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The Global Biorefinery Status Report of IEA Bioenergy Task 42 (biorefining) provides an overview of recent biorefinery developments. The report gives a description of the current situation of biorefineries...

The bioeconomy can support Europe’s transition to a low-carbon economy and help to meet key international, European and member state sustainability targets through the provision of bio-based products...

Transition to a circular & biobased economy

The ‘Trilateral strategy for the chemical industry’ is a cross-border cooperation between the Netherlands, Flanders and North Rhine-Westphalia. In September 2017 the Ministry of Economics, Innovation, Digitalisation & Energy of the State...

Environmental problems, combined with European Union environmental and energy policies shaped to address them, have created pressures for change. Some of these open significant opportunities...

The bio-based sector is amongst the most thriving sectors in the European bioeconomy. Industry players in this sector use biological resources (including residues and waste) to make innovative greener...

Wageningen University & Research is a collaboration between Wageningen University and the Wageningen Research foundation, whose mission is to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life. The domain...

This pamphlet establishes frameworks for the development of the bioeconomy in the Netherlands and the position of the Dutch government in this regard. Ten action points have been formulated based on existing policy and goals...

Biomass plays an important role in food supply and in the transition towards a bio-based and circular economy. Reducing our dependence on fossil energy and fossil resources, the optimal use...

To meet the emission targets, the Dutch government expects that a large-scale deployment of biomass is needed but the macroeconomic impacts on the Dutch economy are unknown. This study analyses the impacts of the bio-based...