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Bio-based industry and biorefineries in the EU

The EU bio-based industry is quickly evolving but clear data on the development of this emerging sector are still missing. In particular, bio-based chemicals and materials are innovative, high value-added products contributing to the transition to a more sustainable European manufacturing sector. The JRC has built an extensive database of EU facilities producing different categories of bio-based products

  • Visualisation | Last updated: 15 Oct 2025
Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre

The dashboard consists of 3 tabs. The first one provides an overview of the bio-based plants in the EU, and presents them according to geographical location, feedstock used and resultant products. The second tab offers additional information about the chemical and material biorefineries in the EU, including the transformation processes and platforms used. On the third tab, the user can find a comparison between the chemical and material biorefineries in the EU and selected facilities outside of the EU.

 

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References:
Gurría Albusac, Patricia; González Hermoso, Hugo; M'barek, Robert; Baldoni, Edoardo; Parisi, Claudia; Reumerman, Patrick; Platt, Richard; Vikla, Kaisa; Vos, John; European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2020): Bio-based industry and biorefineries. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/ee438b10-7723-4435-9f5e-806ab63faf37
 
Parisi, C., Distribution of the bio-based industry in the EU, Publications Office of the European Union, 2020, ISBN 978-92-76-16408-1, doi:10.2760/745867, JRC119288
 
Parisi, C., Biorefineries distribution in the EU, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2018, ISBN 978-92-79-94882-4, doi:10.2760/126478, JRC113216
Coverage:
EU
Source:
Data portal of agro-economics research - DataM
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Originally Published | Last Updated

04 Mar 2020 | 15 Oct 2025

Unit(s) of measurement
Number of facilities
Related organisation(s)JRC - Joint Research Centre
Knowledge service | MetadataBioeconomy Knowledge Centre | Bio-based chemicals and materialsBiorefineryPulp and paper industry
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET)biofuelbiomassFeedstockIndustrybio-based product
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