The increasing deployment of bioenergy frequently raises issues regarding the use of land and raw materials, infrastructure and logistics. In light of these sometimes conflicting interests Advances in Bioenergy provides an objective and wide-ranging overview of the technology, economics and policy of bioenergy. Offering an authoritative multidisciplinary summary of the opportunities and challenges associated with bioenergy utilization, with international researchers give up-to-date and detailed information on key issues for biomass production and conversion to energy. Key features: *Discusses different bioenergy uses such as transportation fuels, electricity and heat production. *Assesses emerging fields such as bio-based chemicals and bio-refineries. *Debates conditions for the mobilization of sustainable bioenergy supply chains and outlines governance systems to support this mobilization. * Dedicated chapters to sustainability governance and emerging tools such as certification systems and standards supporting growth of a sustainable bioenergy industry. *Considers the political, environmental, social and cultural context related to the demand for energy resources, the impact of this demand on the world around us, and the choices and behaviours of consumers. This book will be a vital reference to engineers, researchers and students that need an accessible overview of the bioenergy area. It will also be of high value for politicians, policymakers and industry leaders that need to stay up to date with the state-of-the-art science and technology in this area.

The increasing deployment of bioenergy frequently raises issues regarding the use of land and raw materials, infrastructure and logistics. In light of these sometimes conflicting interests Advances in Bioenergy provides an objective and wide-ranging overview of the technology, economics and policy of bioenergy.Offering an authoritative multidisciplinary summary of the opportunities and challenges associated with bioenergy utilization, with international researchers give up-to-date and detailed information on key issues for biomass production and conversion to energy.Key features:*Discusses different bioenergy uses such as transportation fuels, electricity and heat production.*Assesses emerging fields such as bio-based chemicals and bio-refineries.*Debates conditions for the mobilization of sustainable bioenergy supply chains and outlines governance systems to support this mobilization.* Dedicated chapters to sustainability governance and emerging tools such as certification systems and standards supporting growth of a sustainable bioenergy industry.*Considers the political, environmental, social and cultural context related to the demand for energy resources, the impact of this demand on the world around us, and the choices and behaviours of consumers.This book will be a vital reference to engineers, researchers and students that need an accessible overview of the bioenergy area. It will also be of high value for politicians, policymakers and industry leaders that need to stay up to date with the state-of-the-art science and technology in this area.

About the editorsList of contributorsPrefaceI. Promising Innovation in Biomass Conversion1. WENE-5 Metabolic engineering: Enabling technology for biofuels production2. WENE-49 Hydrolysis and fermentation for cellulosic ethanol production3. WENE-29 Lipid-based liquid biofuels from autotrophic microalgae: energetic and environmental performance4. WENE-16 Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass for transportation fuels5. WENE-119 Integrated biomass hydropyrolysis and hydrotreating: a brief review6. WENE-74 Transportation fuels from biomass via fast pyrolysis and hydroprocessing7. WENE-97 Biomass gasification for synthesis gas production and applications of the syngas8. WENE-111 Hydrogen generation from biomass materials: challenges and opportunities9. WENE-93 Production of renewable hydrogen by reformation of biofuels10. WENE-69 Fischer-Tropsch conversion of biomass derived synthetic gas to liquids11. WENE-28 Critical factors for high temperature processing of biomass from agriculture and energy crops to biofuels and bioenergy12. WENE-59 Second-generation biofuels: why they are taking so long13. WENE-73 Separation technologies for current and future biorefineries--status and potential of membrane-based separation14. WENE-361 Catalysis at room temperature: perspectives for future Green Chemical processes15. WENE-100 Co-firing of biomass with coal in thermal power plants: technology schemes, impacts and future perspectivesII. Challenges and solutions for biomass supply16. WENE-41 Bioenergy and land use change - state of the art17. WENE-24 Forest energy procurement: state of the art in Finland and Sweden18. WENE-25 Options for increasing biomass output from long rotation forestry19. WENE-157 Recovery rate of harvest residues for bioenergy in boreal and temperate forests: A review20. WENE-26 Forest Bioenergy Feedstock Harvesting Effects on Water Supply21. WENE-77 Best management practices for forest bioenergy programs22. WENE-3 Principles of nutrient management for sustainable forest bioenergy production23. WENE-88 Crop coefficients of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) and Pongamia (Pongamia pinnata) using water balance approach24. WENE-87 Brazilian sugarcane ethanol: developments so far and challenges for the future25. WENE-17 The climate benefit of Swedish ethanol: present and prospective performance26. WENE-107 Performance of small-scale straw-to-heat supply chains in Norway27. WENE-84 Transport sector in Ireland: can 2020 national policy targets drive indigenous biofuel production to success?28. WENE-138 Prospects for domestic biofuels for transport in Sweden 2030 based on current production and future plans29. WENE-55 Land and the food-fuel competition: insights from modeling30. WENE-155 The impact of biofuel demand on agricultural commodity prices: a systematic review31. WENE-118 How do sustainability standards consider biodiversity?32. WENE-166 A global survey of stakeholder views and experiences for systems needed to effectively and efficiently govern sustainability of bioenergyIndex