Chapter 1

Bioeconomy Strategies

J.R. Hess1, P. Lamers1, H. Stichnothe2, M. Beermann3 and G. Jungmeier3,    1Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, United States,    2Thünen Institute of Agricultural Technology, Braunschweig, Germany,    3Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Graz, Austria

Abstract

Facing a shortage of petrochemicals in the long term, biomass is expected to be the main future feedstock for chemicals, including liquid transportation fuels. Currently, biomass is mainly used for food, feed, and material purposes; only a small fraction is used in energy conversion (ie, heating/cooling, power, or transport fuels). The “bioeconomy” has been referred to as the set of economic activities that relate to the invention, ...

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