The role of biomass to address global energy and environmental challenges

Manuel Raúl Peláez Samaniego; Aidan García; Lina Martínez Valencia; Paulina Echeverría Paredes; Farid Chejne Janna; Manuel García Pérez

doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-95551-5.00001-0

The role of biomass to address global energy and environmental challenges

Manuel Raúl Peláez Samaniego (First Author)
, Aidan García
, Lina Martínez Valencia
, Paulina Echeverría Paredes
, Farid Chejne Janna
, Manuel García Pérez (Last Author)

Departamento de Química Aplicada y Sistemas de Producción

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Abstract

Energy is a crucial resource for social and economic development. For over a century, fossil resources of carbon (C) (coal and petroleum) have been indispensable for producing energy, fuels, and materials. However, the increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration, responsible for global warming, is largely associated with fossil fuel use. One of the most promising alternatives for CO2 reduction is substituting fossil C resources with C renewable resources. Biomass is our only renewable C resource to produce fuels, heat, chemicals, and materials. A thorough analysis of the whole biomass supply chain is needed to develop strategies that employ biomass to fight global warming. Such analysis can only be conducted with multidisciplinary, multidimensional teams with technical, social, environmental, and economic knowledge. This chapter offers a global picture of energy use, its connection with development, and its relationship with the C cycle.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Thermochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Materials
Subtitle of host publication	Theory, Design, and Applications for the Future
Editors	Manuel García Pérez, Farid Chejne Janna
Publisher	Elsevier
Chapter	1
Pages	1-31
Number of pages	31
Edition	Primera
ISBN (Print)	978-0-323-95551-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95551-5.00001-0
State	Published - 1 Jan 2025

UN SDGs

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Biomass unique role addressing global warming
Energy intensity
Future global energy demand
National energy balances
Population growth
Social progress index
Socioeconomic development

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Peláez Samaniego, M. R., García, A., Martínez Valencia, L., Echeverría Paredes, P., Chejne Janna, F., & García Pérez, M. (2025). The role of biomass to address global energy and environmental challenges. In M. García Pérez, & F. Chejne Janna (Eds.), Thermochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Materials: Theory, Design, and Applications for the Future (Primera ed., pp. 1-31). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95551-5.00001-0

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