UK Expertise for Exploitation of Biomass-Based Platform Chemicals

Biomass offers an attractive alternative to fossil based feed stocks as a source of energy, materials and chemicals. 

In a White paper published by the FROPTOP (From Renewable Platform Chemicals to Value Added Products) special interest group, the current level of expertise present in the UK for the production and conversion of biomass based chemicals into products is reviewed.

FROPTOP, the special interest group of Bioscience for Business, Chemistry Innovation, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institution of Chemical Engineers worked with industry, academia and government bodies to produce an overview of the current UK expertise and future capability of producing products from biomass based chemicals.  

FROPTOP covers renewable, biomass-derived chemicals and their use in chemical and biochemical processes. The aim of the group is to identify the portfolio of products that can be derived from biomass-based chemicals and also the tools needed to convert these renewable chemicals in a sustainable way.