Improved Conversion Technologies - Work Package 3
 Work Package 3 of the BioTop project targets on improved conversion technologies. The objective is to identify research needs and technological opportunities for improved conversion technologies in Latin America.
The assessment of biorefineries as well as of improved production technologies for ethanol, biodiesel, pure plant oil biomethane and BtL fuels includes state-of-the-art technologies and ongoing technology research from Europe and LA. Based on EU-LA cooperation and knowledge transfer, the objective is to identify the most promising conversion technologies.
A schematic overview about the different conversion pathways which will be investigated in the BioTop project is shown in the chart below.
BioTop Workshop on Improved Conversion Technologies
In order to spread the information and support cooperation, an EU-LA workshop on improved conversion technologies was organized in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 18-20 March 2009.
BioTop Reports
European Biofuels Technology Platform 2nd Stakeholder Meeting
Press Release 27 January 2009
European biofuel ambitions and technology needs - European Biofuels Technology Platform highlights promising routes and discusses challenges to overcome to demonstrate innovative sustainable biofuel value chains
The Renewable Energies Directive and the updated Fuel Quality Directive recently adopted by Council and the European Parliament are setting the framework conditions and resulting challenges to be overcome by economic actors of current and future biofuel value chains. At its 2nd Stakeholder Plenary Meeting held in Brussels on 22 January 2009, the European Biofuels Technology Platform (EBTP) brought together 200 actors from across Europe to discuss promising innovative routes that could bring significant contributions towards achieving the 2020 EU objectives for biofuels. Particular focus was given to the challenges involved in moving from pilot to demonstration, en route to full commercial deployment.
"The European Industrial Initiatives (EIIs) are a central instrument within the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) for accelerating innovation and technology deployment," said Raffaele Liberali, Director for Energy Research at the European Commission. While acknowledging the specific challenges faced by bioenergy stakeholders (sectoral fragmentation and competition to access feedstocks already or potentially used by other market sectors), he stressed the necessity to come up quickly with a proposal for objectives, activities and commitment from industry, so that the budgetary discussion with Member States can start as soon as possible.
The conference proceedings are online at http://www.biofuelstp.eu/spm2/spm2_prog.html
Biorefuture 2009 - Concept and strategies for biorefineries in Europe.
Two EU-funded projects - Biorefinery Euroview and Biopol - co-organised the interactive biorefiniery workshop on 30th March 2009. More than 100 participants from 15 countries attended this conference at which governments, academia and industry were represented. The objectives of this workshop were to disseminate both project results and to engage the European biorefinery community in the issues sourrounding biorefinery developments.
The workshop proceedings are online at the Biorefinery Euroview project website.
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