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Sustainable Bioenergy Production - An Integrated Approach

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Hans Ruppert

    1. , Department of Sedimentology and Environm, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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  2. Martin Kappas

    1. Institute of Geography, Department of Cartography, GIS and Remot, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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  3. Jens Ibendorf

    1. , Interdisciplinary Centre for Sustainable, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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  • Provides an integrated approach to sustainable bioenergy development
  • Illuminates how to avoid conflicts regarding bioenergy production
  • Provides decision support for a further extension of bioenergy on the local and regional scale
  • Illustrates how to apply sustainability-science principles in villages and districts
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Setting the Scene

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sustainable Bioenergy Production: An Integrated Perspective

      • Hans Ruppert, Martin Kappas, Jens Ibendorf
      Pages 3-35

    3. Bioenergy Villages in Germany: Applying the Göttingen Approach of Sustainability Science to Promote Sustainable Bioenergy Projects

      • Peter Schmuck, Swantje Eigner-Thiel, Marianne Karpenstein-Machan, Benedikt Sauer, Hans Ruppert, Walter Girschner et al.
      Pages 37-71

  3. Do We Have Enough? – Biomass Potentials for Energy Generation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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  4. Do We Have Enough? – Biomass Potentials for Energy Generation

    1. Estimation of Global Bioenergy Potentials and Their Contribution to the World’s Future Energy Demand – A Short Review

      • Martin Kappas
      Pages 75-95

    2. A Process-Based Vegetation Model for Estimating Agricultural Bioenergy Potentials

      • Markus Tum, Kurt P. Günther, Martin Kappas
      Pages 97-110

    3. Modelling Site-Specific Biomass Potentials

      • Roland Bauböck
      Pages 111-139

  5. Can Bioenergy Production Be Environmentally Sound?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Integrative Energy Crop Cultivation as a Way to a More Nature-Orientated Agriculture

      • Marianne Karpenstein-Machan
      Pages 143-180

    3. Scale-Relevant Impacts of Biogas Crop Production: A Methodology to Assess Environmental Impacts and Farm Management Capacities

      • Wiebke Saathoff, Christina von Haaren, Michael Rode
      Pages 181-216

  6. Economic Optimisation of Bioenergy Production

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Optimising Bioenergy Villages’ Local Heat Supply Networks

      • Anke Daub, Harald Uhlemair, Volker Ruwisch, Jutta Geldermann
      Pages 219-238

  7. Bridging Bioenergy Production and Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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    2. Growth of Biogas Production in German Agriculture: An Analysis of Farmers’ Investment Behaviour

      • Karol Granoszewski, Christian Reise, Achim Spiller, Oliver Musshoff
      Pages 241-291

    3. Social Acceptance of Bioenergy Use and the Success Factors of Communal Bioenergy Projects

      • André Wüste, Peter Schmuck
      Pages 293-318

    4. Applying the Sustainability Science Principles of the Göttingen Approach to Initiate Renewable Energy Solutions in Three German Districts

      • Peter Schmuck, Marianne Karpenstein-Machan, André Wüste
      Pages 319-338

    5. Assessment of Different Bioenergy Concepts in Terms of Sustainable Development

      • Swantje Eigner-Thiel, Meike Schmehl, Jens Ibendorf, Jutta Geldermann
      Pages 339-384

  8. Combustion of Biomass for Heat and Power

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 385-385
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    2. Emissions of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants During the Combustion of Wood, Straw and Biogas

      • Torben Seidel, Jürgen Orasche, Hans Ruppert, Jürgen Schnelle-Kreis, Hans Hartmann
      Pages 387-422
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About this book

This book focuses primarily on the advantages and implications of sustainable bioenergy production in terms of ensuring a more sustainable world despite its growing energy demands. It addresses a new concept that focuses on the interactions between different uses of agricultural land (for example, agriculture for food, forage or energy and nature conservation) and their ecological, economic and societal impacts. This research concept provides new insights into the competition for resources and the synergies between different land uses. This book seeks to improve people’s understanding of bioenergy’s potentials for the future. It will be of interest not only to those involved in sustainable energy, but also to environmental planners, agriculture and soil specialists, and environmental policy-makers.

Reviews

“This interdisciplinary book focuses on the use of agricultural land … on ecological, economic and societal impacts of these uses thus opening new trends in Sustainable Bioenergy Production. … Each contribution and the book as a whole give to the reader the strong feeling of an excellent scientific text … . this book is a very nice example to be followed for other scientific topics which aim to improve the quality of human life communities, in harmony with Planet Earth.” (Ioan I. Ardelean, Bulletin of Micro and Nanoelectrotechnologies, Vol. 6 (1-2), 2015)

“Editors/geoscientists Ruppert, Kappas, and Ibendorf (all, Univ. of Gӧttingen, Germany) have collaborated on a 14-chapter, seven-part volume exploring an integrated approach to bioenergy assessment. … the volume’s greater coverage of social issues and integration across sustainability dimensions will be welcome. … Summing Up: Recommended. Only comprehensive collections on energy resources, graduate students and above.” (B. D. Solomon, Choice, Vol. 51 (7), March, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Sedimentology and Environm, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    Hans Ruppert

  • Institute of Geography, Department of Cartography, GIS and Remot, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    Martin Kappas

  • , Interdisciplinary Centre for Sustainable, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    Jens Ibendorf

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