Limit search to available items
Record 2 of 21
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
Book

Title The biobased economy : biofuels, materials and chemicals in the post-oil era / edited by Hans Langeveld, Johan Sanders and Marieke Meeusen
Published London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  333.9539 Lan/Beb  AVAILABLE
Description xxvi, 389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Section one. Towards sustainability. General introduction / J.W.A. Langeveld and J.P.M. Sanders -- Transition towards a biobased economy / E. ten Pierick, E.M. van Mil and M.J.G. Meeusen -- Challenges for sustainable development / H. Østergard̊, M.V. Markussen and E.S. Jensen -- Principles of plant production / J.W.A. Langeveld and G.W.J. van de Ven -- Plant breeding and its role in a biobased economy / L.M. Trindade ... [et al.] -- Biomass availability / J.W.A. Langeveld -- Section two. Biomass refining and conversion. Introduction to section II / J.W.A. Langeveld and J.P.M. Sanders -- Biorefineries: giving value to sustainable biomass use / E. de Jong ... [et al.] -- Plant production of chemical building blocks / A.J. Koops ... [et al.] -- The production of chemicals in a biobased economy / E.L. Scott, J. van Haveren and J.P.M. Sanders -- Advanced biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass / R.R. Bakker -- Biogas / K.B. Zwart and J.W.A. Langeveld -- Section three actor involvement. Introduction to section III / M.J.G. Meeusen and J.W.A. Langeveld -- Policy making for the biobased economy / M. Londo and M.J.G. Meeusen -- Biobased industrialization in developing countries / S. Vellema, H.L. Bos and J.E.G. van Dam -- Biobased production chains / M.J.G. Meeusen -- Biofuel policies, production, trade and land use / M. Banse, H. van Meijl and G. Woltjer -- Public debate on sustainability of biofuels / M.J.G. Meeusen -- Section four. Transition in action. Introduction to section IV / J.P.M. Sanders and J.W.A. Langeveld -- Biodiesel from Brazil / H.W. Elbersen ... [et al.] -- Biobased products and bioenergy in Germany / A. Schuẗte and D. Peters -- Development of the biobased economy in Canada, an overview / J.F. Jaworski -- A biobased economy for the Netherlands / J.P.M. Sanders and J.W.A. Langeveld -- Synthesis / J.W.A. Langeveld and J.P.M. Sanders
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Biomass energy -- Economic aspects.
Biomass energy industries.
Energy development.
Sustainable development.
Energy policy -- Economic aspects.
Author Langeveld, Hans.
Meeusen, Marieke.
Sanders, Johan.
LC no. 2009032852
ISBN 9781844077700 (hbk.)
1844077705 (hbk.)