The Role Of Bioenergy In The Emerging Bioeconomy by Carmen Lago, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

The Role of Bioenergy in the Bioeconomy: Resources, Technologies, Sustainability and Policyprovides the reader with a complete understanding on how bioenergy technologies fit into the new bioeconomy paradigm. Sections focus on the main resources and technologies for bioenergy and its integration in energy systems and biorefining chains, analyze the available methodologies for assessing the sustainability of bioenergy, and address and the propose approaches that are demonstrated through concrete case studies. Additionally, the implications of bioenergy in the water-energy and land nexus is presented, along with new challenges and opportunities. This book's strong focus on sustainability of bioenergy, both as a standalone, and in the larger context of a bio-based economy, makes it a useful resource for researchers, professionals and students in the bioenergy field who need tactics to assess the lifecycle and sustainability of bioenergy technologies and their integration into existing systems. Presents a complete overview of the main challenges that bioenergy will have to overcome in order to play a key role in future energy systemsExplores sustainability aspects in detail, both qualitatively and by applying proposed methodologies to concrete bioenergy case studiesCovers, in detail, the water-energy-land nexus implications and governance aspects | The Role Of Bioenergy In The Emerging Bioeconomy by Carmen Lago, Paperback | Indigo Chapters