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Bioenergy Crops: Challenges and Opportunities
(Springer Nature, 2023) Jancy Garg; Prabhakar Prasad Barnwal; Jarupula Suman; Amitava Rakshit
Alternative sources of energy are the need of the hour since we are dependent upon traditional resources like fossil fuel for fulfilling our energy demands, but how long? The time has come when traditional sources of energy are depleting day by day and we are getting out of stock in terms of our energy. Using plants for the production of energy can be a good and efficient alternative that will be ecologically sustainable as well as financially stable for the ever-increasing population. This chapter focuses on such types of bioenergy crops, which can be the heroes of the coming generation in terms of energy production. Energy generated using bioenergy crops will be cleaner and cheaper, produce fewer greenhouses gases, and also help in carbon sequestration. Based on the roles played, the bioenergy crops can be divided into first generation, second generation, third generation, dedicated plants, and halophytes. Along with the multifaceted benefits like climate change, carbon sequestration, reduction in nitrous oxide emission and nitrate leaching, and restoration of ecological balance, there can be some challenges also in growing bioenergy crops. The challenges that we might be facing in growing bioenergy crops can be the competition for land and water with our main food crops, instability of the market for bioenergy crops, less economic incentives to produce and transport the bioenergy crops, and also the socioeconomic impacts. Despite the challenges associated, growing bioenergy crops can be beneficial in fulfilling the energy requirement of future generations. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023.