What is forest biorefinery?

Definitions:

1. A biorefinery is a facility that integrates biomass conversion processes and equipment to produce fuels, power, and value-added chemicals from biomass
   
   (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA / www.nrel.gov/biomass/biorefinery+ Wikipedia)
   
   

1. Efficient use of the entire potential of raw materials and by streams of the forest-based sector towards a broad range of high added value products (by co-operation in and between chains)
   
   (EU Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform / BiorefineryTaskforce, April 17, 2007)
   
   
   
2. Full utilization of the incoming wood biomass for production of fibres, chemicals and energy
   
   (STFI-Packforsk, Sweden)