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Theme Biobased economy

The Biobased Economy is an economy driven by efficiency in using crops and biomass for food, feed, chemicals, energy and fuels. Wageningen UR is actively closing the loop by working on all chains of the Biobased Economy, through fundamental research, applied research and education.

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  • Pulp

    Tomatoes packaged in their own leaves

    Tomato growers are always left with a lot of leaves and stems. Up until now these leaves and stems went straight onto the compost pile.

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  • First car tyres of European rubber

    Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research, coordinator of the EU-PEARLS project, developed a rubber extraction process from the roots of Russian...

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  • Electricity from the marshes

    An unexpected source of new, clean energy has been found: the Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell that can generate electricity from the natural interaction...

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  • Green Composite materials, building blocks for the future

    Green composite materials are as light as a feather, ultra-strong and need very little maintenance; in short the ideal basic material for the...

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  • Microalgae: the green gold

    Publication in the ‘Groene Grondstoffen’ (Green raw materials) series.

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ir. E (Erik) van Seventer
BU Manager Biobased Products ir. E (Erik) van Seventer
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  • prof.dr.ir. RH (Rene) Wijffels
    Professor Bioprocess Engineering prof.dr.ir. RH (Rene) Wijffels
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  • prof.dr.ir. CJN (Cees) Buisman
    Professor Biological Recovery and Re-use Technology prof.dr.ir. CJN (Cees) Buisman
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  • prof.dr. JPM (Johan) Sanders
    Professor Biomass Commodity Chemicals prof.dr. JPM (Johan) Sanders
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Topics

  • Biorefinery
  • Biobased chemicals
  • Biobased materials
  • Bioenergy
  • Crops for the Biobased Economy
  • Economy & sustainability
  • Biorecovery
  • Urban environmental technology

News

  • Investing in palm oil production technology has positive effects on environment and income May 13, 2013
  • LEI projects on green growth April 24, 2013
  • Argentine minister signs agreement with Wageningen UR April 23, 2013
  • Herman Wijffels speaks about circular economy on the symposium Biorefinery for Food, Fuel and Materials 2013 'Biorefinery is key to circular economy' April 9, 2013
  • Granen vormen een bron van eiwitten Utilize proteins optimally April 4, 2013

Events Biobased Economy

  • Sustainability analysis in food and biobased production June 24, 2013 - The course is aimed at post-doctorate level: PhD students, researchers, but also at engineers working in industry. It is expected that people have a...
  • Climate change governance September 2, 2013 - Changing climate and weather patterns will have severe negative impacts on natural resources and consequently on food production and food security in...

Publications

  • Kennis Online Dec2010 (1,35 mb)
  • Folder WUR Biobased Economy (4,24 mb)


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