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Interest in a bio-based economy is driven by the rapid emergence of bio-fuels and the resultant increasing demand for green raw materials.

This development is due to increased oil prices and a structural change in global energy needs as a result of the rapid growth of the Chinese and Indian economies. The energy market is placed under additional pressure by the

political instability in the Middle East, the world’s major supplier of oil. The long-running discussion about global warming resulting from the use of fossil fuels also plays a role.

More information

Projects

Overview at Kennisonline (only in Dutch)

Publications

Biomass for animal feed and energy; Scenario analysis of shift in raw material use (2009)

Animal feed or energy?; Governance issues in the use of biomass (2009)
The agricultural sector in the Netherlands until 2020; developments and uncertainties (2009)
Business in biofuel (2009)
The use of by-products from the Dutch food and beverage industry for the production of animal feeds or bio-ethanol and biodiesel (2008)
Why are current world food prices so high? (pdf) (2008)
Biobased economy; State-of-the-art assessment (2008)

Presentation

Modeling Biofuel Markets in ESIM and LEITAP

Papers