可再生能源系列学术报告

Academic Presentation

生物质能源：政策、技术、经济及环境问题

Biomass Energy: Political, Technical, Economic and Environmental Aspects

An energy scenario to the middle of the 21st Century will be presented. Is the world short of energy? Absolutely not! So what is the energy problem? It is that petroleum and natural gas and even coal supplies are finite and will one day be exhausted; plus the generation of Greenhouse gases, an undesirable consequence when burning fossil fuels that leads to Global Warming.

The world’s energy supplies can be supplemented with renewable forms such as solar energy in all its forms---biomass, solar heating, solar PV, wind, etc. The political, technical, economic and environmental aspects of biomass fuels will be discussed. While biomass fuels offer great potential, a number of concerns will be discussed. These include higher food-grain prices caused by the increased grain demand for biofuels, increased land requirements that may have an adverse effect on food production, increased water requirements for irrigation, etc.

Biomass resources are abundant and renewable and offer tremendous potential to supplement fossil fuels. But the success of biofuels is NOT guaranteed. Other forms of renewable energy such as solar heating, solar PV and wind energy should be pursued also.

演讲人： B. A, Stout博士，德克萨斯农工大学教授、国际农业工程学会（CIGR）荣誉主席 (Professor of Texas A&M University, Honorary President of CIGR)

Address：中心会议室（Central Meeting Room，First Floor of Library Building）

Time：2007年11月15日（周四）上午10：00 ( 10：00am， Nov，15， 2007（Thru.）)

Organizer：化学工程学院环境工程系(Department of Environmental Science and Engineering)、人才引进办公室(Talents Recruitment Office)

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