Development of the Nordic Bioeconomy: NCM reporting: Test centers for green energy solutions - Biorefineries and business needs

In 2014 the Nordic Council of Ministers initiated a new bioeconomy project: “Test centers for green energy solutions – Biorefineries and Busi-ness needs”. The purpose was to strengthen green growth in the area of the bioeconomy by analyzing and mapping the current status of the bio-economy in the Nordic countries and identify potentials and obstacles, needs and opportunities.

Based on this a set of policy recommendations was formulated. The project group participants were prominent scientists within the field of bioeconomy as well as government officials from all the Nordic countries. The project was headed by Professor Lene Lange, DTU, Denmark. The resulting Nordic Bioeconomy NCM Report consists of three parts: 1.

Executive summary chapters (Introduction, Background, Scoping, Conclusions, Trends, Actions, and Recommendations, supplemented by highlights of the reporting from each of the Nordic countries). 2. Full country reports on the bioeconomy, activities and available in-frastructures from each of the Nordic countries, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands. 3.

A consultancy report (authored by Matis, Iceland) on business needs and opportunities within the bioeconomy, upgrading biological re-sources from agriculture, forestry, and fishery, as well as from indus-trial organic side streams and household waste.