Highlights•Increasing per capita energy consumption and wastegeneration are dire
challenges.•Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7 and 11 seek to address both …

Winemaking constitutes an important industry in many countries with relevant economic and
environmental impacts. As a result of the winemaking process, a number of lignocellulosic …

Bioethanol production from non-crop based lignocellulosic material has reached the
commercial scale and is advocated as a possible solution to decarbonize the transport …

Garden waste biomass is a potentially underutilized renewable biofuel feedstock, which is
increasing dramatically with rapid urbanization worldwide. China has experienced fast …

Green and sustainable development have become one of the core requirements of the wine
industry. Due to the needs of cultivation and management, a large number of winter vine …

The world's most developed countries and the European Union (EU) deem that the
renewable energy sources should partly substitute fossil fuels and become a bridge to …

The growing demand for wood-based panels for buildings and furniture and the increasing
worldwide concern for reducing the pressure on forest resources require alternatives to …

Agricultural waste, which is produced in large quantities annually, can be a threat to the
environment. Biochar (BC) production represents a potential solution for reducing the …

Vineyards cover about eight millions of hectares worldwide and their annual pruning
generates a large amount of ligno-cellulosic biomass, potentially available for industrial and …

This work aims at estimating the biomass from agricultural residues of Calabria region
(Southern Italy) for possible energy conversion in combined heat and power (CHP) systems …