The increasing prices and environmental impacts of fossil fuels have made the production of
biofuels to reach unprecedented volumes over the last 15 years. Given the increasing land …

Bioenergy deployment offers significant potential for climate change mitigation, but also
carries considerable risks. In this review, we bring together perspectives of various …

Biorefining of second-generation feedstock gains more attention to improve the living
standards and promote circular bioeconomy. The biorefinery concept made an effort to make …

The most recent IPCC assessment has shown an important role for negative emissions
technologies (NETs) in limiting global warming to 2 C cost-effectively. However, a bottom-up …

Lignocellulose is the most abundant biomass on Earth, with an estimated 181.5 billion
tonnes produced annually. Of the 8.2 billion tonnes that are currently used, about 7 billion …

Renewable energy is a widely used term that describes certain types of energy production.
In politics, business and academia, renewable energy is often framed as the key solution to …

International concern to develop sustainably challenges us to act upon the inherent links
between our economy, society and environment, and is leading to increasing …

Biomass is often seen as a key component of future energy systems as it can be used for
heat and electricity production, as a transport fuel, and a feedstock for chemicals …

Biochar is the product of heating biomass in the absence of or with limited air to above
250ºC, a process called charring or pyrolysis also used for making charcoal (Chapter 3). The …

This paper provides an overview of biomass with carbon capture and storage (Bio-CCS or
BECCS) at the systems level. It summarises the relevant information from the recent 5th …