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)

STFI Sweden

2007.06.03 18.23 | STFI Sweden, Peter Axegård of STFI-Packforsk, the leading R&D center in Scandinavia for forest products, has described many ongoing European wood-based biorefinery research projects.

Progress of many pilot programs are in the demonstration stage with some co-located with existing paper mills. In Europe there is no question that the forest-based sector plays a key role in a sustainable society.

1. The role of the forest sector
2. UPM and Adritz
3. StoraEnso and Neste Oil
4. Metso is also defining a role (Kvaerner)
5. Wärtsilä in the field of wood based bioenergy