Task 42 provides an international platform for collaboration and information exchange between industry, SMEs, GOs, NGOs, RTOs and universities concerning biorefinery research, development, demonstration and policy analysis. This includes the development of networks, dissemination of information, and provision of science-based technology analysis, as well as support and advice to policy makers, involvement of industry, and encouragement of membership by countries with a strong biorefinery infrastructure and appropriate policies. Gaps and barriers to deployment will be addressed to successfully promote sustainable biorefinery systems market implementation.
News and Highlights
IEA Bioenergy Tasks 42 and Task 37 3-days event 21-23 October 2025, Wageningen, the Netherlands
From October 21-23, 2025 our Task 42 (Biorefining in a Circular Economy) organised together with Task 37 (Energy from Biogas) individual task meetings, a first-time ever joint task meeting Task 42+Task 37 and a symposium on Biorefining and Biomethane in Wageningen...
IEA BIOENERGY WEBINAR – Novel opportunities for the development of biorefineries: bio-carbon to chemicals and fuels by Integration of biorefineries and green hydrogen
WATCH THE VIDEO RECORDING Biorefinery processes can have a main role in the energy transition to a 100% green industry. IEA Bioenergy Task 42 (biorefining in a circular economy) recently provided an updated version of its global interactive web-GIS portal “Biorefinery...
Recent Events
8th Central European Biomass Conference CEBC 2026
CEBC Central European Biomass Conference 2026 in Graz (AT), 21-23 January 2026 with a Task 42 & Task 37 session ‘biogas meets biorefinery’ moderated by Bernhard Drosg (T37) and Sonja Siegl (T42) Bioenergy - Closing the gap / Keeping on track The Austrian Biomass...
International Bioeconomy Conference 2025
International Bioeconomy Conference 2025 We cordially invite you to our International Bioeconomy Conference 2025, Central Germany’s leading symposium for stakeholders of the industrial bioeconomy. Interact with an entire bioeconomy ecosystem in one compact, two-day...
Latest Publications and Reports
Synergies and Services from H2 and Biobased Value Chains Deployment
IEA-Bioenergy_ITP-Synergies_WP3_ReportSynergies and Services from H2 and Biobased Value Chains Deployment Funke - 2025 - Synergies and Services from H2 and Biobased Value Chains Deployment The following Inter-Task Project (ITP) report entitled: Synergies and Services...
Technical, Economic and Environmental (TEE) Assessment of multiple biorefinery pathways: Synthesis of four IEA Bioenergy Task 42 Case Studies.
This report presents a structured framework for assessing biorefinery development under IEA Bioenergy Task 42, focusing on four case studies evaluated with an integrated Technical, Economic and Environmental (TEE) approach: Fast pyrolysis biorefinery (FPBO, steam,...
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