Bio-energy Systems at the Community Level in the South Pacific: Impacts & Monitoring

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dc.contributor.authorWoods, J.
dc.contributor.authorSarah Hemstock
dc.contributor.authorWilliam Burnyeat
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-11T05:25:00Z
dc.date.available2014-04-11T05:25:00Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractRead, Sims and Adams (2001) detailed a case study for bio-energy implementation in a notional small Pacific Island and elaborated a theoretical model for assessing and simulating the socio-economic impacts of a particular bio-energy system designed to produce an exportable liquid fuel along with rural electricity supplies. An important conclusion was that there is no silver-bullet ‘one size fits all’ bio-energy system suited to all situations. Moreover, a system appropriate at one place and time may become obsolete with exogenous technological advance and/or as a community advances down its own development pathway. In order to understand how these issues interact in practice, a selected set of implementation projects is reviewed highlighting scale, capacity, community, technology, governmental policy and the concept of critical mass, as factors that are central to the successful development of the bioenergy sector. Through this evaluation, it is shown that: 1. A significant biomass supply resource base often exists locally in the form of agricultural and forestry residues on which modern bioenergy programmes could be initiated. The use of biomass energy flow charts are an important tool for evaluating the potential of local and national resources. 2. Without an integrated multi-disciplinary, multi-sector and whole-systems approach to the implementation of bioenergy schemes, long term success is likely to remain elusive. 3. There is a requirement at the national level for a coordinated approach with strong policy signals that overcome perverse and practical obstacles.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change (2006) 11: 469–500en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/348
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectbio-energyen_US
dc.subjectbiofuel
dc.subjectbiogas
dc.subjectbiomass resources
dc.subjectcoconut oil
dc.subjectelectricity generation
dc.subjectgasification
dc.subjectflow chart
dc.titleBio-energy Systems at the Community Level in the South Pacific: Impacts & Monitoringen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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