Biofuels from biomass: a sustainable alternative to energy and environment.

Abstract

(Accepted 1 1 September 2012)ABSTRACT – The aim of this paper is to extend scientific overview about the potential and perspectives of biomass conversionto biofuels as a sustainable alternative option for energy and environment. The feasibility as well as suitability of the variouscategories of biofuels, potential conversion routes have been discussed with their possible and existing scope in Indian context.Biofuel production from the inexpensive and abundantly available cellulosic biomass, non-edible oilseed plant species and algalbiomass, pr ocesses seemed to be most attractive as an alternative to a por tion of the fossil fuels used today .