Biomass Futures

Biomass Futures is an interdisciplinary journal advancing the science, engineering, and policy of biomass characterization, pretreatment, conversion, and application across energy, materials, and chemical sectors. Our mission is to drive innovation that accelerates sustainable development, circular economy transitions, and global decarbonization through biomass-based technologies.

Biomass Futures covers the entire biomass value chain, with special emphasis on:

Biomass Characterization: Advanced chemical, structural, thermal, and physicochemical analyses to optimize feedstock selection and process design.

Pretreatment and Conversion Technologies: Innovations in mechanical, chemical, biological, thermochemical, and physico-chemical methods, including integrated biorefinery models and molecular modeling calculations relevant to biomass conversion.

Product Diversification and Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF): Development of diversified co-products from established biomass industries (e.g., pulp and paper, sugarcane, palm oil), with a focus on sustainable aviation fuels and other high-value bio-based products.

Biochar production, activation and applications: Production of biochar from pyrolysis of biomass under optimized conditions to maximise the value of biochar for various applications such as catalysis, energy storage, soil amendment, hydrogen production, wastewater treatment, removal of gaseous pollutants and CO2 capture.

Energy, Materials, and Chemicals: Creation and application of bioenergy carriers, biomaterials, and biochemicals, including advanced uses of biomass-converted materials such as biochar for energy storage, carbon capture, catalysis, and environmental remediation.

Logistics and Supply Chain Optimization: Strategies for biomass transportation, storage, densification, and AI-enabled supply chain modeling.

Decarbonization Technologies: In-depth exploration of biobased technologies that contribute to decarbonization, including bioenergy, biomaterials, and biochemical pathways that reduce carbon footprints and support climate goals, in particular using Bioenergy with Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (BECCUS).

Environmental, Economic, and Policy Dimensions: Techno-economic assessments, lifecycle analyses, policy frameworks, and sustainable business models that underpin circular bioeconomy transitions.

Emerging Technologies: Integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital twins, quantum simulations, and smart sensor networks to accelerate biomass research and deployment.

Equity and Global Relevance: Encouraging contributions from diverse geographic regions—especially biomass-rich and underrepresented areas—to promote inclusive and globally impactful biomass solutions.

Biomass Futures invites original research, reviews, short communications, perspectives, and policy analyses that bridge scientific innovation with socio-economic and environmental sustainability. We serve researchers, industry professionals, policymakers, and technologists committed to advancing a sustainable bioeconomy and meaningful decarbonization.