Informationen zur zukünftigen Entwicklung der chemischen Industrie und dem Einsatz nachwachsender Rohstoffe geben der Verband der chemischen Industrie und Prognos.
Den Weg zu einer biobasierten Wirtschaft beschreibt die Bundesregierung in ihrer nationalen Forschungsstrategie zur Bioökonomie.
Empfehlungen zum Aufbau einer wettbewerbsfähigen und nachhaltigen Bioökonomie – Beitrag der industriellen Biotechnologie zum wirtschaftlichen Wandel in Deutschland - Positionspapier der Arbeitsgruppe Biotechnologie des Bioökonomierates
More than the 90 % of the EU publicly funded research in the areas of food, agriculture, fisheries and biotechnology is conducted at national or regional level. The ERA-NET scheme has been developed by the European Commission to overcome the frag- mentation and duplication of research efforts in these areas.
European Commission, 2010
The relevance of woody biomass in all sectors has substantially increased in the last decade. New consumers joined the market and new products were developed. Arising from higher ambitions and targets for renewable energy in general and wood in particular, the concern about availability of wood on a sustainable basis became more important.
In the United Kingdom, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released June 29 this report, produced in collaboration with Royal DSM N.V., Novozymes, DuPont and Braskem, stating that biorefineries could supplement demand for sustainable energy, chemicals and materials, while acknowledging a number of significant obstacles.
Biotechnologie: Nachwachsende Rohstoffe statt Erdöl - die Chemie steht vor einem grundlegenden Wandel.
managermagazin 2/2010
Measures to promote the market introduction of innovative bio-based products.
A report from the Ad-hoc Advisory Group for Bio-based Products in the framework of the European Commission’s Lead Market Initiative