Recent Developments in Renewable Biomass for Sustainable Energy: Current Status and Future Prospects
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 September 2023) | Viewed by 8847
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biopolymers; biodegradable plastics; bioethanol; waste water treatment; bioremediation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, with rapid economic development and the continuous growth of the world population, energy consumption is sharply increasing. However, fossil fuel resources still dominate the energy market, accounting for 87% of global energy consumption. In response to the climate crisis and environmental pollution, many countries have revised their energy schemes, in which process renewable energy plays an important role. In this context, energy production from renewable biomass is one of the most attentive topics and currently seems to be a potential alternative to replace fossil fuels and reduce hazardous gas emissions. Among the different forms of renewable energy, biomass has been considered a crucial resource that can provide a variety of energy needs, including generating electricity, fuelling vehicles, and providing heat. According to some estimations, biomass is considered the fourth largest energy source in the world after coal, petroleum, and natural gas, accounting for 14% of the world’s primary energy consumption. The main advantage of biomass, as the only renewable carbon source, over all other renewable resources, is the possibility to be converted into solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels through different conversion routes. Although the process of conversion of renewable biomass to energy production has many advantages, the process still fails at a commercial scale due to several challenges.
This Special Issue aims to publish recent advances in the basic research and technological development of renewable energy through the high-value utilization of different biomass feedstock, mainly focusing on biowaste. Additionally, it aims to provide a comprehensive and cutting-edge multi-disciplinary analysis of the issues related to selecting a suitable conversion method for different biomass feedstock and the associated problem of biomass conversion.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Ponraj Mohanadoss
Dr. Ashokkumar Veeramuthu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomass conversion
- bioprocessing
- novel feed stock investigation
- bio-energy
- sustainable technology
- low-cost production estimation
- future technology advancement
- energy sustainability
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