EU-funded project to demonstrate woody biomass to chemicals at industrial scale

In Finland, BIOFOREVER (BIO-based products from FORestry via Economically Viable European Routes), a consortium of 14 European companies, announced the start of a demonstration project for the conversion of woody biomass to value adding chemical building blocks.

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In December 2015 the consortium applied for European funding under the Horizon 2020 program and in April 2016 the proposal was positively evaluated by Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU), a public/private partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium.

BIOFOREVER intends to demonstrate the feasibility of various new value chains from lignocellulosic feedstocks to chemical building blocks like butanol, ethanol, 2, 5 furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) on an industrial scale.