- The European Union is investing billions of euros in biorefineries that can develop products based on organic materials and help decrease the bloc’s reliance on oil and gas.
- Yet, most of those have been primarily set up to supply biofuels for transport, and not enough for producing bio-based materials for the manufacturing sector, according to a Commission progress report on the EU bioeconomy strategy, published in June 2022.
- Beekers gave the examples of lower levels of meat consumption, which means that less organic material is needed for animal feed, while greater electrification in transport could see a reduction in the quantity of crop biomass needed to produce ethanol or biodiesel.
Biorefineries – the engine of the bio-based economy
