Topics covered by the journal include:
Feedstock design and production
Plant biology for the design of biomass feedstocks, including cell wall composition and the production of chemicals within the plant
Plant biotechnology and genomics for the design of biomass feedstocks
Agriculture, agronomy, forestry and silviculture in relation to feedstock production
Utilisation of organic residues, including animal fats, as feedstock for biobased products
Biomass treatment and conversion
Biomass pretreatment and fractionation, including chemical and physical methods
Enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass to sugars, including novel enzyme discovery
Biological and chemical conversion of sugars to chemicals and other bioproducts (including fermentation, metabolic engineering of microbes and novel catalysts)
Thermochemical conversion technologies, including gasification and pyrolysis of biomass, as well as cleaning and conditioning of the resultant gaseous or liquid fuels
Transesterification of vegetable and animal oils to produce biodiesel, including novel catalysts
Optimisation of biodiesel quality and stability, including use as a fuel additive
Separation and process technology
Separation and purification of biomass-derived fuels and chemicals, including green chemistry
Biorefinery process integration
Industrial development
A systems approach to growing, harvesting, supplying and processing biomass into products
Matching biobased products with market needs, including institutional and consumer/market barriers to the increased use of biobased products
Sustainability of biobased fuels and chemicals, including sustainability framework and criteria development
Integrating the production of food, feed and traditional forest products with biobased fuels and chemicals
Implications of expanding biobased fuel and chemical production for the forest and agriculture sectors, including land use competition as well as symbiotic interactions.
Biofuel cells
Business and commercial news content
Updates on fossil fuels and other traditional sources of fuel and chemicals
Business digest, including the state of play of large companies
Patent news
IP commercialisation news
Supply chain issues
Supply and demand drivers.