energy production, consumption and potentials of biomass; title: Bioenergy crops versus food crops; title: Transportation biofuels; title: Primary biomass productivity, current yield potentials, water and land availability; title: Harvesting, logistic and delivery of biomass; title: Technical overview: feedstocks, types of biofuels and conversion technologies; title: Environmental impact; title: Economic and social dimensions; title: Integrated bionergy farms and rural settlements; title: Energy crops guide; title: Ethanol crops; title: Oil crops; title: Biogas from crops; title: Hydrogen and methanol crops; title: Underutilized and unexploited crops.