The Second Chamber argued last month on a general consultation on a range of bio-based economy and green growth policy on the agenda. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and I & M have a number of policy papers to the second chamber in which the policy is now to be evaluated for future policy and sent in recent months is announced. Important biobased policy letters are the letter “More value from biomass through cascading” and the “evaluation and monitoring program biobased economy ‘.<\/p>\n
An important starting point for biobased policy is the government’s vision “to close the chain ‘from 2007 in which the then Ministry of Agriculture outlined the framework for biobased policy. This is the value pyramid presented for the biobased economy and the important role of biorefinery to the available biomass best possible deal. The policy cascading builds here on. Consistency with CO2 reduction and the use of biotic residues is described. An important pillar continues to focus on technology and innovation. The TKI BBE is requested with companies and universities to develop a long-term program for this.<\/p>\n
Is a room letter about monitoring the biobased economy in June appeared. The Biobased Economy program was started in 2008. Netherlands has a highly developed network of companies, research institutions and governments to work on this. The Chamber Letter discusses the method of the program and results and, where possible, the results and scope of the biobased economy in card. Innovation is important for the biobased economy. In total spending from the industry for R & D in 2012 for the biobased economy 234 M \u20ac 52.2 M \u20ac in which the government has contributed to. The size of the biobased economy in the Netherlands in 2011 was \u20ac 2.6 to 3.0 billion. This is the manufacturing sector (materials), the chemical industry and the energy sector. The growth prospects for the biobased economy and proves beneficial. Currently most biobased businesses are still at an early stage of development.<\/p>\n
If attachments are sent with the letter to studies on monitoring, market development and investment environment for the biobased economy. The monitoring of the biobased economy is still in its infancy and data collections and methods should be still largely built. The Dutch approach to this is regarded as normative.<\/p>\n
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You will find the letters that were addressed during the general consultation and reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n