Ruppert H., Kappas M., Ibendorf J. Sustainable Bioenergy Production - An Integrated Approach

Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013. XVI, 451 p. — ISBN: 978-94-007-6641-9, ISBN: 978-94-007-6642-6 (eBook), DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6642-6.This book focuses primarily on the advantages and implications of sustainable bioenergy production in terms of ensuring a more sustainable world despite its growing energy demands. It addresses a new concept that focuses on the interactions between different uses of agricultural land (for example, agriculture for food, forage or energy and nature conservation) and their ecological, economic and societal impacts. This research concept provides new insights into the competition for resources and the synergies between different land uses. This book seeks to improve people’s understanding of bioenergy’s potentials for the future. It will be of interest not only to those involved in sustainable energy, but also to environmental planners, agriculture and soil specialists, and environmental policy-makers.Setting the SceneSustainable Bioenergy Production: An Integrated Perspective
Hans Ruppert, Martin Kappas, and Jens Ibendorf
Bioenergy Villages in Germany: Applying the Go¨ttingen
Approach of Sustainability Science to Promote Sustainable
Bioenergy Projects
Peter Schmuck, Swantje Eigner-Thiel, Marianne Karpenstein-Machan,
Benedikt Sauer, Hans Ruppert, Walter Girschner, and Folker RolandDo We Have Enough? – Biomass Potentials for Energy GenerationEstimation of Global Bioenergy Potentials and Their Contribution to the World’s Future
Energy Demand – A Short Review
Martin Kappas
A Process-Based Vegetation Model for Estimating
Agricultural Bioenergy Potentials
Markus Tum, Kurt P. Gu ¨nther, and Martin Kappas
Modelling Site-Specific Biomass Potentials
Roland Baubo¨ckCan Bioenergy Production Be Environmentally Sound?Integrative Energy Crop Cultivation as a Way to a More
Nature-Orientated Agriculture
Marianne Karpenstein-Machan
Scale-Relevant Impacts of Biogas Crop Production: A Methodology to Assess Environmental Impacts and Farm Management Capacities
Wiebke Saathoff, Christina von Haaren, and Michael RodeEconomic Optimisation of Bioenergy ProductionOptimising Bioenergy Villages’ Local Heat
Supply Networks
Anke Daub, Harald Uhlemair, Volker Ruwisch, and Jutta GeldermannBridging Bioenergy Production and SocietyGrowth of Biogas Production in German Agriculture: An Analysis of Farmers’ Investment Behaviour
Karol Granoszewski, Christian Reise, Achim Spiller, and Oliver Musshoff
Social Acceptance of Bioenergy Use and the Success
Factors of Communal Bioenergy Projects
Andre ´ Wu ¨ste and Peter Schmuck
Applying the Sustainability Science Principles of the Go¨ ttingen Approach to Initiate Renewable
Energy Solutions in Three German Districts
Peter Schmuck, Marianne Karpenstein-Machan, and Andre ´ Wu ¨ste
Assessment of Different Bioenergy Concepts in Terms of Sustainable Development
Swantje Eigner-Thiel, Meike Schmehl, Jens Ibendorf, and Jutta GeldermannCombustion of Biomass for Heat and PowerEmissions of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants During the Combustion of Wood, Straw and Biogas
Torben Seidel, Ju ¨rgen Orasche, Hans Ruppert, Ju¨rgen Schnelle-Kreis, and Hans HartmannBioenergy from Polluted SoilsBioenergy Production as an Option for Polluted
Soils – A Non-phytoremediation Approach
Benedikt Sauer and Hans Ruppert