Sustainable Energy Solutions in Agriculture

481 Pages·2014·22.1 MB·English

by  Jochen Bundschuh

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developing and transition countries by fostering clean and domestically available energy and,
concurrently, decreasing dependence on fossil fuel imports and reducing greenhouse gas
emissions. Possible applications will be addressed not only from a technical point of view, but
also from economic, fi nancial, social, political, legislative and regulatory viewpoints. The book
series aims to become a state-of-the-art source for a large group of readers comprising different
stakeholders and professionals, including government and non-governmental organizations and
institutions, international funding agencies, universities, public health and energy institutions,
and other relevant institutions.
SERIES EDITOR: Jochen Bundschuh
Editors: Jochen Bundschuh & Guangnan Chen
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SUSTAINABLEENERGYSOLUTIONSINAGRICULTURE
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Sustainable Energy Developments
Series Editor
Jochen Bundschuh
UniversityofSouthernQueensland(USQ),Toowoomba,Australia
RoyalInstituteofTechnology(KTH),Stockholm,Sweden
ISSN:2164-0645
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Sustainable Energy Solutions
in Agriculture
Editors
JochenBundschuh
UniversityofSouthernQueensland,FacultyofHealth,EngineeringandSciences&
NationalCentreforEngineeringinAgriculture,Toowoomba,Queensland,Australia&
RoyalInstituteofTechnology,Stockholm,Sweden
GuangnanChen
UniversityofSouthernQueensland,FacultyofHealth,EngineeringandSciences&
NationalCentreforEngineeringinAgriculture,Toowoomba,Queensland,Australia
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Sustainableenergysolutionsinagriculture/editors,JochenBundschuh,Universityof
SouthernQueensland,FacultyofHealth,EngineeringandSciences&NationalCentrefor
EngineeringinAgriculture,Toowoomba,Queensland,Australia;GuangnanChen,
UniversityofSouthernQueensland,FacultyofHealth,EngineeringandSciences&
NationalCentreforEngineeringinAgriculture,Toowoomba,Queensland,Australia.
pagescm.—(Sustainableenergydevelopments,ISSN2164-0645;volume8)
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN978-1-138-00118-3(hardback:alk.paper) 1. Agriculture—Energyconsumption.
2. Agriculture—Energyconservation. I. Bundschuh,Jochen. II. Chen,Guangnan,1962–
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About the book series
Renewableenergysourcesandsustainablepolicies,includingthepromotionofenergyefficiency
andenergyconservation, offersubstantiallong-termbenefitstoindustrialized, developingand
transitionalcountries.Theyprovideaccesstocleananddomesticallyavailableenergyandleadto
adecreaseddependenceonfossilfuelimports,andareductioningreenhousegasemissions.
Replacingfossilfuelswithrenewableresourcesaffordsasolutiontotheincreasedscarcityand
priceoffossilfuels.Additionallyithelpstoreduceanthropogenicemissionofgreenhousegases
andtheirimpactsonclimatechange.Intheenergysector,fossilfuelscanbereplacedbyrenewable
energysources.Inthechemistrysector,petroleumchemistrycanbereplacedbysustainableor
greenchemistry.Inagriculture,sustainablemethodscanbeusedthatenablesoilstoactascarbon
dioxidesinks.Intheconstructionsector,sustainablebuildingpracticeandgreenconstructioncan
beused,replacingforexamplesteel-enforcedconcretebytextile-reinforcedconcrete.Research
anddevelopmentandcapitalinvestmentsinallthesesectorswillnotonlycontributetoclimate
protectionbutwillalsostimulateeconomicgrowthandcreatemillionsofnewjobs.
This book series will serve as a multi-disciplinary resource. It links the use of renewable
energyandrenewablerawmaterials,suchassustainablygrownplants,withtheneedsofhuman
society. The series addresses the rapidly growing worldwide interest in sustainable solutions.
