by
J. Woods and D.O. Hall
Kings College London
Division of Life Sciences
London, United Kingdom
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO - Fiat/Panis
Rome, 1994
Reprinted 1995
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2. The potential for energy from biomass.
Theoretical optimum productivity.
Factors limiting growth
Potential global productivities.
Present land use and availability.
Wastelands & Potential land for Forests.
Land Reclamation Case Studies.
Land availability.
Carbon balances and fossil-fuel substitution.
3. Rural energy & industry: Its role in sustainable development.
Industrial uses of biomass.
Charcoal.
Combined heat and power (CHP).
4. Bioenergy conversion technologies.
Pyrolysis.
Carbonisation.
Gasification.
Catalytic Liquefaction.Anaerobic Fermentation.
Methane Production in Landfills.
Ethanol Fermentation.
Biodiesel.
5. Environmental interactions.
Health.
Global warming.
Environmental benefits of correctly managed biofuel production.
Biodiversity.
Soil-carbon cycles.
6. Policy, socio-economics and institutions.
Internalisation of Externalities.
Land availability.
Environment.
Economics.
Constraints.