Development and perspective of promising energy plants for bioethanol production in Taiwan
Journal
Renewable Energy
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
8
Start Page
1902
End Page
1907
Date Issued
2009-08
Date
2009-08
Author(s)
Sin-Yie Liu
Chien-Yih Lin
Abstract
The global energy crisis and continual soaring prices of fossil fuels force people to seek the new and recycled alternative energy sources hard. Biodiesel oil as well as bioethanol fuel, as two new and clean fuels for environmental protection, have already been approved as substitutes for fuel or fuel additive. Some common bottlenecks for production of biodiesel crops have been found. However, developing bioethanol crops in Taiwan has many benefits. Four most promising alcohol crops in Taiwan, i.e., sweet potato, maize, sugarcane, and sweet sorghum have been discussed. Sweet sorghum can be strongly recommended as a key alcohol crop in Taiwan, because of its short growing period, low water requirement, large amount of biomass and alcohol produced, and greater income obtained from sweet sorghum cultivation.
Subjects
Bioethanol crops
Sweet potato
Maize
Sugarcane
Sweet sorghum
Other Subjects
SDGs6
Publisher
Pergamon Press
Type
journal article