Biomass and Waste Valorization for Biofuel and Bioproducts Production
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A4: Bio-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 October 2025 | Viewed by 51
Special Issue Editor
Interests: anaerobic digestion; waste management; food waste; bioproducts; biofuels; biomasses and waste valorization; green energy; sustainability
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The valorization of biomass and residues is crucial for sustainability and circular economies but should not be considered an alternative to waste prevention. The biofuels and bioproducts obtained from renewable resources may be key to reducing greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions, serving as a pathway to transitioning towards a green energy economy and climate neutrality.
This Special Issue focuses on the state of the art of biomass and waste valorization from solid, liquid, and gaseous streams, including the following: food waste (residential, commercial, and institutional), organic-rich fractions of municipal solid waste, waste from industrial operations, biosolids, sludges (from industrial and municipal wastewater treatment processes), slurries, effluents, algae, lignocellulosic biomass, etc., from food manufacturing, biodiesel production, the paper industry, pharmaceuticals, and forest products. It aims to examine the challenges and opportunities in waste-to-energy processes and the transformation of waste into value-added products with a high market value. Additionally, this Special Issue covers various topics, such as biomass waste-to-energy valorization technologies, pretreatment method analyses, lifecycle assessments, and emerging sources of waste streams.
This Special Issue welcomes papers that assess the legal, environmental, economic, and social gains/limitations and technical challenges related to the production of biofuels and bioproducts (bio-oils, biochar, biogas, biomethane, bioethanol, biodiesel, etc.) using organic waste and biomass via various processes (fermentation, gasification, pyrolysis, chemical, thermochemical, etc.).
Dr. Przemysław Seruga
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- waste-to-energy strategies
- conversion technologies
- pretreatment technologies
- biotransformation of biofuels
- energy recovery
- waste management
- sustainability
- biogas
- biomethane
- biohydrogen
- bioethanol
- biodiesel
- bio-oil
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