ABSTRACT
Growing concerns about energy security and global warming have increased the search for low-carbon energy alternatives to fossil fuels that meet the needs for electricity, heating, and fuel. In many parts of the world, bioenergy has evolved as a readily available domestic energy source that can build on existing infrastructures. Although the bioenergy potential is large, harvesting biomass is demanding due to the comparatively low efficiency of photosynthesis, requiring large areas of land to collect and distribute bioenergy. Dedicated crops can contribute to a variety of energy uses, including electricity production through biomass incineration and refinement into biogas and bio fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel.
