Successful proposals will contribute to the implementation of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy and its action plan, the EU Zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment under the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability and the Zero Pollution Action Plan, the EU Industrial strategy, as well as and the co-implementation of the Transition Pathway for the chemicals industry.
Projects results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Full-scale biorefinery and related value chain(s) for the sustainable large-scale production of bio-based drop-in platform chemicals.
- Availability of bio-based products meeting market and technical performance requirements, hence also facilitating the market uptake of bio-based solutions.
- Significantly improved sustainability, strategic autonomy, resilience and competitiveness of the European chemical industry and with impact also in other downstream sectors.
- Reduction of the fossil feedstock dependence of chemicals production and minimise biomass imports dependencies of the bio-based industries.
- Increased value for society, in terms of direct and indirect employment at local and regional levels
Overall, bio-based platform chemicals, according to their chemical structure, can be classified as dedicated and drop-ins.[1] Drop-in and smart drop-in chemicals are compatible with downstream value chains and thus have a theoretically lower market entry barrier compared to novel molecules. However, they have to
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