Evolution, Risks, and Uncertainties Herausgegeben:Monteiro Salles-Filho, Sergio Luiz; Barbosa Cortez, Luis Augusto; Ferreira Jardim da Silveira, José Maria; Trindade, Sergio; Derengowski Fonseca, Maria da Graça
Evolution, Risks, and Uncertainties Herausgegeben:Monteiro Salles-Filho, Sergio Luiz; Barbosa Cortez, Luis Augusto; Ferreira Jardim da Silveira, José Maria; Trindade, Sergio; Derengowski Fonseca, Maria da Graça
Global Bioethanol: Evolution, Risks, and Uncertainties explores the conceptual and methodological approaches for the understanding of bioethanol technologies, policies and future perspectives. After a decade of huge investments made by big companies and governments all around the world, it is time to talk about the real conditions in which bioethanol will (or will not) evolve. Uncertainties and certainties are discussed and addressed to understand the futures of global bioethanol. The book analyses the evolution of bioethanol in the world's energy mix under technological, economic and…mehr
Global Bioethanol: Evolution, Risks, and Uncertainties explores the conceptual and methodological approaches for the understanding of bioethanol technologies, policies and future perspectives. After a decade of huge investments made by big companies and governments all around the world, it is time to talk about the real conditions in which bioethanol will (or will not) evolve. Uncertainties and certainties are discussed and addressed to understand the futures of global bioethanol. The book analyses the evolution of bioethanol in the world's energy mix under technological, economic and commercial perspectives. It gives particular emphasis on the innovative trajectories of second-generation ethanol and their potential in different countries and regions. Future scenarios are proposed in order to evaluate the possible outcomes of ethanol in a global perspective.
For providing a thorough overview of the bioethanol sector from different points of view, this book is a very useful resource for all involved with biofuels in general and bioethanol in particular, including energy engineers, researchers, consultants, analysts and policy makers.
Sergio Luiz Monteiro Salles-Filho is currently head of the Bioethanol Innovation Management Lab (NAGISE) at the University of Campinas, Brazil, where he is full professor at the department of Science and Technology Policy, and where he also founded in 1995 the Laboratory of Studies on the Organisation of Research and Innovation, leading a 20-people research group. As a researcher, Prof. Salles-Filho has dedicated his academic life to the study of STI policy and management, with particular emphasis on policy design, R&D planning and management, multidimensional impact evaluation and foresight studies towards national development and economic and social growth.
Luis Augusto Barbosa Cortez full professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering of University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil. He started his academic career as a B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering at the same university, moving on to a M. Sc. at Université Laval, Québec, Canada, and a PhD at Texas Tech University, USA. At Unicamp, he has coordinated the Interdisciplinary Center of Energy Planning and research projects in bioenergy, such as a study on sugarcane ethanol expansion in Brazil, the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Ethanol Industry: Surpassing Uncertainties and Looking Forward
2. Ethanol Use in the United States: Status, Threats and the Potential Future
3. Political Orientations, State Regulation and Biofuels in the Context of the Food-Energy-Climate Change Trilemma
4. Innovation Systems of Ethanol in Brazil and the United States: Making a New Fuel Competitive
5. Innovation in the Brazilian Bioethanol Sector: Questioning Leadership
6. Policies Towards Bioethanol and Their Implications: Case Brazil
7. Ethanol Production Technologies in the US:Status and Future Developments
8. Technological Foresight of the Bioethanol Case
9. China's Fuel Ethanol Market
10. Fuel Ethanol in Africa: A Panoramic View With an Accent on Bénin and Kenya
11. Future of Global Bioethanol: An Appraisal of Results,Risk and Uncertainties
Conclusions: Futures of Bioethanol-Main Findings and Prospects