Environment and Development: Bioenergy for Future

• Main Author: Abdeen Mustafa Omer
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: PURKH 2019-04-01
• Series: To Chemistry Journal
• Subjects: Biomass resources; Wastes; Energy; Environment; Sustainable development
• Online Access: https://www.purkh.com/index.php/tochem/article/view/276

People are relying upon oil for primary energy and this will continue for a few more decades. Other conventional sources may be more enduring, but are not without serious disadvantages. The renewable energy resources are particularly suited for the provision of rural power supplies and a major advantage is that equipment such as flat plate solar driers, biomass technologies, wind machines, etc., can be constructed using local resources. Without the advantage results from the feasibility of local maintenance and the general encouragement such local manufacture gives to the buildup of small-scale rural based industry. Biomass is an important material for the sustainable source of energy. It can generate solid, liquid and gaseous products under different Thermochemical conversion technologies. Two products namely, bio-oil and charcoal were produced and their characteristics were analysed. There is a need for some further development to suit local conditions, to minimise spares holdings, to maximise the interchangeability of the engine parts, and of the engine applications. Emphasis should be placed on full local manufacture. It is concluded that renewable environmentally friendly energy must be encouraged, promoted, implemented and demonstrated by a full-scale plant (device) especially for use in remote rural areas. This communication discusses a comprehensive review of biomass energy sources, environment and sustainable development. This includes all the biomass energy technologies, energy efficiency systems, energy conservation scenarios, energy savings and other mitigation measures necessary to reduce emissions globally. The current literature is reviewed regarding the ecological, social, cultural and economic impacts of biomass technology. This study gives an overview of present and future use of biomass as an industrial feedstock for production of fuels, chemicals and other materials. However, to be truly competitive in an open market situation, higher value products are required.