Introduction to Sustainable Bioenergy: Innovations in Territories and Value Chains

This paper presents an overview of sustainable bioenergy deployment in territory-based systems and supply chains. It reviews how forest, agricultural, and waste biomass can contribute to the energy system via heat, liquid and gaseous fuels, and electricity. The author identifies two main technological routes—thermochemical and biotechnological—and discusses critical availability constraints and technological barriers. The text also examines how sustainability concerns, once controversial, are now addressed through regulations and published data, emphasizing multidimensional environmental, economic, and social factors for integrating bioenergy into a low-carbon development strategy.