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Bioenergy for Sustainable Development: Advances and Applications

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 5413

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Jukka Konttinen

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Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Materials Science and Environmental Engineering, Bio and Circular Economy Research Group, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
Interests: biorefining; bioproducts; waste; circular economy; bioenergy

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleague,

According to the latest IPCC reports, using biomass-based feedstocks for generating energy and transport fuels can be considered as a viable option for moving away from fossil fuels to renewable fuels. Many kinds of technological solutions are possible, such as themal and chemical conversion processes of combustion, pyrolysis, gasification, and fermentation. Possible biomass feedstocks include agricultural waste, forest industry waste, and algae. Bioenergy and biofuels offer a lot of opportunities, and their use has to be sustainable and carbon-neutral. However, some challenges are also created, such as competition with food production and feedstock availability. These opportunities and challenges can be studied further, and thus, sustainable methods for bioenergy can be demonstrated and commercialized. In this Special Issue, potential advances and applications of bioenergy are presented, including also aspects of their economical, social, and environmental sustainability.

Prof. Jukka Konttinen
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Bioenergy
  • Biomass
  • Biofuels
  • Waste biomass
  • Sustainability
  • Circular economy

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Opinion
Vertical Farming as a Game Changer for BECCS Technology Deployment
by Zoe M. Harris and Yiannis Kountouris
Sustainability 2020, 12(19), 8193; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198193 - 5 Oct 2020
Cited by 9 | Viewed by 5072
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report that to limit warming to 1.5 °C, Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is required. Integrated assessment models (IAMS) predict that a land area between the size of Argentina and Australia is required for [...] Read more.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report that to limit warming to 1.5 °C, Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is required. Integrated assessment models (IAMS) predict that a land area between the size of Argentina and Australia is required for bioenergy crops, a 3–7 time increase in the current bioenergy planting area globally. The authors pose the question of whether vertical farming (VF) technology can enable BECCS deployment, either via land sparing or supply. VF involves indoor controlled environment cultivation, and can increase productivity per unit land area by 5–10 times. VF is predominantly being used to grow small, high value leafy greens with rapid growth cycles. Capital expenditure, operational expenditure, and sustainability are challenges in current VF industries, and will affect the ability to utilise this technology for other crops. The authors argue that, whilst challenging, VF could help reach wider climate goals. Application of VF for bioenergy crops could be a game changer in delivering BECCS technologies and may reduce the land footprint required as well as the subsequent associated negative environmental impacts. VF bioenergy could allow us to cultivate the future demand for bioenergy for BECCS on the same, or less, land area than is currently used globally. Full article
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