The BIOREFINERY EUROVIEW project aims at preparing for future EU research and technological development activities, including monitoring, assessment activities in the field of biorefineries, and the implications for agriculture and forestry policy. This approach meets the Treaty objectives of strengthening the scientific and technological bases of EU industry and encouraging the latter to become more competitive at international level.
The BIOREFINERY EUROVIEW is designed to support European policy (agriculture, forestry, energy and research policies in particular) and to strengthen the European Research Area, in order to increase the competitiveness of European territorial systems in the biorefinery field.
• Studying existing or planned European biorefineries
• Identifying socio-economic factors and regulatory aspects which improve or slow down the development of biorefineries
• Building a range of forecasting scenarios for biorefinery development
• Selecting the concepts and the operational policies for the future development of biorefineries
The biorefinery concept is analogous to today’s petroleum refinery, which produces multiple fuels and products from petroleum: chemicals, biofuels, food and feed ingredients, biomaterials, power...
A biorefinery takes advantage of the various components in biomass and their intermediates therefore maximizing the value derived from the biomass feedstock
Supported by the European Commission under the Sixth RTD Framework Programme Specific Support Action FP6-2005-SSP-5-A
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