9 Best Books on Bioenergy

“International Bioenergy Trade: History, status & outlook on securing sustainable bioenergy supply, demand and markets” Book Review: This book is for all the laboratories engaged in biohydrogen research, as well as by all universities and research institutes with advanced undergraduate, graduate student and postdoctoral. It is also useful for students studying plant biology, plant sciences, molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, bioengineering and biotechnology. The book has the structural and molecular biology, genomics and applied aspects of microbial H2-production. It includes microbial fuel cells (MFC), by phototrophs such as purple sulfur and non-sulfur bacteria (Thiocapsa spp., Rhodobacter and Rhodopseudomonas spp.) microalgae (Chlamydomonas). It also includes cyanobacteria (Anabaena spp.) along with anaerobes and thermophiles such as caldicellulosiruptor and thermotoga. This book consists of microbial bio-hydrogen production.

“Handbook of Bioenergy (Energy Systems)” Book Review: the areas of supply chain optimization, supply chain management, and life-cycle cost analysis of bioenergy. These topics are important for the development and long-term sustainability of the bioenergy industry.
The increasing interest in bioenergy has been motivated by its potential to become a key future energy source. The opportunities and challenges that this industry has been facing have been the motivation for a number of optimization-related works on bioenergy. Practitioners and academicians agree that the two major barriers of further investments in this industry are biomass supply uncertainty and costs. The goal of this handbook is to present several cutting-edge developments and tools to help the industry overcome these supply chain and economic challenges.

“Bioenergy from Wood (Managing Forest Ecosystems)” Book Review: This book is written for scientists and practitioners interested in managing bioenergy production. This book covers a wide range of topics including biomass localization, modelling and upscaling. It also covers the production management in woodlands and plantations and transport and logistics. The book has the biomass quality and conversion pathways in order to match the conversion technology with the available biomass. This book has issues surrounding sustainability. The book also presents the issues, covered in a life-cycle assessment of the bioenergy system. It includes socio-economic challenges, local effects on water, biodiversity, nutrient-sustainability and global impacts. This book also has supporting examples from tropical and subtropical countries.

“Socio-Economic Impacts of Bioenergy Production” Book Review: This book includes property rights, labor conditions, social welfare, economic wealth, poverty reduction and more. It presents the issues and impacts of bioenergy, taking into account the local and regional framework under which bioenergy is produced. This book also presents educational level, cultural aspects, the history and economies of the producing countries. It also includes the policies of environmental and social targets. This book surveys and analyzes global bioenergy production from a number of perspectives. It illustrates the complexity of interrelated topics in the bioenergy value chain, ranging from agriculture to conversion processes. It consists of the social implications to environmental effects. The book benefits policy makers, scientists and NGO staffers working in the fields of agriculture, forestry, biotechnology and energy.

“Biofuels and Bioenergy: Processes and Technologies (Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering)” Book Review: This book provides a short but thorough overview of the methods for developing and using biofuels and bioenergy. It demonstrates their enormous value as instruments for addressing economic and environmental issues. It involves biofuel characterization and examination, process economics, process conversion chemistry, energy balances, and efficiencies. Seed oils, biodiesel, and algae fuels are also discussed in the book.