Technical Reports and Tools

Latest Technical Reports and Tools in Bio-Based Products

• Global Bio-based Chemicals Market Activity Overview Spreadsheet

  25 Oct 2012

  This spreadsheet provides an overview of activity in the developing bio-based commodity chemicals market, detailing which companies are working on which chemical platforms.

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• Research Needs in Ecosystem Services to Support Algal Biofuels, Bioenergy and Commodity Chemicals Production in the UK, NNFCC 12-008

  14 May 2012

  This thirty-eight page report outlines the research needed to sustainably produce bioenergy, biofuels and biochemicals from algae in the UK. This report was written for the Algal Bioenergy Special Interest Group (AB-SIG).

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• Measuring the Energy and Greenhouse Gas Balances of Biofuels and Bio-based Chemicals using LCA, NNFCC 12-023

  02 May 2012

  This eighteen page report investigates the importance of allocation procedures in reporting and understanding energy and greenhouse gas balances from life cycle assessment of biofuels and bio-based chemicals.

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• IEA Bioenergy - Task 42 Biorefinery: Biobased Chemicals - value added products from biorefineries

  28 Feb 2012

  This thirty-six page report, prepared on behalf of IEA Bioenergy - Task 42 Biorefinery, addresses the main bio-based chemicals that could potentially be co-produced with secondary energy carriers in integrated biorefinery facilities.

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• NNFCC Project Executive Summary: Capabilities and Opportunities for Joint Working on Biorefining and Industrial Biotechnology

  21 Jun 2011

  Norway and the UK can profit from collaborating in biorefining and industrial biotechnology.

  PDF, 414 kB

• Development and Commercialisation of Natural Preservatives for Cosmetics Applications, NNFCC 10-014

  23 Jul 2010

  The aim of this study was to review UK-sourced antimicrobial plant products and to understand the barriers to their development and commercialisation as preservatives for cosmetics products.

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• GHG Benefits from Use of Vegetable Oils for Electricity, Heat, Transport and Industrial Purposes, NNFCC 10-016

  30 Mar 2010

  This detailed fifty page report documents the findings of a study into a comparison of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions benefits resulting from the use of vegetable oils for electricity, heat, transport and industrial purposes.

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• Investigation of Potential to Scale-up the Use of Renewable Construction Materials in UK, NNFCC 09-009

  11 Mar 2010

  This forty-eight page report investigates the potential to scale up the use of renewable construction materials in the UK, with a view to setting targets to raise the profile of materials and stimulate sector growth.

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• Assessing the Potential for Algae in the UK

  01 Mar 2010

  This thirty-one page technical report discusses the outputs from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) workshop held on 12th November 2009.

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• Polylactic acid from wheat grain

  18 Jan 2010

  Please refer to the report 'Life Cycle Assessment Workbooks for a Selection of Major Renewable Chemicals, NNFCC 09-018', for essential commentary on how to use this workbook, and how to calculate total primary energy inputs and total greenhouse gas emissions for each chemical.

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