{"id":6586,"date":"2021-12-25T14:38:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T14:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expadd.org\/from-biomass-to-bioeconomy-an-energy-strategy-for-africa\/"},"modified":"2021-12-26T18:08:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T18:08:31","slug":"from-biomass-to-bioeconomy-an-energy-strategy-for-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expadd.org\/en\/from-biomass-to-bioeconomy-an-energy-strategy-for-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"From biomass to bioeconomy, an energy strategy for Africa?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auteur\"><a class=\"lien-auteur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cairn.info\/publications-de-Roland-Louvel--47822.htm\">Source: Roland Louvel<\/a><\/span> , <span class=\"auteur\"><a class=\"lien-auteur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cairn.info\/publications-de-Christian-de%20Gromard--47823.htm\">Christian de Gromard, in<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"in-revue\"><span class=\"titre-revue titre-revue-normalize\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cairn.info\/revue-afrique-contemporaine.htm\">Contemporary Africa<\/a><\/span> <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cairn.info\/revue-afrique-contemporaine-2017-1.htm\">2017 \/ 1-2 (N \u00b0 261-262)<\/a><\/b> , pages 223 to 240<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"lettrine\">Bioenergy<\/span> is the oldest form of energy man has developed and biomass is the main source for the majority of the population in developing countries. Almost half of humanity relies on it daily to cook their food and, for more than two in three Africans, biomass is essential energy. When we talk about energy, we generally consider its artificial modes of conversion (electric turbine, photovoltaic panel, automobile engine, gas stove) without taking into account that, on the planet, the most widespread conversion is that of photosynthesis. . Biomass is the primary energy converter and generates around one hundred gigatons of oil equivalent (Gtep) each year, or ten times the annual production of all fossil fuels. Biomass is particularly present in Africa, which has favorable conditions for its development: sunshine, temperature, available spaces and abundant water resources.<\/p>\n<p>Read the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cairn.info\/revue-afrique-contemporaine-2017-1-page-223.htm\">From biomass to bioeconomy, an energy strategy for Africa? | Cairn.info<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Source: Roland Louvel , Christian de Gromard, in Contemporary Africa 2017 \/ 1-2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sustainable-bioenergy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>From biomass to bioeconomy, an energy strategy for Africa? 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