Agriculture As A Producer And Consumer Of Energy

by Joe L. Outlaw; Keith J. Collins; James A. Duffield

• ISBN13: 9780851990187
• ISBN10: 0851990185
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-06
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

Recent concerns about energy security in the US have drawn greater attention to agriculture's role as a producer and consumer of energy. Agriculturally-derived energy sources such as ethanol, biodiesel, biomass, and windpower presently supply between 0.3% and 0.5% of the energy consumed in the US. Organized into two parts, the first section of this book examines agriculture's role as a producer and consumer of energy, the integration of biomass energy into the US energy systems, a policy overview, and outlooks for energy production and consumption. The second section is a compendium of current research including the economic viability of ethanol and biodiesel; energy conservation and efficiency in agriculture; new methods and technologies; and environmental impacts and considerations.

Table of Contents

Energy and agriculture at the crossroads of a new future	p. 1
Agriculture as a producer of energy	p. 30
Energy consumption in US agriculture	p. 68
Energy systems integration : fitting biomass energy from agriculture into US energy systems	p. 112
US oil and gas markets : a scenario for future strong inter-fuel competition	p. 131
Dry-mill ethanol plant economics and sensitivity	p. 139
An econometric analysis of the impact of the expansion in the US production of ethanol from maize and biodiesel from soybeans on major agricultural variables, 2005-2015	p. 156
Ethanol policies, programmes and production in Canada	p. 168
Economic analysis of alternative lignocellulosic sources for ethanol production	p. 181
The supply of maize stover in the Midwestern United States	p. 195
Economic modelling of a lignocellulosic biomass biorefining industry	p. 205
Economic impacts of ethanol production from maize stover in selected midwestern states	p. 218
Livestock watering with renewable energy systems	p. 232
Trends in US poultry housing for energy conservation	p. 243
Experiences co-firing grasses in existing coal-fired power plants	p. 254
Animal waste as a source of renewable energy	p. 266
Development of genetically engineered stress tolerant ethanologenic yeasts using integrated functional genomics for effective biomass conversion to ethanol	p. 283
Case studies of rural electric cooperatives' experiences with bioenergy	p. 295
Potential for biofuel-based greenhouse gas emission mitigation : rationale and potential	p. 300
Life cycle assessment of integrated biorefinery-cropping systems : all biomass is local	p. 317
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