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Now Online: Presentation on Global Biorefinery Developments
Jun 2026The presentation Overview of Current Developments on Biorefineries World-wide, delivered by Richard Gosselink during EUBCE 2026, is now available online. Visit the publication page to access the presentation and accompanying Task 42 poster.
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IEA Bioenergy Tasks 42 and Task 37 3-days event 21-23 October 2025, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Nov 2025From 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 (NL). And as a tradition, the third day includes an exciting and inspiring visit into industrial sites for […]
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IEA BIOENERGY WEBINAR – Novel opportunities for the development of biorefineries: bio-carbon to chemicals and fuels by Integration of biorefineries and green hydrogen
Jun 2024WATCH 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 Atlas”, including localization, sizes and central bio-based processes. The production green hydrogen could provide […]
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Survey on bottlenecks in the commercialization of biorefineries
Jun 2024The survey investigates barriers related to the broader commercialization of biorefineries as part of a project on Task 42 “Biorefinery in a Circular Economy” of the International Energy Agency (IEA Bioenergy). This questionnaire will help to identify specific barriers by surveying experts in green, algal and/or lignocellulosic biorefineries. The survey takes about 10 minutes and […]
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Task 42 visits NREL
Dec 2023The 46th Task 42 Progress Meeting was recently held in the US at the facilities of NREL in Golden from 6-8 November 2023. The third day of the meeting consisted of a short introduction on Task 42: Task 42 Biorefining in a circular economy – Overview – Bert Annevelink Followed by several very informative introductions by […]
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Presentations available of Mission Innovation Webinar on Biorefineries efficiency improvement
Sep 2023On the 13th of July 2023 Natural Resources Canada hosted a webinar on Biorefineries efficiency improvement. Following the publication of the Mission Innovation’s roadmap, Natural Resources Canada, in collaboration with representatives of other member countries, the webinar focused on Action 3 of the roadmap: “Energy & Conversion Process Efficiency Program to reduce production cost”. The webinar […]
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Recording available of Mission Innovation Integrated Biorefineries Webinar
Jun 2023In 2022, the Integrated Biorefineries Mission presented its roadmap, which defined key actions such as organizing workshops and webinars on the topic of integrated biorefineries. The inaugural webinar, held on 1 June 2023, was hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, with representatives from the Netherlands, and other Mission countries participating. […]
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Isabella De Bari appointed General Chair of the EUBCE 2023 conference
May 2023Recently Isabella De Bari has been elected General Chair of the EUBCE 2023 conference. For more than 10 years she has acted as the Italian delegate in the IEA bioenergy Task 42 on biorefineries in the circular bioeconomy. Task 42 congratulates her on this appointment. More information can be found here in the newsletter EUBCE […]
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CBE JU social media campaign on biorefineries
Mar 2023CBE JU is launching its “Biorefineries” social media campaign on Monday 13 March. The campaign will run until Friday 24 March. It will feature the latest publication, “A competitive bioeconomy for a sustainable future”, showing how the 14 first-of-their-kind commercial-scale biorefineries funded by the joint undertaking tackle the challenge of replacing traditional industrial processes. These […]
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