Lignocellulosics are abundant source of natural carbon and represent the principal alternative to fossil carbon. Lignocellulosic fibers are composed of lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose, in variable contents, depending on the vegetable variety.

Lignocellulosic fiber advantages :

- A totally renewable resource.
- Their various forms : forestry and agriculture residues, byproducts of the wood transforming industry, energy crops and specific crops (woody and herbaceous plants).
- An almost neutral green house gas balance.
- The diversity of valorisation networks.


Lignocellulosic fiber application fields :

In addition to usual applications, such as wood combustion and paper fabrication, Valagro Carbone Renouvelable Poitou-Charentes studies new ways of valorisation of lignocellulosic fibers such as :
- Biofuels as a substitute to gazoline (ethanol), obtained from cellulose.
- Biofuels in substitution of gazoil, obtained from gasification or liquefaction of lignocellulosic byproducts from agriculture and forestry.
- Fibrous or woody materials for industrial applications of isolation, adsorption, mulching, etc.