Energy diversity through Renewable Energy Source (RES) - A case study of biomass

Energy Procedia

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 1740-1747

  Ekpeni, Leonard E N ^a   Benyounis, Khaled Y ^a   Nkem Ekpeni, Fehintola ^b   Stokes, Joseph ^a   Olabi, A G ^c  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass Substrate; Climate Change; Energy Security; GHG; Growing Population; RES

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922349158     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.202     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (40)

1. Salameh, M. G. (2003). Can renewable and unconventional energy sources bridge the global energy gap in the 21st century?. Applied Energy, 75(1), 33-42.
2. Rogner, H. H. (1997). An assessment of world hydrocarbon resources. Annual review of energy and the environment, 22(1), 217-262.
3. Ball, M., & Wietschel, M. (2009). The future of hydrogen-opportunities and challenges. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34(2), 615-627.
4. Kothari, R., Tyagi, V. V., & Pathak, A. (2010). Waste-T o-energy: A way from renewable energy sources to sustainable development. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14(9), 3164-3170.
5. Scarlat, N, Dallemand, J-F, Skjelhaugen, O. J, Asplund, D, & Nesheim, L. (2011). An overview of the biomass resource potential of Norway for bioenergy use. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15: 3388-98.
6. de Wit, M, Londo, M, & Faaij, A. (2011). Productivity developments in European agriculture: relations to and opportunities for biomass production. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,15: 2397-412.
7. Yusaf, T, Goh, S, & Borserio, J. A. (2011). Potential of renewable energy alternatives in Australia. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 15:214-21.
8. Tilman, D, Socolow, R, Foley, J. A, Hill, J, Larson, E, Lynd, L, et al. (2009). Beneficial biofuels-T he food, energy, and environment trilemma. Science. 325:270-1.
9. Murtala, A. M., Aliyu, B. A., & Babagana, G. (2012). Biomass resource as a source of sustainable energy production in developing countries. Journal of applied phytotechnology in environmental sanitation, 1(2), 103-112.
10. Li, Y., Horsman, M., Wu, N., Lan, C. Q., & DuboisCalero, N. (2008). Biofuels from microalgae. Biotechnology progress, 24(4), 815-820.
11. Faaji, A, Meuleman, B., & Van Ree, R. (1998). Long term perspectives of BIG/CC technology, performance and costs. Department of science, technology and society, Utrecht University and the Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN), report prepared for NOVEM (EWAB 9840)
12. Farrell, A. E., Plevin, R. J, Turner, B. T, Jones, A. D, O'Hare, M., & Kammen. D. M. (2006). Ethanol can contribute to energy and environmental goals. Science 311:506-508
13. Goldemberg, J. (2007). Ethanol for a sustainable energy future. Science 315:808-810.
14. BBC, (2007). Biofuels 'Crime Against Humanity'. Available at: http://news. bbc. co. uk/1/hi/world/ americas/7065061. stm. [Accessed January 2, 2014]
15. Friends of the Earth, (2007). Biofuels e a Big Green Con?. Available at: http://www. foe. co. uk/news/biofuels. html [Accessed January 3, 2014].
16. Wenner, C., (2012). Biofuels industry does not deserve to be demonised. Available at: The Guardian. http://www. guardian. co. uk/environment/2012/oct/16/biofuelsindustry-demonised [Accessed December 21, 2014]
17. Raman, S., & Mohr, A. (2013). Biofuels and the role of space in sustainable innovation journeys. Journal of Cleaner Production.
18. Cook, J. H., J. Beyea, and K. H. Keeler. (1991). Potential impacts of biomass production in the U. S. on biological diversity. Annual Reviews of Energy and Environment 16:401-431.
19. Groom, M. J., Gray, E. M., & Townsend, P. A. (2008). Biofuels and biodiversity: principles for creating better policies for biofuel production. Conservation biology, 22(3), 602-609.
20. Dufey, A. (2006). Biofuels production, trade and sustainable development: emerging issues (No. 2). IIED.
21. Bhatti, H. N, Hanif, M. A, Qasim, M, Ata-ur-Rehman. (2008). Biodiesel production from waste tallow. Fuel; 87: 2961-6.
22. Nigam, P. S., & Singh, A. (2011). Production of liquid biofuels from renewable resources. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 37(1), 52-68.
23. Delfort B, Durand I, Hillion G, Jaecker-Voirol A, Montagne X. (2008). Glycerin for new biodiesel formulation. Oil Gas Sci Technol-Rev IFP;63(4):395-404.
24. Solomon, B. D., (2010). Biofuels and sustainability. Ann NY Acad Sci; 1185: 119-34.
25. Srirangan, Kajan, et al. (2012): Towards sustainable production of clean energy carriers from biomass resources. Applied Energy 100: 172-186.
26. Biomass conversion technology, Available at: http://www. tsk-g. co. jp/en/tech/industry/pop. html. [Accessed January 17, 2014]
27. McKendry, P. (2002). Energy production from biomass (part 1): overview of biomass. Bioresource technology, 83(1), 37-46.
28. Thornley, P., Rogers, J., Huang, Y., (2008). Quantification of employment from biomass power plants. Renew. Energy 33(8), 1922-1927.
29. Krajnc, N., Domac, J., (2007). How to model different socio-economic and environmental aspects of biomass utilisation: Case study in selected regions in Slovenia and Croatia. Energy Policy 35, 6010-6020
30. Alper, H., Moxley, J., Nevoigt, I. E., Fink, G. R. & Stephanopoulos, G. (2006). Engineering yeast transcription machinery for improved ethanol tolerance and production. Science, 314, 1565-1568.
31. McKendry, P. (2002). Energy production from biomass (part 2): conversion technologies. Bioresource technology, 83(1), 47-54.
32. Overend, R. P. (2007). Biomass conversion technologies. In na conf. "Sustentabilidade na geração e.
33. Demirba, A. (2001). Biomass resource facilities and biomass conversion processing for fuels and chemicals. Energy conversion and Management, 42(11), 1357-1378.
34. Devi L, Ptasinski, K. J., Jansen, F. J. J. G., (2003). A review of the primary measures for tar elimination in biomass gasification processes. Biomass Bioenergy; 24(2):125-40
35. Alauddin, Z. A. B. Z., Lahijani, P., Mohammadi, M., Mohamed, A. R. (2010). Gasification of lignocellulosic biomass in fluidized beds for renewable energy development: a review. Renewable Sustainable Energy Rev;14(9):2852-62
36. Hoogwijk, M., Faaij, A., van den Broek, R., Berndes, G., Gielen, D., & Turkenburg, W. (2003). Exploration of the ranges of the global potential of biomass for energy. Biomass and Bioenergy, 25(2), 119-133.
37. Turkenburg WC. Renewable energy technologies, in World Energy Assessment (2000). In: Goldemberg J, editor. Washington DC: UNDP., 220-72.
38. Hoogwijk, M., Faaij, A., Eickhout, B., de Vries, B., & Turkenburg, W. (2005). Potential of biomass energy out to 2100, for four IPCC SRES land-use scenarios. Biomass and Bioenergy, 29(4), 225-257.
39. Asif, M., & Muneer, T. (2007). Energy supply, its demand and security issues for developed and emerging economies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 11(7), 1388-1413.
40. Ekpeni, L. E. N, & Olabi, A. G. (2013). A Change in the Transportation Needs Today, a Better Future for Tomorrow: Climate Change Review. In Causes, Impacts and Solutions to Global Warming (pp. 933-947). Springer New York.