1. Overview of energy from biomass for nonexperts / Wim van Swaaij and Sascha Kersten -- 2. Bioenergy : global potentials and markets / Wolfgang Palz -- 3. The future role of bioenergy in the global energy system / Heinz Kopetz -- 4. EU biomass R&D : the beginnings (laying the ground for biomass becoming mainstream in sustainable energy supply in Europe) / Wolfgang Palz and Henri Zibetta -- 5. Large European Bioenergy Network (LEBEN) : a strategy for commercial exploitation of biomass at the regional level / Giuliano Grassi -- 6. Energy from biomass : cooking without fossil fuels (a journey into the world of cooking in developing countries) / Paul van der Sluis -- 7. Biomass cofiring / Sjaak van Lao and Jaap Koppejan -- 8. Biomass in combined heat and power production / Sara Kรคrki -- 9. Solvent-based biorefinery of lignocellulosic biomass / Paulus Johannes de Wild and Wouter Johannes Joseph Huijgen -- 10. Synfuels via biomass gasification / Nicolaus Dahmen and Jรถrg Sauer -- 11. Energy from biomass via gasification in Gรผssing / Hermann Hofbauer -- 12. Biomass gasification systems for small-scale power generation : design rules and considerations for systems including the down-draft gasifier / Frank G. van den Aarsen -- 13. Torrefaction : upgrading biomass into high-quality solid bioenergy carriers / Robert W. Nachenius, J.H.A. (Jaap) Kiel, and Wolter Prins -- 14. Current issues in charcoal production and use / Hubert E. Stassen -- 15. Pyrolysis of biomass / Anthony Victor Bridgwater -- 16. Coprocessing of (upgraded) pyrolysis liquids in conventional oil refineries / R.H. Venderbosch and H.J. Heeres -- 17. Options for adaptation of the biogas sector to serve evolving electricity grids / David Baxter -- 18. The ethanol program in Brazil / Josรฉ Roberto Moreira -- 19. Biomass conversion to advanced biofuels : a short review on second generation processes to produce ethanol / Dario Giordano, Alina Carmen Tito, Valentina Tito, Piero Ottonello, and Stefania Pescarolo -- 20. Biomass to liquid fuels via HTUยฎ / Franz Goudriaan and Jaap E. Naber -- 21. Catalytic hydrothermal gasification / Douglas C. Elliott -- 22. Biomass to fuels or rather to chemicals? / Jacob A. Moulijn, Jianrong Li, and Michiel Makkee

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