The emergence of patent races in lignocellulosic biofuels, 2002–2015

Toivanen, Hannes; Novotny, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.03.089

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“…Bioethanol can be used in the production of oxygenated fuel additives (ethanol-petrol blends) to improve petrol fuel properties and to decrease GHG in gasoline vehicles. More than 119.3 million m 3 of bioethanol were produced globally in 2016, while approximately 73% of the global production came from the United States and Brazil, with a total bioethanol production of 58.5 and 28.4 million m 3 , respectively [68]. The key feedstock for the global production of bioethanol is maize.…”

Section: Liquid Biofuelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The market for bio-based products is expected to be worth 40 million EURO by 2020, increasing to about 50 billion EURO by 2030 (average annual growth rate of 4%). Research in industry and academia has been galvanized to address the twin challenge of lignocellulosic breakdown and conversion into viable products: between 130-150 patents are annually submitted in the lignocellulosic biofuel area, and this is expected to reach 200 annual filings [3]. Additionally, a myriad of publications featuring laboratory and pilot scale studies for pretreatment and conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into bioenergy and bioproducts are published each year.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Moving towards the second generation of lignocellulosic biorefineries in the EU: Drivers, challenges, and opportunities

Hassan¹,

Williams²,

Jaiswal³

2019

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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The EU aims to achieve a variety of ambitious climate change mitigation and sustainable development goals by 2030. To deliver on this aim, the European Commission (EC) launched the bioeconomy strategy in 2012. At the heart of this policy is the concept of the sustainable Biorefinery, which is based centrally on a cost-effective conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into bioenergy and bioproducts. The first generation of biorefineries was based on utilization of edible food crops, which raised a "food vs. fuel" debate and questionable sustainability issues. To overcome this, lignocellulosic feedstock options currently being pursued range from non-food crops to agroforestry residues and wastes. Notwithstanding this, advanced biorefining is still an emerging sector, with unanswered questions relating to the choice of feedstocks, cost-effective lignocellulosic pretreatment, and identification of viable end products that will lead to sustainable development of this industry. Therefore, this review aims to provide a critical update on the possible future directions of this sector, with an emphasis on its role in the future European bioeconomy, against a background of global developments.

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Section: Liquid Biofuelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Moving towards the second generation of lignocellulosic biorefineries in the EU: Drivers, challenges, and opportunities

Hassan¹,

Williams²,

Jaiswal³

2019

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…Today, these biofuels are associated with developed production technologies and supply chains and are produced commercially in several countries. During the last two decades, therefore, government support to biofuel R&D has been heavily focused on the advanced biofuels (Palage et al 2019a;IRENA 2013;Kumar et al 2013;Toivanen and Novotny 2017).…”

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Green industrial policies and domestic production of biofuels: an econometric analysis of OECD countries

Bryngemark

Söderholm

2021

Environ Econ Policy Stud

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between green industrial policies and domestic biofuel production among OECD countries. The analysis builds on a data set including 24 OECD countries over the time period 2000–2016. This panel is estimated using a variant of the so-called Poisson pseudo-maximum-likelihood model and includes the mix of demand-pull (biofuel blending mandates) and technology-push policies (government R&D), as well as the interaction between these two types of instruments. The results suggest a positive relationship between blending mandates and domestic biofuel production. Thus, a more stringent blending mandate does not only increase the use of biofuels, but also domestic production (as a share of total fuel use). Government R&D has not, however, induced domestic biofuel industrialization processes. The results even suggest a negative interaction effect between government R&D and blending mandates, in turn implying that these two polices target different technological fields. The blending mandates tend to primarily favor commercialized first-generation biofuels, while government support to biofuel R&D has instead been focused on advanced biofuel technology.

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“…Due to the nature of the molecule(s) as a novel commodity for many interesting natural and manufactured products [26][27][28][29], a modern bioeconomy [30][31][32][33] is not simply a rerun of former ones. This new discourse needs to help us understand how technologies [34][35][36][37][38] for managing and processing lignocellulosic materials both as biosynthetic moieties [39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49], biogenic wastes [50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58] or simply renewable biopolymer [59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69]-both established and novel-should be deployed and integrated (or not) to meet developmental requirements of the sustainability paradigm [70][71]…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Utilisation of Lignins in the Bioeconomy: Projections on Ionic Liquids and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Selective Separation and Recovery of Base Metals and Gold

Ndibewu¹,

Tchieta²

2018

Lignin - Trends and Applications

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A brief review has been herein done of technologies involved in the exploitation of lignin, in order to provide an introduction to the subject from the perspective of a fast technologically advancing economy. Lignocellulosic materials and biomass have historically been utilised from since time memorial, but a new conversation is emerging on the role of these materials in modern bioeconomies. This new discourse needs to help us understand how technologies for managing and processing lignocellulosic materials both as biosynthetic moieties, biogenic wastes or simply renewable biopolymer-both established and novel-should be deployed and integrated (or not) to meet developmental requirements of the sustainability paradigm. The world is caught in the middle of green technology advocating for more and more focus on renewable sources of manufacturing raw materials and that of the molecularly imprinted/synthesised or genetically engineered ones. The utilisation of lignins (from renewable sources) in both the industry as the base for the formulation of ionic liquids (with yet a wider industrial applications), and also is a potential scaffold material for functionally modified imprinted polymers (LCIPS) for the selective recovery of base metals and gold, respectively, evidently incorporates the bioeconomy aspirations.

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The emergence of patent races in lignocellulosic biofuels, 2002–2015

Cited by 21 publications

References 16 publications

Moving towards the second generation of lignocellulosic biorefineries in the EU: Drivers, challenges, and opportunities

Moving towards the second generation of lignocellulosic biorefineries in the EU: Drivers, challenges, and opportunities

Green industrial policies and domestic production of biofuels: an econometric analysis of OECD countries

Utilisation of Lignins in the Bioeconomy: Projections on Ionic Liquids and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Selective Separation and Recovery of Base Metals and Gold

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