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Copernicus InstituteResearch Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation

BREW Symposium “White Biotechnology”

integrated in BioPerspectives 2005

Wiesbaden, Germany, 11 May 2005


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ISI

InstituteSystems andInnovation Research

CERISS

The BREW Project (http://www.chem.uu.nl/brew/ )

Medium and long-term opportunities and risks of the biotechnological production of bulk chemicals from renewable resources

We gratefully acknowledge support from the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research (GROWTH Programme Award No. G5MA-CT-2002-00014).


COPERNICUS Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation at Utrecht University

Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS)

Research cluster Energy and Materials Demand and Efficiency (EME)

Objectives

1. Current energy and materials demand

2. Energy and material efficiency potentials

3. Obstacles to development and implementation

4. Effectiveness and efficiency of policies and measures

5. Recommendations for the actors concerned


Scope

• White Biotechnology (fermentation and enzymatic conversions)

• Feedstocks from renewable resources• Bulk products• State-of-the-art today• Technology development in the next 2-3 decades


The BREW Project (http://www.chem.uu.nl/brew/ )

Medium and long-term opportunities and risks of the biotechnological production of bulk chemicals from renewable resources

WP 1: Overview of biotechnological processes

WP 2: Technical and economic characteristics

WP 3: Environmental and economic assessment

WP 4: Risk assessment

WP 5: Public perception

WP 6: Market potentials

WP 7: Scenario calculations

WP 6: Conclusions


Objective

Overall goal: Evaluation of the opportunities and risks

Key results presented today:- R&D and market development in companies and institutes (Peter Nossin, Stefan Buchholz,

Erwin Vink, Christophe Rupp-Dahlem, Carl Muska, Mercedes Martinez)

- Environmental and economic assessment (Dieter Sell, Mercedes Martinez, Martin Patel)

- Risk assessment (Leo van Overbeek)

- Perception of White Biotechnology in Western Europe(Fabio Terragni)

- Projection of the market potential (Veronika Dornburg)

- Overall conclusions (Bärbel Hüsing)

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