Bioenergy And Economic Development Planning For Biomass Energy Programs In The Third World

Bioenergy, a promising alternative for developing countries, is already a key resource (in the form of fuelwood, for example) in millions of households around the world. Third World planners are exploring new technologies and uses, including the production of biogas from wastes for household cooking, the burning of wood chips under boilers to produ

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Potential Bioenergy Demand -- Land Use -- Bioenergy Crops -- Environmental Impacts of Bioenergy Crops -- Bioenergy Conversion Technologies -- Environmental Impacts and Controls For Conversion Technologies -- The Outlook for Costs and Financing and the Implications of Scale -- Infrastructure, Marketing, and Distribution -- Large-Scale Commercial and Nationalized Enterprises -- Community-Managed Operations -- Miscellaneous Organizational Strategies: Governments, Donors, Associations, Smallholders, Institutions -- Bioenergy and National Planning -- Bioenergy on a National Scale -- Planning Procedures and Suggestions