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Title Sustainable bioenergy production-- an integrated approach / Hans Ruppert, Martin Kappas, Jens Ibendorf, editors
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2013

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Series 2012-2013 Springer E-Books - Earth & Environmental Sciences
Contents Setting the Scene -- Sustainable Bioenergy Production: An Integrated Perspective / Hans Ruppert, Martin Kappas, Jens Ibendorf -- 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 -- Do We Have Enough? -- Biomass Potentials for Energy Generation. Estimation of Global Bioenergy Potentials and Their Contribution to the World's Future Energy Demand -- A Short Review / Martin Kappas -- A Process-Based Vegetation Model for Estimating Agricultural Bioenergy Potentials / Markus Tum, Kurt P. Günther, Martin Kappas -- Modelling Site-Specific Biomass Potentials / Roland Bauböck -- Can Bioenergy Production Be Environmentally Sound? -- Integrative Energy Crop Cultivation as a Way to a More Nature-Orientated Agriculture / Marianne Karpenstein-Machan -- Scale-Relevant Impacts of Biogas Crop Production: A Methodology to Assess Environmental Impacts and Farm Management Capacities / Wiebke Saathoff, Christina von Haaren, Michael Rode
Economic Optimisation of Bioenergy Production. Optimising Bioenergy Villages' Local Heat Supply Networks / Anke Daub, Harald Uhlemair, Volker Ruwisch, Jutta Geldermann -- Bridging Bioenergy Production and Society. Growth of Biogas Production in German Agriculture: An Analysis of Farmers' Investment Behaviour / Karol Granoszewski, Christian Reise, Achim Spiller, Oliver Musshoff -- Social Acceptance of Bioenergy Use and the Success Factors of Communal Bioenergy Projects / André Wüste, Peter Schmuck -- 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 -- Assessment of Different Bioenergy Concepts in Terms of Sustainable Development / Swantje Eigner-Thiel, Meike Schmehl, Jens Ibendorf, Jutta Geldermann -- Combustion of Biomass for Heat and Power. 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 -- Bioenergy from Polluted Soils. Bioenergy Production as an Option for Polluted Soils -- A Non-phytoremediation Approach / Benedikt Sauer, Hans Ruppert
Summary 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. Until recently, the transition towards renewable energy has been generally misunderstood as only an economic demand, rather than as a means to gain various social and ecological advantages. Today biomass can be produced to generate energy and renewable raw materials, while simultaneously benefitting soil resources, water resources and biodiversity. The transition to a 'greener' economy is an important precondition in order to achieve the sustainable development of societies. To develop a modern, forward-looking energy supply from biomass, such as biomass for heat and power generation, and liquid biofuels for transport, there should be a balance between the amount of biomass required for food production and for material purposes. Crop types, production methods and conversion technologies need to be matched with local conditions within the different landscapes to establish a national transformation plan, and to reduce the increasing land-use competition between food/fodder versus energy crop production, as well as the use of forests for energy. Rethinking the linkages between bioenergy, climate change, land use and water requires an integrated assessment of the energy, land and water nexus. This book highlights research aimed at providing an integrated approach to sustainable bioenergy development and 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
Analysis Environmental sciences
Regional planning
Agriculture
Renewable energy sources
Nature Conservation
Sustainable development
Humanities
Environment
Renewable and Green Energy
Interdisciplinary Studies
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 1, 2013)
Subject Biomass energy.
NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biological Diversity.
Sciences de la terre.
Environnement.
Biomass energy
Form Electronic book
Author Ruppert, Hans
Kappas, M. (Martin)
Ibendorf, Jens
ISBN 9789400766426
9400766424
9400766416
9789400766419