Overview
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Daniela Thrän
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Department of Bioenergy, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
Explores a new and rapidly growing energy resource from the perspectives of both renewability and sustainability
Offers an overview of the market potential of existing and emerging technologies
Includes holistic information on the entirety of the bioenergy provision train
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-viii
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- Martin Dotzauer, Karin Naumann, Eric Billig, Daniela Thrän
Pages 11-31
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- Stefan Majer, Daniela Thrän
Pages 33-48
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- Andreas Ortwein, Volker Lenz
Pages 49-66
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- Jan Liebetrau, Jaqueline Daniel-Gromke, Fabian Jacobi
Pages 67-82
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- Volker Lenz, Daniela Thrän
Pages 83-105
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- Franziska Müller-Langer, Marco Klemm
Pages 107-120
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- Eric Billig, Janet Witt, Marco Klemm, Claudia Kirsten, Jan Khalsa, Daniela Thrän
Pages 121-140
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- Philip Tafarte, Subhashree Das, Marcus Eichhorn, Martin Dotzauer, Daniela Thrän
Pages 141-159
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Back Matter
Pages 179-181
About this book
Biomass is a vital source of renewable energy, because it offers a wide range of established and potential methods for energy generation. It is also an important facet of the progression toward a sustainable energy future. The need for further development in the provision of bioenergy is underlined by challenges affecting the biomass resource base, including rising demand for biomass for food, feed, materials and fuel. This is underlined by significant concerns over factors relating to land, such as soil, nutrients and biodiversity. This book examines and analyzes Germany's decade-long initiative toward implementation of an active policy for the transition of the energy system to make greater use of renewable energy sources, which has resulted in a significant increase in the amount of biomass used for electricity, heat and transport fuel. The book begins with a review of market and resource base issues and moves on to analyze the technical options for a more integrated bioenergy use. The analysis spans the entire bioenergy provision chain including solid, liquid and gaseous biofuels. A case study offers a detailed model of the effects of smart biomass energy on the German energy system. The book closes with a view of the most promising fields and an appraisal of needed elements for a successful transition.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Bioenergy, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
Daniela Thrän
