Bioenergy and Biochar

<p>Dear Colleagues</p><p>All types of biomass and their waste comprised one the pillars of the preindustrial</p><p>pre-fossil fuel agriculture-based economies of the past. Traditional</p><p>practices of biomass waste management were applied but not necessarily in a</p><p>sophisticated and efficient way and included everything from agricultural activities</p><p>to food production animal feed natural fiber separation and processing</p><p>of forest wood. The modern bioeconomy sector however includes new circular</p><p>economy energy and materials streams of added-value products such as</p><p>gaseous liquid and solid biofuels and bioenergy generation routes and biochar</p><p>production along with all the previously mentioned traditional products emerging</p><p>from the bioeconomy.</p><p>This Special Issue includes some of the latest bioenergy and biochar advancements</p><p>and their incorporation into a bioeconomy in transition. It focuses on</p><p>nature properties upgrading and bioenergy generation processes from all types</p><p>of biomass waste and biochars originating from biomass waste. The multidisciplinarity</p><p>of bioenergy and biochar research is evident throughout the Special</p><p>Issue highlighting the highly variable and tunable processes involved in</p><p>biomass handling pre-processing converting to biochar and recovering energy.</p><p>Dr. Dimitrios Kalderis</p><p>Guest Editor</p><p>Dr. Vasiliki Skoulou</p><p>co-Guest Editor</p>