Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the Guest Editor, Prof. Dr. Thomas E. Amidon, we would like
to renew our invitation for you to contribute an outstanding long review or
full research paper for peer-review and possible publication in the following
Special Issue:

Special Issue: Biomass and Biofuels 2012
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/si/energies/biomass_biofuels_2012/
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Thomas E. Amidon
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2012

If you decide to contribute, please let us know, and send us your
manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not have
been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication
elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send us their tentative title and
short abstract by e-mail for approval to the Editorial Office at
energies@mdpi.com. In case you cannot meet the deadline, please feel free
to contact us.

This Special Issue will be fully open access. Open access (unlimited and
free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent
citations as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the
authors and their institutes. More information is available at
http://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/.

The Article Processing Charges (APC) are of 1000 CHF for well prepared
manuscripts submitted before 1 July 2012. The APC for manuscripts
submitted from 1 July 2012 onwards are 1200 CHF per accepted paper.
For details see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc/.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors before submitting a manuscript:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/instructions/. Manuscripts should be
submitted through the online manuscript submission and editorial system at
http://www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/.

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We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
MDPI AG

On behalf of the Guest Editor

Prof. Dr. Thomas E. Amidon
Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering
College of Environmental Science and Forestry
State University of New York
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210
USA
Website: http://www.esf.edu/pbe/people/amidon.asp
E-Mail: teamidon@esf.edu

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