Sustainability check for bio-based technologies: A review of process-based and life cycle approaches

N Escobar, N Laibach - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Industries across the world are making a transition from fossil resources to renewable
biological feedstock for the production of chemicals, fuels, and materials, as a strategy to …

Circular economy, bioeconomy, and sustainable development goals: a systematic literature review

D Ferraz, A Pyka - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
The circular economy (CE) and bioeconomy (BE) are recognized as potential solutions for
achieving sustainable development, yet little research has examined their potential …

Development of the circular bioeconomy: Drivers and indicators

M Kardung, K Cingiz, O Costenoble, R Delahaye… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The EU's 2018 Bioeconomy Strategy Update and the European Green Deal recently
confirmed that the bioeconomy is high on the political agenda in Europe. Here, we propose …

Innovation types in the bioeconomy

S Bröring, N Laibach, M Wustmans - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Many factors such as fossil resource scarcity and new technological developments have
brought the bioeconomy, an economy based on the use of biomass or bio-based processes …

[HTML][HTML] A new socio-economic indicator to measure the performance of bioeconomy sectors in Europe

I D'Adamo, PM Falcone, P Morone - Ecological Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Commission supports the production of renewable biological
resources and their conversion into value added products and bio-energy. A new …

The role of bioenergy in greenhouse gas emission reduction in EU countries: An Environmental Kuznets Curve modelling

T Baležentis, D Streimikiene, T Zhang… - Resources, Conservation …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioeconomy is an important element of European Union (EU) political agenda. Promotion of
bioenergy is one of the main aspects of bioeconomy strategy. The aim of this paper is to …

Towards a bioenergy transition in Italy? Exploring regional stakeholder perspectives towards the Gela and Porto Marghera biorefineries

PM Falcone, E Imbert, E Sica, P Morone - Energy Research & Social …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates two transition initiatives at the local level–namely the reconversion of
the Porto Marghera and Gela refineries into biorefineries for second-generation biofuels …

Evaluation of bioeconomy in the context of strong sustainability

G Liobikiene, T Balezentis… - Sustainable …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The implementation of bioeconomy is important in seeking to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals. Thus, in recent years, more attention is focused on sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the bioeconomy: Emerging approaches to address policy needs

A Pyka, G Cardellini, H Van Meijl, PJ Verkerk - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
With its update of the Bioeconomy Strategy and the Green Deal, the European Commission
committed itself to a transformation towards a sustainable and climate-neutral European …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring circular biobased economy–Systematic review of circularity indicators at the micro level

IV Gursel, B Elbersen, KPH Meesters - Resources, Conservation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The systematic literature review of circular economy indicators at the micro level revealed
that they are still at an early stage of development and so far, the specific considerations …