Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Biomass futures: Estimating the sustainable biomass role for meeting the 2020 targets and beyond

Guest Editors:

Calliope Panoutsou, Imperial College Centre for Energy Policy & Technology, UK

Kyriakos Maniatis European Commission - DG ENER, Brussels Belgium

The Renewable Energy Directive (RED) has set a general binding target for the European Union to derive 20% of its final energy and 10% of its transport fuels from renewable sources by 2020. It is expected that by 2020 biomass will make up 19% of total renewable electricity, 78% of total renewable heating/cooling, and 89% of total renewable energy in transport. However, there is some skepticism over the long-term sustainable supply of biomass without negative impacts and unfair competition with resources for food production.

This Special Issue aims to provide evidence-based information for biomass demand and supply dynamics in the EU27 states and give up-to-date answers to a number of concerns about the sustainable options for the European ‘biomass futures’.

Key papers:

Cascading use: a systematic approach to biomass beyond the energy sector

Future GHG emissions more efficiently controlled by land-use policies than by bioenergy sustainability criteria

Analyzing the bio-energy supply system in the context of the 20-20-20 targets and the 2050 decarbonization targets in the EU

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Will second-generation ethanol be able to compete with first-generation ethanol? Opportunities for cost reduction
James D. Stephen, Warren E. Mabee, Jack N. Saddler

Analyzing cellulose degree of polymerization and its relevancy to cellulosic ethanol
Bassem B. Hallac and Arthur J. Ragauskas

Ethanol in biorefining and dehydration of agricultural materials: energy, capital cost, and product quality implications
George H. Robertson, Richard D. Offeman, Trung K. Cao and William J. Orts

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