Title:
From Green Forest to Green Commodity Chemicals - Experiences from Cross-Sector Collaboration and Consequences for Implementation
Author(s):
Joelsson, J.M., Warneryd, M., Alwarsdotter, Y., Brücher, J., Heuts, L.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to increase the understanding for the challenges and opportunities inherent to the cross-sectoral development of the bioeconomy. It takes the project “Forest Chemistry” as a case study, which was a collaboration project between Swedish forest industry and petrochemical industry clusters with the goal to develop forest based value chains for production of commodity chemicals. The project considered forest-based production of methanol, ethylene, propylene and butanol. We discuss the project and its outcomes from an innovation systems perspective applying a framework for technological innovation systems analysis. The original Forest Chemistry project also led to a number of spin-off projects, some of which are covered by this paper.
Keywords:
forest residues, implementation, market, industrial chemicals
Topic:
Industry Sessions
Subtopic:
Policy
Event:
25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
IBO.8.2
Pages:
1899 - 1903
ISBN:
978-88-89407-17-2
Paper DOI:
10.5071/25thEUBCE2017-IBO.8.2
Price:
FREE
