Opportunities for a Bio-based Economy in the Netherlands

Johan Sanders and Diederik Van der Hoeven
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Johan Sanders: Wageningen University and Research Centre, Valorisation of Plant Production Chains. P.O.Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Diederik Van der Hoeven: Diederik van der Hoeven, Daedalus Research and Development, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Energies, 2008, vol. 1, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: The shift to a bio-based economy for the Netherlands is not only required because of climate change, but also for industrial strategy reasons. Traditional strongholds of the Dutch economy like the Rotterdam harbour, the agricultural sector (including the greenhouse sector, and food and feed industries) and the petrochemical industry will be affected by the new economic realities, and it is precisely to these sectors that a bio-based economy will offer new opportunities.

Keywords: Biobased economy; agriculture; chemical industry; logistics; policy; biomass (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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