[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv id=\u0022republish_modal_form\u0022\u003E\u003Cform class=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form ecl-form\u0022 data-drupal-selector=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 action=\u0022\/en\/article\/modal\/5822\u0022 method=\u0022post\u0022 id=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 accept-charset=\u0022UTF-8\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHorizon articles can be republished for free under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EYou must give appropriate credit. We ask you to do this by:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 1) Using the original journalist\u0027s byline\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 2) Linking back to our original story\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 3) Using the following text in the footer: This article was originally published in \u003Ca href=\u0027#\u0027\u003EHorizon, the EU Research and Innovation magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003ESee our full republication guidelines \u003Ca href=\u0027\/horizon-magazine\/republish-our-stories\u0027\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EHTML for this article, including the attribution and page view counter, is below:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textarea form-item-body-content js-form-item-body-content ecl-form-group ecl-form-group--text-area form-no-label ecl-u-mv-m\u0022\u003E\n \n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \u003Ctextarea data-drupal-selector=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 aria-describedby=\u0022edit-body-content--description\u0022 id=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 name=\u0022body_content\u0022 rows=\u00225\u0022 cols=\u002260\u0022 class=\u0022form-textarea ecl-text-area\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EOil-free fuel from agricultural waste\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe proposed Bio-Based Industries Initiative (BBI), means that the EU will help stimulate the use of by-products from agriculture, forestry and industry\u0026nbsp;to replace products based on oil, such as PVC plastics and\u0026nbsp;aircraft fuel.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018By finding other ways of generating bio-based products and fuel\u0026nbsp;from plants and waste, the bio-based industry will significantly cut our dependency on oil and help us meet climate change targets,\u0027 said Dr Antonio Di Giulio, Acting Director of Biotechnologies, Agriculture, and Food at the European Commission\u2019s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe EU has teamed up with the Biobased Industry Consortium (BIC), a grouping of agriculture, forestry, chemicals, paper, pulp, biotechnology and energy firms, among others, for the BBI. It\u0027s one of five Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) that will be funded through the EU\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, set to run from 2014 until 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor every EUR\u0026nbsp;1 that the EU puts in, industry will contribute another EUR 2.8, up to a total of EUR 3.8 billion.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0027The Public Private Partnership (PPP) is a great way of getting previously unrelated industries to talk to each other and develop totally new value chains,\u0027 said Berry Wiersum, Chief Executive of Sappi, a Belgium-based multinational pulp and paper company which is one of the BBI partners.\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022tw-text-center tw-text-blue tw-font-bold tw-text-2xl lg:tw-w-1\/2 tw-border-2 tw-border-blue tw-p-12 tw-my-8 lg:tw-m-12 lg:tw--ml-16 tw-float-left\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022tw-text-5xl tw-rotate-180\u0022\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022tw-font-serif tw-italic\u0022\u003E\u2018By finding other ways of generating fuel and other products from plants and waste, the bio-based industry will significantly cut our dependency on oil.\u0026#039;\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cfooter\u003E\n \u003Ccite class=\u0022tw-not-italic tw-font-normal tw-text-sm tw-text-black\u0022\u003EDr Antonio Di Giulio, Acting Director Biotechnologies, Agriculture and Food, European Commission DG Research and Innovation\u003C\/cite\u003E\n \u003C\/footer\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWithout public involvement, it can often be too risky and expensive for private companies to invest in the research necessary to turn agricultural waste into products like plastic and fuel.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003EOn top of that, individual companies can rarely bring new technology to market across the EU on their own.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s where the BBI can make a difference. At one end of the production chain, the BBI will help to find new sources of biomass, and at the other, it will try to \u003Cspan\u003Esupport new markets for bio-based products by, for example, helping to create new standards and through public procurement\u003C\/span\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiorefineries\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the middle come biorefineries, which can turn renewable raw materials\u0026nbsp;into plastic and fuel.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne example of what could be achieved under the BBI is EuroBioRef, a biorefinery design project which received EUR 23 million funding under FP7, the EU\u2019s current research funding programme. EuroBioRef will use multiple types of biomass - such as grasses, agricultural, and forestry residues - to generate plastics, industrial chemicals, and oil-free aviation fuel.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEuroBioRef wants to improve cost efficiency by 30 %, and produce no waste. The biorefinery is made of optional modules, so that it can be installed in different locations as a large or small unit depending on the conditions. Installations like this could help the BBI create tens of thousands of new jobs across Europe, its backers hope. 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