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The role of biomass and bioenergy in a future bioeconomy: policies and facts

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Scarlat, Nicolae, Dallemand, Jean-François, Monforti-Ferrario, Fabio, Nita, Viorel·2015·Environmental Development
DOI 10.1016/j.envdev.2015.03.006
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The European Commission has set a long-term goal to develop a competitive, resource efficient and low carbon economy by 2050. Bioeconomy is expected to play an important role in the low carbon economy. This paper provides a review of the policy framework for developing a bioeconomy in the European Union covering energy and climate, agriculture and forestry , industry and research. The Europe has a number of well-established traditional bio-based industries, ranging from agriculture, food, feed, fibre and forest-based industries. This paper proposes an analysis of the current status of bioeconomy in the European Union and worldwide until 2020 and beyond. We estimate the current bio economy market at about € 2.4 billion, including agriculture, food and beverage, agro-industrial products, fisheries and aquaculture, forestry, wood-based industry, biochemical, enzymes, biopharmaceutical, biofuels and bioenergy , using about 2 billion tonnes and employing 22 million persons. New sectors are emerging, such as biomaterials and green chemistry. The transition toward a bioeconomy will rely on the advancement in technology of a range of processes, on the achievement of a breakthrough in terms of technical performances and cost effectiveness and will depend on the availability of sustainable biomass.

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  • With 15 billion tons of biomass used worldwide in 2011, the prospects of a sustainable bio-based sector will highly depend on the availability of sustainable biomass resources.

    “With 15 billion tons of biomass used worldwide in 2011, the prospects of a sustainable bio-based sector will highly depend on the availability of sustainable biomass resources (Scarlat et al., 2015).”

    From Transforming the bio-based sector towards a circular economy: What can we learn from wood cascading? (2020) · cites this paper as Scarlat et al., 2015

  • The EU adopted the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII 2021-2030) as the core for achieving decarbonization of the transport sector, including limitation on the use of energy crops for biofuel production, encouragement of advanced biofuels, and defense of maintaining bio-based natural resources below earth limits.

    “The EU has adopted the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII 2021 -2030) as the core for achieving the decarbonization of transport sector”

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Authors
Scarlat, N., Dallemand, J.-F., Monforti-Ferrario, F., & Nita, V.
Affiliations
European Commission (BE)
Corresponding author
Scarlat, Nicolae
ORCID
Venue
Environmental Development
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-07
Volume
15
Pages
3-34
ISSN
2211-4645 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.envdev.2015.03.006
OpenAlex
W2051143952
Cited by
895
References
21
Citations by year
2026: 54 · 2025: 86 · 2024: 87 · 2023: 69 · 2022: 89 · 2021: 118 · 2020: 97 · 2019: 87 · 2018: 86 · 2017: 78 · 2016: 40 · 2015: 4
FWCI
229.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Environmental Development (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Joint Research Centre (European Commission) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Renewable Energy and Sustainability
Keywords
bioeconomy, bioenergy, biomass, bio-based industry, bioeconomy policy, European Union, low-carbon economy, biofuels, sustainable biomass, biomaterials, green chemistry, bio-based chemicals, bioproducts

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