Bioenergy development : [electronic resource] issues and impacts for poverty and natural resource management / Elizabeth Cushion, Adrian Whiteman, and Gerhard Dieterle.
By: Cushion, Elizabeth
Contributor(s): Dieterle, Gerhard | Whiteman, Adrian
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TextSeries: Agriculture and rural development series: ; World Bank e-Library: Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2010Description: xviii, 249 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN: 0821376292; 0821381296 (electronic); 9780821376294; 9780821381298 (electronic)Subject(s): Biomass energy -- Environmental aspects | Biomass energyAdditional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification: 333.95/39 LOC classification: HD9502.5.B542 | C87 2010Online resources: home Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview. Main types of bioenergy ; This report ; Total bioenergy supply and contribution to TPES ; Outlook for bioenergy consumption ; Forces affecting bioenergy development ; Concerns about bioenergy development ; Policies, targets, and instruments -- Solid biomass. Long-term trend and outlook for primary solid biomass ; Bioenergy production from solid biomass ; Traditional uses of solid biomass for energy ; Modern and industrial uses of solid biomamss for energy ; Energy systems based on biomass pellets ; Notes -- Liquid biofuels. Bioethanol for fuel ; Biodiesel for fuel ; Economic viability of liquid biofuel production ; Social and environmental impacts -- Impacts and issues at the country and regional levels. Africa ; East Asia and Pacific ; Europe and Central Asia ; Latin America and the Caribbean ; Middle East and North Africa ; South Asia ; Notes.
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