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Cushion, Elizabeth.

Bioenergy development : issues and impacts for poverty and natural resource management / Elizabeth Cushion, Adrian Whiteman, and Gerhard Dieterle. - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2010. - xviii, 249 pages. : illustrations - Agriculture and rural development . - Agriculture and rural development series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview. Main types of bioenergy ; This report ; Total bioenergy supply and contribution to TPES ; Outlook for bioenergy consumption ; Forces affecting bioenergy development ; Concerns about bioenergy development ; Policies, targets, and instruments -- Solid biomass. Long-term trend and outlook for primary solid biomass ; Bioenergy production from solid biomass ; Traditional uses of solid biomass for energy ; Modern and industrial uses of solid biomamss for energy ; Energy systems based on biomass pellets ; Notes -- Liquid biofuels. Bioethanol for fuel ; Biodiesel for fuel ; Economic viability of liquid biofuel production ; Social and environmental impacts -- Impacts and issues at the country and regional levels. Africa ; East Asia and Pacific ; Europe and Central Asia ; Latin America and the Caribbean ; Middle East and North Africa ; South Asia ; Notes.

ISBN: 9780821376294 0821376292 9780821381298 (electronic) 0821381296 (electronic)

LCCN: 2009048128

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8D7171 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014845575 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biomass energy.
Biomass energy--Environmental aspects.

LC Class. No.: HD 9502.5 / .B54C87 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 333.95/39

National Agricultural Library Call No.: HD9502.5.B542 / C87 2010