The Joint Research Centre of the EC releases study on biorefineries distribution in the EU
Type of post: FLASH NEWS.
The Joint Research Centre of the
European Commision has just released a Research Brief entitled “Biorefineries
distribution in the EU”.
Research Brief: Parisi, C. (2018).
"Research
Brief: Biorefineries distribution in the EU". European Commission - Joint
Research Centre.
The section of the BioRefineries
Blog “European Advanced Biorefineries at Commercial-Scale” is one of the
references.
Figure 1. Map of biorefineries
producing bio-based chemicals, liquid biofuels and composites and fibres in the
EU (extracted from the Research Brief)
Those are the highlights:
- 803 biorefineries have been
identified in the EU, of which 507 produce bio-based chemicals, 363 liquid biofuels
and 141 bio-based composites and fibres (multi-product facilities are counted
more than once).
- Of those facilities, 177 are
reported as integrated biorefineries that combine the production of bio-based
products and energy.
- The location of most
biorefineries shows correspondence with chemical clusters and ports.
- Generally, the highest
concentration of biorefineries is located in the central part of the EU,
particularly in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Agricultural resources are the
feedstock source used by most biorefineries in all EU countries with the exception
of Finland, Sweden and Portugal.
- Marine and waste resources are
relevant in some countries but not yet highly exploited in biorefineries.
