"This book is an extensive update and sequel to the successful 2010 book Biomass to Biofuels: Strategies for Global Industries, with an expanded focus on the next generation of energy technologies. Significant progress has been made in this field in the interim, and global market conditions have changed dramatically, impacting the development and feasibility of many green technologies. Focusing on the key challenges that still impede the realization of the billion-ton renewable fuels vision, Green Energy to Sustainability integrates scientific, technological and business development perspectives to highlight the key developments that are necessary for the global replacement of fossil fuels with green energy solutions. The book reviews the latest advances in biofuel manufacturing technologies in light of business, financial, value chain and supply chain concerns, discusses the deployment of other renewable energy for transportation, for example solar energy, and proposes a view of the challenges for the next 2-5 decades. The coming of age of electric vehicles is also discussed, as well as the impact of their deployment on the biomass to biofuels value chain. The book primarily aims at providing an interface useful to business and scientific managers. Emphasis has been placed throughout the book to provide a global view, reviewing deployment and green energy technology in different countries across Africa, Asia, South America, the EU and the USA" Provided by publisher

Part 1 Structure of the Energy Business 1. Green Energy to Sustainability 2. The Energy Mix in Japan Post-Fukushima 3. Green Energy in Africa, Asia, and South America 4. The Development of Solar Energy Generation Technologies and Global Production Capabilities 5. Recent Trends, Opportunities and Challenges of Sustainable Aviation Fuel 6. The Environmental Impact of Pollution Prevention and Other Sustainable Development Strategies Implemented by the Automotive Manufacturing Industry 7. The Global Demand for Biofuels and Biotechnology-Derived Commodity Chemicals: Technologies, Markets, and Challenges Part II Chemicals and Transportation Fuels from Biomass 8. Sustainable Platform Chemicals from Biomass 9. Biofuels from Microalgae and Seaweeds: Potentials of Industrial Scale Production 10. Advanced Fermentation Technologies: Conversion of Biomass to Ethanol by Organisms Other than Yeasts, a Case for Escherichia coli 11. Clostridia and Process Engineering for Energy Generation 12. Fuel Ethanol Production from Lignocellulosic Materials Using Recombinant Yeasts 13. Enzymes for Cellulosic Biomass Hydrolysis and Saccharification 14. Assessment of Biofuels and Green Commodity Chemicals Part III Hydrogen and Methane 15. Biotechnological Production of Fuel Hydrogen and Its Market Deployment 16. Deployment of Biogas Production Technologies in Emerging Countries 17. Hydrogen Production by Algae 18. Production and Utilization of Methane Biogas as Renewable Fuel Part IV Perspectives 19. Integrated Biorefineries for the Production of Bioethanol, Biodiesel, and Other Commodity Chemicals 20. Lignocellulosic Crops as Sustainable Raw Materials for Bioenergy 21. Industrial Waste Valorization: Applications to the Case of Liquid Biofuels 22. The Environmental Impact of Pollution Prevention, Sustainable Energy Generation, and Other Sustainable Development Strategies Implemented by the Food Manufacturing Sector 23. Financing Strategies for Sustainable Bioenergy and the Commodity Chemicals Industry 24. Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Sustainability as Forces of Change 25. The Industrial World in the Twenty-First Century