05/06/2022

Sustainability impacts of a novel lignocellulosic biorefinery concept: Join the UNRAVEL Workshop at 30th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition EUBCE

The environmental assessment as well as the social and biomass potentials assessment of this innovative lignocellulose biorefinery concept based on the acetone organosolv process conducted by ifeu are now available. The key insights will be discussed within the UNRAVEL workshop at the 30th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition EUBCE. The participation is free of charge for everybody via this link: https://www.eubce.com/hostedevents/unravel/

UNRAVEL Workshop: Novel lignocellulosic biorefinery for mixed and complex biomass to support new value chains in a European bioeconomy

Tuesday 10 May 2022 | 12:15-14:00

Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant and renewable resource from plants mainly composed of polysaccharides, such as cellulose and hemicelluloses, and an aromatic polymer – lignin – and represents an important category of feedstocks suitable for biorefinery processing. It has a high potential as an alternative to fossil resources to produce second-generation biofuels, bio-based chemicals and materials. Especially biomass residues that originate from forestry or agriculture could be sustainable feedstocks for higher value products that could help to avoid competition over hardwood with a generally high demand.
Recent studies indicate that the feedstock availability in the EU can be sufficient to provide a significant part of the carbon needed for material use such as polymers. However, competition exists over certain lignocellulosic feedstocks from various sectors, with bioenergy currently being one of the most abundant applications. Future scenarios will therefore have to consider biomass availabilities and assure higher feedstock flexibilities of biorefinery processes to ensure their economic feasibility at industrial scales. Furthermore, environmental and biodiversity aspects will play important roles in the future success of lignocellulosic value chains. This side-event of the 30th EUBCE comprises presentations and a panel discussion and is organised by the BBI JU UNRAVEL project. It will give the audience insight in:

• Breakthroughs on the way to high value applications from complex and mixed lignocellulosic biomass, combining a new biomass upgrading concept with organosolv fractionation and a continuous lignin precipitation technology
• Environmental and socio-economic aspects of lignocellulosic value chains, future prospects, challenges and remaining barriers
• The challenges and opportunities that in the future may arise from utilising the same type of second generation feedstocks for different sectors, among those energy and bio-based materials, growing feedstock demands, the risk of competition and the role of climate change and biodiversity strategies and programs

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https://www.eubce.com/hostedevents/unravel/

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