Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “Energy Conversion of Rural and Urban Residual Biomass”. In most regions in temperate climates, large quantities of biomass occur, which need to be managed but are rarely used. Such biomass comprises green cuts, leaf litter and material from landscape management, e.g., from nature conservation grassland, tree pruning, hedge trimming, etc. Household waste will not be covered in this issue. A common trait is that an energetic use of these materials would create no, or only small, conflicts with other utilizations, e.g., food or feed production. Considering the substantial costs and effort for management of these materials and the inadequate use on the one side and the need for renewable energy resources on the other side, much research is still needed to develop and implement strategies for a sustainable and efficient energetic utilization. This Special Issue aims to compile the existing knowledge about the state of the art and ideas on technical innovations in this area. Papers are preferably sought that critically examine the advantages and disadvantages of bioenergy concepts and techniques for residual biomass, by presenting pilot applications, desk-top reviews of case studies, proposal of analytical methods and tools.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

• new biomass resources
• new technical processes for energetic conversion of biomass
• integrated analysis of conversion concepts including biomass collection, transport and storage
• residue management after energetic conversion
• assessment of efficiency of energetic conversion
• socio-economic evaluation of bioenergy value chains
• life-cycle assessment of concepts
• legal framework development for enhanced implementation of novel concepts and improved sustainability
• analysis of trade-offs in bioenergy production.

Prof. Dr. Michael Wachendorf
Dr. Frank Hensgen
Guest Editors

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• biomass to energy
• residual biomass
• anaerobic digestion
• biomass combustion
• biomass pyrolysis
• biomass gasification
• life cycle assessment
• energy balance of biomass conversion
• biomass potential
• herbaceous biomass
• sustainable energy
• renewable energy