Biofuel Crops And Renewable Energy

Description

Biofuels are produced from living organisms and made from biomass conversion; thermal, chemical or biochemical. This produces fuel in solid, liquid, or gas form. Corn and sugarcane are used for ethanol, sugar/starch crops, sugar beet, sweet sorghum. Cellulosic crops are also gaining attention, such as switchgrass, miscanthus, corn stover, poplar, and grass. Soy bean in the US and rapeseed in Europe are the primary feedstock for biodiesel, palm oil in Malaysia, mustard, camelina, and jatropha are considered promising. Crop wastes and residues can be converted to ethanol, biodiesel, and methane gas too. Renewable energy is energy that comes from resources which replenish naturally on a human timescale; sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal heat. This book will contribute to the study of energy, climate change and climate economics. It will prove essential reading for professionals in the fields of natural resources, climate change and energy. Students in environmental science faculties, economics departments, business schools and engineering schools will also find this important and enriching.