16Deployment of Biogas Production Technologies in Emerging Countries

Guangyin Zhen1, Xueqin Lu1,2, Xiaohui Wang1, Shaojuan Zheng1, Jianhui Wang1, Zhongxiang Zhi1, Lianghu Su3, Kaiqin Xu4, Takuro Kobayashi4, Gopalakrishnan Kumar5, and Youcai Zhao6

1Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco‐Restoration, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, PR China

2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980‐8579, Japan

3Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, 210042, Nanjing, PR China

4Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305‐8506, Japan

5Department of Environmental Engineering, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea

6The State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China

16.1 Introduction

According to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), global energy needs will increase by 57% during the 2004–2030 period (EIA 2014). Energy consumption and energy depletion in emerging countries has motivated the scientists ...

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