The Bio4Products project is employing an innovative conversion technology called fast pyrolysis to transform solid materials like straw and bark into a liquid, which can be used to produce bio-based products. But what exactly is fast pyrolysis, and why is it being used?
The transition towards a ‘bioeconomy’ or ‘bio-based society’ is key to combating resource depletion and climate change.
Filming began for the first Bio4Products promotional video during the recent progress meeting in the Netherlands.
Bio4Products consortium partners met at BTG’s facilities in the Netherlands on 9-10 March for the first project progress meeting.
Already six months into the four year project, partners came together to share and discuss the work carried out so far.
The next meeting will be hosted by Hexion in September 2017.
Back in 2012 the European Parliament recognised the high potential of the bioeconomy sector both for job and wealth creation and to help the EU’s transition to a more sustainable and circular economy.
A new Bio4Products brochure explaining the project objectives is now available to download from the ‘knowledge’ section of the project website.
In Germany, the scientific journal Energy Technology has just published a Special Issue on Pyrolysis for Energy Technologies.
The EU should incentivise member states to use wood for products rather than energy in the upcoming legislation on land use change and forestry, the German government has argued.