Bioenergy Products

Edited by Udaya Sekhar Nagothu

This book examines the bioeconomy concept, analysing the opportunities it can generate, the constraints and the potential benefits for society. The main objective of bioeconomy is to promote economic development, by creating jobs and enhancing the sustainable utilization of bio-resources. A…

Hardback – 2020-03-26 
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment

Edited by Christian Reynolds, Tammara Soma, Charlotte Spring, Jordon Lazell

This comprehensive handbook represents a definitive state of the current art and science of food waste from multiple perspectives. The issue of food waste has emerged in recent years as a major global problem. Recent research has enabled greater understanding and measurement of loss and waste…

Hardback – 2020-01-28
Routledge

Edited by Sonia M. Tiquia-Arashiro, Deepak Pant

This book encompasses the most updated and recent account of research and implementation of Microbial Electrochemical Technologies (METs) from pioneers and experienced researchers in the field who have been working on the interface between electrochemistry and microbiology/biotechnology…

Hardback – 2019-12-16
CRC Press

Edited by Mateusz Szubel, Mariusz Filipowicz

Biomass in Small-Scale Energy Applications: Theory and Practice presents the current trends in the development of selected biomass-based technologies for distributed energy generation. It describes the methodology, experimental results, and computer simulations with a focus on pilot systems…

Hardback – 2019-10-18
CRC Press
Energy Systems

By Michael B. Jones

Miscanthus has been enthusiastically promoted as a second generation biomass crop, and this book provides a comprehensive review of this knowledge. Miscanthus, also known as elephant grass, is a high yielding grass crop that grows over three metres tall, resembles bamboo and produces a crop every…

Hardback – 2019-07-23
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Bioenergy

Edited by Antje Klitkou, Arne Martin Fevolden, Marco Capasso

From Waste to Value investigates how streams of organic waste and residues can be transformed into valuable products, to foster a transition towards a sustainable and circular bioeconomy. The studies are carried out within a cross-disciplinary framework, drawing on a diverse set of theoretical…

Hardback – 2019-04-11
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Waste Management and Policy

By Alex Baumber

The growing of crops for bioenergy has been subject to much recent criticism, as taking away land which could be used for food production or biodiversity conservation. This book challenges some commonly-held ideas about biofuels, bioenergy and energy cropping, particularly that energy crops pose an…

Paperback – 2019-01-28
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Bioenergy

Edited by Luis A. B. Cortez, Manoel Regis L. V. Leal, Luiz A. Horta Nogueira

In recent years, there has been a rapid expansion of the growing of crops for use in bioenergy production rather than for food. This has been particularly the case for sugarcane in Latin America and Africa. This book examines the further potential in the context of the food versus fuel debate, and…

Hardback – 2018-10-17
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Bioenergy

Edited by Lynn Voskuil

Nineteenth-Century Energies explores the idea of ‘energy’, a concept central to new directions in interdisciplinary studies today. It examines the cultural perceptions and uses of energy in the nineteenth century – both in terms of pure and applied science, and as an idea with widespread diffusion…

Paperback – 2018-08-23
Routledge

Edited by Nicholas Korres, Padraig O'Kiely, John A.H. Benzie, Jonathan S. West

Interest in anaerobic digestion (AD), the process of energy production through the production of biogas, has increased rapidly in recent years. Agricultural and other organic waste are important substrates that can be treated by AD.  This book is one of the first to provide a broad…

Paperback – 2018-08-14
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Bioenergy

Edited by Hans Langeveld, John Dixon, Herman van Keulen

Choosing appropriate practices and policies for biofuel production requires an understanding of how soils, climate, farm types, infrastructure, markets and social organisation affect the establishment and performance of these crops. The book highlights land use dynamics, cultivation practices…

Paperback – 2018-08-14
Routledge

By Nazia Mintz-Habib

The last decade has witnessed major crises in both food and energy security across the world. One response to the challenges of climate change and energy supply has been the development of crops to be used for biofuels. But, as this book shows, this can divert agricultural land from food production…

Paperback – 2018-04-10
Routledge