Recent Development of Bioenergy and Biorefinery in China

摘要: Although energy was used throughout the history of human culture, burst production and consumption coincided with beginnings Industrial Revolution. The transition from hand methods to machines, increasing exploration use fossil-derived fuels (coal, petroleum, natural gas, shale fuel) made it possible in large quantities. majority global supply still relies on traditional fossil based energy, abundant feedstock, well-understood technologies, significant advantages economy scale. However, industry is now being challenged by sustainability feedstock environmental pressures, especially for carbon emission issues. Reduce replace them renewable energies has been widely accepted scientists, businesses governors. Up date, alternative can be industrially produced via an extensive range processes sources like solar, wind, hydro, nuclear bioenergy. According data World Bioenergy Association (www. worldbioenergy.org), bioenergy largest which only below energy. China biomass resources about 0.4 billion tons per year - if totally utilized satisfy 10% total China. current utilization low efficiency: immature small scales hard market demands. For example, level, final bioheat, followed transport (mainly as corn/cellulose ethanol, biodiesel) electricity. While China, bioelectricity main form bioenergy, quantities are not efficiently utilized. Straw burning seen agriculture area at harvesting season, waste valuable bioresources but also cause severe air pollution. Currently, national projects prompted research pilot level improve quantity quality Chinese framework. Integrated process both bioheat electricity developed recent years aimed conversion efficiency Super biogas many regions where resources. Second generation bio-ethanol scale production, utilizes non-food corncobs. Moreover, biorefinery bioconversion value added products early stages development. Exploration advanced bio-fuels value-added chemical building blocks using modern techniques future trends business biorefinery. A variety bio-, chemo- may integrated convertion complex products. Sinopec, one leading companies, explored 1 st bio-jet fuel, cooking oil a processing techniques. Similar fast developing industries well institutes. It answer what As nobody last century predict diversity relative nowadays. But this will have promising future: seemingly infinite bio- our lands, huge members industries, governments institutes eager contribute their endeavors field, more discoveries unfolded near future. We walk long way fill gap between pioneering conceptions practical scale-up application field. Citation:  Xian, M. (2015). Recent Development Biorefinery Trends Renewable Energy, 1(3), 129-130. DOI: 10.17737/tre.2015.1.3.0015