Energy Crops Cultivation for Biomass Production
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2025 | Viewed by 134
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Interests: energy crops; arable crops; aromatic and medicinal crops; sustainable agriculture; organic plant production; biomass production; green energy; cultivating systems of arable crops; crop modelling
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Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, there is an increased demand for energy and a constant search by the scientific community for environmentally friendly energy sources. Among the renewable energy sources (RESs), the one that is constantly increasing its usage rate is none other than biomass, and especially biomass produced by crops. Therefore, the use of plants and/or crop residues for energy production is increasing worldwide. The ways in which these crops can be exploited are as solid fuels (biomass for the production of pellets and briquettes), liquid fuels (biodiesel and bioethanol) and as gaseous fuels (biogas and syngas). Therefore, this Special Issue is focused on the following topics: (i) the use of new sources (cultivations) for biomass plant production that can be used for energy production, (ii) the cultivation practice in which the production of biomass will be carried out, (iii) the crop production costs for energy production, (iv) the comparison of performance with other energy sources, (v) the enhancement of environmental protection by utilizing energy crops, and (vi) the contribution of biomass production from energy crops to the carbon footprint, enhancement of oxygen production, protection against corrosion, etc.
Dr. Kyriakos Giannoulis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- energy
- biomass
- environment
- costs
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