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Hereby, the bioeconomy is one key component of a sustainable and independent future. | Hereby, the bioeconomy is one key component of a sustainable and independent future. | ||
− | {{Team:Aachen/Figure|size=medium|Aachen_BG06.jpg|title=The biotech market is growing | + | {{Team:Aachen/Figure|size=medium|Aachen_BG06.jpg|title=The biotech market is growing<ref>Saurabh (Rob) Aggarwal, What's fueling the biotech engine—2012 to 2013, Nature Biotechnology 32, 32-39 (2014)</ref>}} |
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) sees the bio-based products of the growing bioeconomy as a pillar for a sustainable future<ref>OECD (2009), “The Bioeconomy of 2030”, in The Bioeconomy to 2030: Designing a Policy Agenda, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264056886-9-en</ref>. | The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) sees the bio-based products of the growing bioeconomy as a pillar for a sustainable future<ref>OECD (2009), “The Bioeconomy of 2030”, in The Bioeconomy to 2030: Designing a Policy Agenda, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264056886-9-en</ref>. | ||
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To get independent from fossil fuels, we have to developed new processes. As shown before, we are limited in arable land. That means, we would have to convert a lot of arable land to grow food and even more to monoculture of energy crops to get enough biomass for the production of biofuels and other important products. This however is not an acceptable option. | To get independent from fossil fuels, we have to developed new processes. As shown before, we are limited in arable land. That means, we would have to convert a lot of arable land to grow food and even more to monoculture of energy crops to get enough biomass for the production of biofuels and other important products. This however is not an acceptable option. | ||
− | {{Team:Aachen/Figure|size=large|Aachen_Vision_part2edit.png|title=An undesired future szenario | + | {{Team:Aachen/Figure|size=large|Aachen_Vision_part2edit.png|title=An undesired future szenario - Large surfaces are used for the cultivation of energy crops}} |
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'''Technical CO<sub>2</sub> fixation''' | '''Technical CO<sub>2</sub> fixation''' | ||
− | {{Team:Aachen/Quote|quote= | + | {{Team:Aachen/Quote|quote=Methanol production has a potential energy efficency of around 70 % (i.e. 70% of the electrical energy used contributes to the calorific value of the methanol produced)|person= sunfire GmbH}} |
Recent technological achievments made it possible to convert CO<sub>2</sub> into methanol with an incredible efficieny. | Recent technological achievments made it possible to convert CO<sub>2</sub> into methanol with an incredible efficieny. | ||
The efficency of energy that is converted into chemical energy is about 80 times higher than the conversion of CO<sub>2</sub> to biomass through plants and even 18 times higher than the maximal efficieny natural photosynthesis can reach<ref>Die natürliche Photosynthese: Ihre Effizienz und die Konsequenzen - Hartmut Michel</ref>. | The efficency of energy that is converted into chemical energy is about 80 times higher than the conversion of CO<sub>2</sub> to biomass through plants and even 18 times higher than the maximal efficieny natural photosynthesis can reach<ref>Die natürliche Photosynthese: Ihre Effizienz und die Konsequenzen - Hartmut Michel</ref>. | ||
Of course these processes depend on high concentrations of CO<sub>2</sub>. Therefore, companies already developed new systems to concentrate the CO<sub>2</sub> from air<ref>http://www.climeworks.com/</ref> <ref>http://carbonengineering.com/air-capture/</ref> <ref>http://globalthermostat.com/what-we-do/about-carbon-capture-and-use/</ref> | Of course these processes depend on high concentrations of CO<sub>2</sub>. Therefore, companies already developed new systems to concentrate the CO<sub>2</sub> from air<ref>http://www.climeworks.com/</ref> <ref>http://carbonengineering.com/air-capture/</ref> <ref>http://globalthermostat.com/what-we-do/about-carbon-capture-and-use/</ref> | ||
− | {{Team:Aachen/Figure|size=medium|Aachen_BG07.jpg|title=Converting CO<sub>2</sub> and water to methanol and oxygen | + | {{Team:Aachen/Figure|size=medium|Aachen_BG07.jpg|title=Converting CO<sub>2</sub> and water to methanol and oxygen}} |
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− | {{Team:Aachen/Figure|size=small|Aachen_BG10.jpg|title=The glycogen molecule | + | {{Team:Aachen/Figure|size=small|Aachen_BG10.jpg|title=The glycogen molecule<ref>[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Glycogen.png]</ref>}} |
'''Substituting starch''' | '''Substituting starch''' | ||
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− | {{Team:Aachen/Figure|size=small|Aachen_BG09.jpg|title=Starch industry in Europe | + | {{Team:Aachen/Figure|size=small|Aachen_BG09.jpg|title=Starch industry in Europe}} |
'''Diverse applications''' | '''Diverse applications''' | ||
In order to uncouple the existing bioeconomy from valuable plant origin, our bioprocess creates an innovative starting point. Thus other bioprocesses could be built upon the independently produced glycogen. In this light, one can imagine an independent bioeconomy from scratch, which does not interfere with other industries such as the food sector anymore. | In order to uncouple the existing bioeconomy from valuable plant origin, our bioprocess creates an innovative starting point. Thus other bioprocesses could be built upon the independently produced glycogen. In this light, one can imagine an independent bioeconomy from scratch, which does not interfere with other industries such as the food sector anymore. | ||
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