Medium and Long-term Opportunities and Risks of the Biotechnological Production of Bulk Chemicals from Renewable Resources - The Potential of White Biotechnology The BREW Project Final report Prepared under the European Commission’s GROWTH Programme (DG Research) Project team: Academy Utrecht University (UU), Dept. of Science, Technology and Society (STS), Utrecht, Netherlands Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (FhG-ISI), Karlsruhe, Germany Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Madrid, Spain Plant Research International (PRI), Wageningen, Netherlands CERISS (Centro per l'Educazione, la Ricerca, l'Informazione su Scienza e Società), Milan, Italy A&F (Agrotechnology and Food Innovations) Wageningen, Netherlands Industry partners BP Chemicals, Hull, United Kingdom Degussa AG, Hanau, Germany DSM NV, Heerlen, Netherlands DuPont, Bad Homburg, Germany NatureWorks, Naarden, Netherlands Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark Roquette Frères, Lestrem, France Shell International Chemicals BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands Uniqema, Wilton/Redcar, United Kingdom Utrecht, September 2006 Authors Dr. Martin Patel (project co-ordinator) Utrecht University (UU) Manuela Crank, BE Chem Department of Science, Technology Dr. Veronika Dornburg and Society (STS) Barbara Hermann, M.Sc. Heidelberglaan 2 Lex Roes, M.Sc. NL-3584 CS Utrecht, Netherlands Tel. +31 (0) 30 253-7600 Fax +31 (0) 30 253-7601
[email protected] Dr. Bärbel Hüsing Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (FhG-ISI), Karlsruhe, Germany Dr. Leo Overbeek Plant Research International (PRI) Wageningen, Netherlands Dr. Fabio Terragni CERISS (Centro per l'Educazione, la Dr. Elena Recchia Ricerca, l'Informazione su Scienza e Società), Milan, Italy Contributors Academy Dr. Ruud Weusthuis A&F (Agrotechnology and Food Innovations) Wageningen, Netherlands Prof.