Biomass can meet 20% of carbon demand in chemicals by 2050

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A new study from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RIC) and the Biobased Industries Consortium (BIC) claims that biomass can meet 20% of carbon demand in the global chemicals sector by 2050 – without compromising either food or feed supply.

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The study examined whether agricultural and woody biomass could provide enough biomass to sustainably meet 20% of the needs.

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