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The biobased economy : biofuels, materials and chemicals in the post-oil era /

Contributor(s): Langeveld, Hans | Meeusen, Marieke | Sanders, Johan.
Publisher: London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010Description: xxvi, 389 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781844077700 (hbk.); 9781844077700:; 1844077705 (hbk.).Subject(s): Biomass energy -- Economic aspects | Biomass energy industries | Energy development | Sustainable development | Energy policy -- Economic aspectsDDC classification: 333.9539
Contents:
Section one. Towards sustainability. General introduction / J.W.A. Langeveld and J.P.M. Sanders -- Transition towards a biobased economy / E. ten Pierick, E.M. van Mil and M.J.G. Meeusen -- Challenges for sustainable development / H. Østergård, M.V. Markussen and E.S. Jensen -- Principles of plant production / J.W.A. Langeveld and G.W.J. van de Ven -- Plant breeding and its role in a biobased economy / L.M. Trindade ... [et al.] -- Biomass availability / J.W.A. Langeveld -- Section two. Biomass refining and conversion. Introduction to section II / J.W.A. Langeveld and J.P.M. Sanders -- Biorefineries: giving value to sustainable biomass use / E. de Jong ... [et al.] -- Plant production of chemical building blocks / A.J. Koops ... [et al.] -- The production of chemicals in a biobased economy / E.L. Scott, J. van Haveren and J.P.M. Sanders -- Advanced biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass / R.R. Bakker -- Biogas / K.B. Zwart and J.W.A. Langeveld -- Section three actor involvement. Introduction to section III / M.J.G. Meeusen and J.W.A. Langeveld -- Policy making for the biobased economy / M. Londo and M.J.G. Meeusen -- Biobased industrialization in developing countries / S. Vellema, H.L. Bos and J.E.G. van Dam -- Biobased production chains / M.J.G. Meeusen -- Biofuel policies, production, trade and land use / M. Banse, H. van Meijl and G. Woltjer -- Public debate on sustainability of biofuels / M.J.G. Meeusen -- Section four. Transition in action. Introduction to section IV / J.P.M. Sanders and J.W.A. Langeveld -- Biodiesel from Brazil / H.W. Elbersen ... [et al.] -- Biobased products and bioenergy in Germany / A. Schütte and D. Peters -- Development of the biobased economy in Canada, an overview / J.F. Jaworski -- A biobased economy for the Netherlands / J.P.M. Sanders and J.W.A. Langeveld -- Synthesis / J.W.A. Langeveld and J.P.M. Sanders.
Summary: The impending threats of catastrophic climate change and peak oil are driving our society towards increased use of biomass for energy, chemical compounds and other materials. This book explores the massive importance that biobased solutions will have in replacing fossil resources as fuels and as platform chemicals.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section one. Towards sustainability. General introduction / J.W.A. Langeveld and J.P.M. Sanders -- Transition towards a biobased economy / E. ten Pierick, E.M. van Mil and M.J.G. Meeusen -- Challenges for sustainable development / H. Østergård, M.V. Markussen and E.S. Jensen -- Principles of plant production / J.W.A. Langeveld and G.W.J. van de Ven -- Plant breeding and its role in a biobased economy / L.M. Trindade ... [et al.] -- Biomass availability / J.W.A. Langeveld -- Section two. Biomass refining and conversion. Introduction to section II / J.W.A. Langeveld and J.P.M. Sanders -- Biorefineries: giving value to sustainable biomass use / E. de Jong ... [et al.] -- Plant production of chemical building blocks / A.J. Koops ... [et al.] -- The production of chemicals in a biobased economy / E.L. Scott, J. van Haveren and J.P.M. Sanders -- Advanced biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass / R.R. Bakker -- Biogas / K.B. Zwart and J.W.A. Langeveld -- Section three actor involvement. Introduction to section III / M.J.G. Meeusen and J.W.A. Langeveld -- Policy making for the biobased economy / M. Londo and M.J.G. Meeusen -- Biobased industrialization in developing countries / S. Vellema, H.L. Bos and J.E.G. van Dam -- Biobased production chains / M.J.G. Meeusen -- Biofuel policies, production, trade and land use / M. Banse, H. van Meijl and G. Woltjer -- Public debate on sustainability of biofuels / M.J.G. Meeusen -- Section four. Transition in action. Introduction to section IV / J.P.M. Sanders and J.W.A. Langeveld -- Biodiesel from Brazil / H.W. Elbersen ... [et al.] -- Biobased products and bioenergy in Germany / A. Schütte and D. Peters -- Development of the biobased economy in Canada, an overview / J.F. Jaworski -- A biobased economy for the Netherlands / J.P.M. Sanders and J.W.A. Langeveld -- Synthesis / J.W.A. Langeveld and J.P.M. Sanders.

The impending threats of catastrophic climate change and peak oil are driving our society towards increased use of biomass for energy, chemical compounds and other materials. This book explores the massive importance that biobased solutions will have in replacing fossil resources as fuels and as platform chemicals.

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