This book investigates the functioning and ecosystems of biorefineries and assesses the
potential of the industrial bioeconomy. The authors present a case study of the biorefinery at
Bazancourt Pomacle near Reims France as an outstanding illustration of the creation work
processes financing provision of environmental services competitive benefits and future
prospects of a bioeconomy. Analysing the case of Bazancourt Pomacle the authors show the wide
range of products produced by integrated biorefineries such as food bioenergy molecules for
cosmetics and nutrients for agricultural use. They also analyse Bazancourt Pomacle as an open
innovation platform which encompasses several layers of R&D including three department chairs
from leading engineering and business schools in France. Illustrating a number of global
success stories that started in Bazancourt Pomacle the authors also investigate the provision
of pilot- and demonstration plants as inescapable steps in the scaling-up process from the lab
to industrial scale. The book provides a systematic overview of the lessons learned as well as
data on an industrial bioeconomy. Investors decision- makers public-policy shapers analysts
and scholars will learn about the history actors economics industrial symbiosis role of
cooperatives R&D and future prospects of a world-class biorefinery and bio-based cluster in
Europe.