These solutions foster development and economic growth while providing a secure supply of
energy.Theymakeoursocietylessdependentonpetroleumbysubstitutingalternativecompounds
for fossil-fuel-based goods. All these contribute to minimize our impacts on climate change.
The series covers all fields of renewable energy sources and materials. It addresses possible
applicationsnotonlyfromatechnicalpointofview,butalsofromeconomic,financial,socialand
politicalviewpoints.Legislativeandregulatoryaspects,keyissuesforimplementingsustainable
measures,areofparticularinterest.
Thisbookseriesaimstobecomeastate-of-the-artresourceforabroadgroupofreadersinclud-
ingadiversityofstakeholdersandprofessionals.Readerswillincludemembersofgovernmental
andnon-governmentalorganizations,internationalfundingagencies,universities,publicenergy
institutions,therenewableindustrysector,thegreenchemistrysector,organicfarmersandfarm-
ingindustry,publichealthandotherrelevantinstitutions,andthebroaderpublic.Itisdesigned
toincreaseawarenessandunderstandingofrenewableenergysourcesandtheuseofsustainable
materials.Italsoaimstoacceleratetheirdevelopmentanddeploymentworldwide,bringingtheir
use into the mainstream over the next few decades while systematically replacing fossil and
nuclearfuels.
The objective of this book series is to focus on practical solutions in the implementation of
sustainableenergyandclimateprotectionprojects.Notmovingforwardwiththeseeffortscould
haveserioussocialandeconomicimpacts.Thisbookserieswillhelptoconsolidateinternational
findings on sustainable solutions. It includes books authored and edited by world-renowned
scientists and engineers and by leading authorities in economics and politics. It will provide a
valuablereferenceworktohelpsurmountourexistingglobalchallenges.
JochenBundschuh
(SeriesEditor)
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Editorial board
MorganBazilian DeputyDirector,InstituteforStrategicEnergyAnalysis(JISEA),
NationalRenewableEnergyLab(NREL),Golden,CO,USA,
[email protected]
RobertK.Dixon Leader,ClimateandChemicals,TheGlobalEnvironmentFacility,
TheWorldBankGroup,Washington,DC,USA,[email protected]
MariadaGraçaCarvalho MemberoftheEuropeanParliament,Brussels&Professor
atInstitutoSuperiorTécnico,TechnicalUniversityofLisbon,
Portugal,[email protected],
[email protected]
RainerHinrichs-Rahlwes President of the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC),
PresidentoftheEuropeanRenewableEnergiesFederation(EREF),
Brussels,Belgium;BoardMemberoftheGermanRenewableEnergy
Federation(BEE),Berlin,Germany,[email protected]
EricMartinot SeniorResearchDirector,InstituteforSustainableEnergyPolicies
(ISEP),Nakano,Tokyo&TsinghuaUniversity,Tsinghua-BPClean
EnergyResearchandEducationCenter,Beijing,China,
[email protected],[email protected]
VeenaJoshi SeniorAdvisor-Energy,SectionClimateChangeandDevelopment,
EmbassyofSwitzerland,NewDelhi,India,[email protected]
ChristineMilne LeaderoftheAustralianGreensParty,SenatorforTasmania,
ParliamentHouse,Canberra,ACT&Hobart,TAS,Australia
ADVISORYEDITORIALBOARD
ALGERIA
HaceneMahmoudi(renewableenergyfordesalinationandwatertreatment),Facultyof
Sciences,HassibaBenBoualiUniversity,Chlef
ARGENTINA
MartaIreneLitter(advancedoxidationtechnologies,heterogeneousphotocatalysis),
GerenciaQuímica,ComisiónNacionaldeEnergíaAtómica,SanMartín,Prov.deBuenos
Aires,Argentina&ConsejoNacionaldeInvestigacionesCientíficasyTécnicas,Buenos
Aires,Argentina&InstitutodeInvestigacióneIngenieríaAmbiental,UniversidaddeGeneral
SanMartín,Prov.deBuenosAires
AUSTRALIA
ThomasBanhazi(biologicalagriculture;sustainablefarming,agriculturesustainableenergy
solutions),NationalCentreofEngineeringinAgriculture,UniversityofSouthern
Queensland,Toowoomba,QLD
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