Forest Biomass Modelling and Conversion Pathways for Sustainable Bioenergy
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2026 | Viewed by 103
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Interests: forest management and planning; applications in geographic information systems; forest modelling; forest biomass sustainability
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Interests: dendrometry; forest inventory; forest management; forest modelling
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Interests: bioenergy; energy policy; energy conversion technologies; computational fluid dynamics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forest biomass is a key variable for characterising stands and evaluating their contribution to renewable energy systems. Accurate biomass modelling is essential for quantifying resource availability, optimising supply chains, and supporting sustainable forest management. However, estimating biomass is challenging, as it depends on factors such as species, stand structure, site, available data, and the statistical methods/techniques used. Moreover, biomass export can have positive and negative impacts on forests, e.g., effects on diversity, soil, water, habitats, flora, and fauna.
Integrating biomass modelling with bioenergy system design and assessment is essential to ensure the efficient, economic, and sustainable use of biomass as feedstock for biofuels, bioheat, and biopower. Additionally, the development and deployment of conventional and emerging technologies and their impacts have to be considered, since advances in bioenergy technologies have expanded the possibilities for converting biomass into bioenergy.
This Special Issue focuses on forest biomass modelling and its conversion into bioenergy, highlighting the role of data science (machine learning, data integration, and advanced analytics) in improving model accuracy and scalability. This Special Issue also explores the development of technologies and management practices that ensure the sustainability in biomass-to-energy pathways, taking into account both ecological integrity and energy efficiency.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Biomass models;
- Data sets;
- Biomass modelling methods and techniques;
- Model performance and uncertainty;
- Development of management alternatives;
- Data sets and modelling approaches for biomass-to-energy conversion;
- Technological pathways in bioenergy systems;
- Bioenergy system and supply chain optimisation;
- Impacts of biomass export on forest systems.
We welcome original research articles, reviews, and case studies that address methodological, technological, and ecological aspects of forest biomass modelling and its sustainable conversion to bioenergy
Dr. Ana Cristina Gonçalves
Prof. Dr. Teresa Fidalgo Fonseca
Dr. Isabel Malico
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomass
- data sets
- forestry
- modelling
- data science
- geographical information systems
- remote sensing
- bioenergy
- conversion technologies
- sustainability
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