Bio4Products aims to develop a new generation of products that are more sustainable than their fossil based predecessors. To check the sustainability risks and environmental performance of the bio-based products under development, BTG Biomass Technology Group is conducting a number of studies within the project.
An extensive study into the availability and quality of biomass resources in Europe has shown the potential for new lignocellulosic biorefineries to be opened in France, Finland, Romania and the Netherlands. The study was conducted within the Bio4Products Horizon 2020 project, which is testing the feasibility of a fast pyrolysis based biorefinery concept.
The European Commission has published a new Bioeconomy Strategy including a set of 14 concrete actions to be launched by 2019.
The Bio4Products concept and early results will be presented during the Nordic Wood Biorefeinery Conference at the Scandic Marina Congress Center in Helsinki, Finland on 23-25 October 2018.
Capax Biobased Development (also known as Capax Environmental services) is an SME that specialises in turning biobased projects into success. Capax uses novel business development strategies combined with biobased design thinking to challenge assumptions and identify the underlying potential of projects. Based in the vicinity of Brussels, a versatile team uses disruptive approaches to facilitate investors, technology providers and project developers, in order to take the right decisions, answer to real market demands, find new market opportunities and boost their sales.
Demand for bio-based products – including those being developed in Bio4Products – looks set to grow in the United States following changes to government procurement rules.
The Bio4Products concept was presented to international experts during the biannual meeting of IEA Bioenergy Task 34: Direct Thermochemical Liquefaction in the Netherlands last week.
Some of the first results of the Bio4Products project will be presented at the RRB conference on 31 May 2018 in Gent, Belgium.
As part of the revision of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive, the European Commission proposed a gradual phase-out of crop-based biofuels, which should be replaced by more “advanced biofuels” that do not compete with food crops.
The Bio-based Industry Consortium (BIC) has published a new report on funding instruments for supporting the development of the European bioeconomy.