Open AccessGreen biofuels and bioproducts: bases for sustainability analysis
Author(s) -
Ramos Juan L.,
GarcíaLorente Francisco,
Valdivia Miguel,
Duque Estrella
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
microbial biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.287
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 1751-7915
DOI - 10.1111/1751-7915.12768
Subject(s) - bioproducts , biofuel , bioenergy , biomass (ecology) , renewable energy , sustainability , biochemical engineering , renewable resource , lignocellulosic biomass , microbiology and biotechnology , renewable fuels , vinasse , aviation biofuel , environmental science , business , natural resource economics , chemistry , economics , food science , biology , engineering , agronomy , fermentation , ecology
Currently the chemical industry is largely petroleum based and although the number of ongoing large‐scale biocatalytic processes are relatively low, a trend in growth is expected and the Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) and other agencies aim to have 30% of the total chemical industry based on renewable sources by 2050 (Philp et al ., 2013). At present a good number of bio‐based products (bioethanol, acids such as lactic, succinic, itaconic and others) are derived from corn syrup and other sugar sources (Geiser et al ., 2016; Ramos et al ., 2016a); however, because of the food v fuel controversy new trends have been directed towards the production of bioproducts/biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass—the most abundant and important renewable source for alternative petrol derivatives. We discuss here the bases for sustainable bioenergy production.