EC Conference Biorefinery Research

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European Conference on Biorefinery Research, Helsinki, October 2006

Proceedings

Formal proceedings are not being published. However, the presentation slides are available from the website detailed above.

Details of the presentations can be found in the Programme (285 Kb PDF),
while conclusions are available covering aspects relating to the Seventh RTD Framework Programme in the areas of
The Bioeconomy (2398 Kb PDF),
and
Energy (1212 Kb PDF),

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Summary

Biorefineries use renewable raw materials to produce energy together with a wide range of everyday commodities in an economic manner. Decreasing our dependency on fossil fuels reserves and boosting rural development, biorefineries are seen as a very promising route to meeting our aims for sustained prosperity and preserving the environment.

This conference organised by the European Commission with support of the Finnish Presidency presented the industrial perspectives of current and future biorefineries and aimed to identify opportunities for and synergies amongst European stakeholders. The conference provided a forum for a technical review of the state of the art for biomass fractionation and conversion technologies. RTD success stories were described and analysed, and the existing European technology platforms on biofuels, forest-based sector, plants for the future and white biotechnology were presented.

Emphasis was placed on EU and national policies contributing to the use of renewable raw materials. The potential of the various biorefinery concepts were put in the context of market conditions and possible financing mechanisms including research priorities for possible funding under FP7.