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Informationen zum Autor Shi Yuanchun is professor of soil science at China Agricultural University. Shi joined the Xinjiang comprehensive survey team and soil survey in Beijing during the 1950s. Shi and his group worked on the comprehensive control of drought, waterlogging, salinization and groundwater mineralization in the salt-affected soil area of the Huang-Huai -Hai Plain during the 1970s and the 1980s. They achieved great success and were awarded the Special Rank Prize on "National Science and Technology Advance," issued by National Commission of Science and Technology in 1993. Shi took the leadership of the research program titled "The Water Saving Agriculture" from 1992-1996. He is currently engaged in the strategy research of biomass energy. Klappentext Biomass, translated into English for the first time, introduced the world to China's development of bioenergy in the turn of the 21st century and proposed further development of bioenergy as well. Businessmen, scientists, and technicians alike who are interested in bioenergy will find a great deal of information within this book. Zusammenfassung Biomass, translated into English for the first time, introduced the world to China’s development of bioenergy in the turn of the 21st century and proposed further development of bioenergy as well. Businessmen, scientists, and technicians alike who are interested in bioenergy will find a great deal of information within this book. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Ten Years in the PastChapter 1: On EnergyChapter 2: Resource and Environmental CrisisChapter 3: 21st Century-the Era of Multi-energyChapter 4: Biomass and Biomass IndustryChapter 5: Brazil MiracleChapter 6: Grand Blueprint of the United StatesChapter 7: Second- and third-tier countries in bio-based industryChapter 8: A Dazzling Array of Biofuel Product (Part I)Chapter 9: A Dazzling Array of Biofuel Product (Part II) Chapter 10: Q&A about Environmental and Ecological EffectsChapter 11: Q&A about Impact of Bio-Fuel Development on Food SecurityChapter 12: Dilemma and Transition of China's EnergyChapter 13: Energy Agriculture: A Dose of Good Medicine for Ailments Troubling China's Agriculture, Rural Areas, and FarmersChapter 14: Biomass Energy: A threshold China can not afford to bypassedChapter 15: Biomass resources in China (Part I)Chapter 16: Biomass Resources in China (Part II)Chapter 17: "Straw Mine": Ten Folds of Shendong Coalfield in OutputChapter 18: Making Waste Profitable-China's Green Energy IndustryChapter 19: Four Major Sandy Lands and "Go to Xikou" achieve a Win-Win Outcome on Desertification Control and Power GenerationChapter 20: The Grand Scenery Revealed at the Perilous PeakChapter 21: Industrial Biogas: From Waste to Miracle- Biogas' Today and TomorrowChapter 22: On Ten Major Relationships Governing Biomass Development in ChinaChapter 23: Ultimate Beauty of Green Civilization...