Biofuel-driven Biorefineries

A selection of the most promising biorefinery concepts to produce large volumes of road transportation biofuels by 2025. In energy or biofuel-driven biorefineries, biomass is primarily used for the production of road transportation biofuels, power and heat. Process residues are sold or even further upgraded to value-added bio-based products to provide further economic and environmental benefits.

Based on the ongoing activities in the 11 partnering countries in Task42 (AT, AUS, CAN, DEN, FRA, GER, IT, IR, NL, TUR, US), Task42 has identified and assessed the current status and development potential of energy or biofuel-driven biorefineries. These assessments are based on a "full value chain approach", covering raw material supply, conversion processes and final product applications in an integrated approach.

The report focuses on 4 main types of biofuel: biodiesel (FAME), bioethanol, biomethane and synthetic biofuels (via catalytic reaction of syngas).