Foreign biomass energy policies and practices

Author: Yao Xiangjun
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Biomass energy, as a clean energy source, possesses dual attributes of renewability and environmental friendliness. Developing biomass energy is beneficial for energy diversification, alleviating energy shortages, protecting the ecological environment, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This book systematically introduces the development status of biomass energy technologies and policies in developed countries, primarily focusing on the European Union. It covers the global energy situation and the role of biomass energy in energy supply, the current status of biomass energy utilization in the EU and policy measures to promote renewable energy, as well as Denmark, a typical advanced country in biomass energy utilization, with its energy policies, current status of biomass energy use, technologies, environmental impacts, and economic evaluations. The content of this book is valuable for reference in the development and utilization of biomass energy in China. It is suitable for professionals engaged in the management, research, and teaching of renewable energy, college and university students, as well as all individuals in society concerned with energy issues. This book systematically introduces the development status of biomass energy technologies and policies in developed countries, primarily focusing on the European Union. The book is divided into 7 chapters. Based on an introduction to the global energy situation and the role of biomass energy in energy supply, it separately covers the current status of biomass energy utilization in the EU and policy measures to promote renewable energy, analyzing the availability of EU biomass resources, including the current status and supply potential of various resources. It highlights Denmark, a typical advanced country in biomass energy utilization, with its energy policies, technologies for crop straw and woody biomass energy utilization (including resource acquisition, storage and transportation, preprocessing, conversion, end-use energy products, and the utilization of by-products), as well as environmental impacts and economic evaluations. This book is a comprehensive work that systematically introduces the development and utilization of biomass energy in developed countries, offering both policy and regulatory experiences and technological advancements. Particularly, the content on biomass resource acquisition (such as straw collection, energy crop cultivation, and biomass preprocessing) is rarely found in domestic publications. Biomass energy, as a clean energy source, possesses dual attributes of renewability and environmental friendliness. Developing biomass energy is beneficial for energy diversification, alleviating energy shortages, protecting the ecological environment, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This book systematically introduces the development status of biomass energy technologies and policies in developed countries, primarily focusing on the European Union. It covers the global energy situation and the role of biomass energy in energy supply, the current status of biomass energy utilization in the EU and policy measures to promote renewable energy, as well as Denmark, a typical advanced country in biomass energy utilization, with its energy policies, current status of biomass energy use, technologies, environmental impacts, and economic evaluations. The content of this book is valuable for reference in the development and utilization of biomass energy in China. It is suitable for professionals engaged in the management, research, and teaching of renewable energy, college and university students, as well as all individuals in society concerned with energy issues.