Ying Guo, Jie Xu, and Zhenhong Yuan 1 Introduction 1.1 The status of biomass energy. 1.1.1 Global biomass energy consumption 1.1.2 China's biomass energy consumption 1.2 Biomass energy utilization technologies 1.3 Introduction to biomass development and utilization outside China 1.3.1 USA 1.3.2 Brazil 1.3.3 Europe 1.4 Biomass energy development and utilization in China 1.4.1 Biogas 1.4.2 Liquid fuel 1.4.3 Biomass molding fuel 1.4.4 The biomass power plant 1.5 The status of biomass energy in China's sustainable energy strategy 1.6 Developmental direction and countermeasures of China's biomass energy Yishui Tian, Changzhu Li, Wen Wang, Changhua Shang, Liangbo Zhang, Zhongming Wang, and Peiwang Li 2 Biomass energy resources and energy plants 2.1 Material basis of biomass energy 2.1.1 Photosynthesis 2.1.2 Biomass feedstock 2.1.3 Characteristics of biomass resources. 2.1.4 Chemical composition of biomass 2.1.5 Calorific value of biomass fuel 2.2 Existing biomass resources in China 2.2.1 Crop straws 2.2.1.1 Properties 2.2.1.2 Resources and their regional distribution 2.2.1.3 Main uses, amounts and proportions, 2.2.2 Livestock and poultry manure 2.2.3 Forestry residue 2.2.4 Starch resources 2.2.5 Carbohydrate resources 2.2.5.1 Sugarcane. 2.2.5.2 Beet 2.2.5.3 Molasses 2.2.6 Waste edible oils 2.2.7 Urban domestic garbage 2.2.8 Industrial organic wastewater 2.3 Energy plants 2.3.1 Concept of energy plants 2.3.2 Technology improvement for energy plants 2.3.2.1 Crossbreeding 2.3.2.2 Mutation breeding 2.3.2.3 Physical mutagenesis 2.3.2.4 Chemical mutagenesis 2.3.2.5 Plant celt engineering 2.3.2.6 Genetic engineering 2.3.3 Agricultural crops 2.3.3.1 Sweet sorghum 2.3.3.2 Sugarcane energy 2.3.3.3 Castor oil plant 2.3.3.4 Soybean with high oleic acid 2.3.3.5 High erucic acid rapeseed oil 2.3.3.6 Cassava 2.3.3.7 Sweet potato 2.3.3.8 Jerusalem artichoke 2.3.4 Woody oil plants 2.3.4.1 Jatropha curcasI 2.3.4.2 Swida wilsoniana 2.3.4.3 Pistacia chinensis Bunge 2.3.4.4 Xanthoceras sorbifoiia Bunge 2.3.4.5 Sapindus 2.3.4.6 Tung oil tree 2.3.4.7 Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb. 2.3.4.8 Elaeis guineensis Jacq. 2.3.4.9 Symplocos paniculata (Thunb.) Mig. 2.3.4.10 Idesia poiycarpa. Maxim 2.3.5 Hydrocarbon energy plants 2.3.5.1 Eucalyptus robusta Smith. 2.3.5.2 Euphorbia tirucalli L. 2.3.5.3 Sindora g[abra 2.3.5.4 Simmondsia chinensis 2.3.5.5 Pinus massoniana ���� 3 Biomass direct combustion technotogy 4 Anaerobic processes and biogas techno|ogy 5 Biomass briquette fuel technology 6 Biomass gasification technology References Index