Handbook of bioenergy crops: a complete reference to species development and applications/
Nasir El Bassam
- London: Earthscan, 2010.
- xxvii, 516 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Global energy production, consumption and potentials of biomass -- Bioenergy crops versus food crops -- Transportation biofuels -- Primary biomass productivity, current yield potentials, water and land availability -- Harvesting, logistic and delivery of biomass -- Technical overview: feedstocks, types of biofuels and conversion technologies -- Environmental impacts -- Economic and social dimensions -- Integrated bionergy farms and rural settlements -- Energy crops guide -- Ethanol crops -- Oil crops -- Biogas from crops -- Hydrogen and methanol crops -- Underutilized and unexploited crops.