Everything you wanted to know about biomass but were afraid to ask
In the social debate ‘biomass’ equates to ‘wood pellets’. A debate that has a tendency
to turn into an exchange of ‘oh yes it is, oh no isn’t’ at that. This is doing a grave injustice
to biomass. There is more to it than that, far more than wood pellets. But how much
more? And what are the available streams? Where do they come from? Do we ourselves
have enough (from Dutch soil)? And how can we use biomass for both Chemicals and
Energy?
‘TKI-BBE’ stands for Top Consortium for Knowledge and Innovation in the Bio-based
economy (part of the circular economy). ‘K’ and ‘I’ stand for Knowledge and Innovation,
a world in which facts play an important role, hence the reason for this booklet.
We have compiled this booklet with the aim of providing an overview and, where
possible, guidelines for policy and entrepreneurship. It offers an overview of the types
of biomass and biomass availability on the scale of the Netherlands, Europe and the
world, and the available technologies for converting biomass into a range of useful
products.
But before you turn the page: what do you think is the largest CO2-absorbing crop in
the Netherlands?
