title: The utilization of renewable resources in German industrial production.
abstract: Renewable resources will be an increasingly important issue for the chemical industry in the future. In the context of white biotechnology, they represent the intersection point of agriculture and the chemical industry. The scarcity and related increase in the price of fossil resources make renewable resources an interesting alternative. If one considers the production of bulk chemicals, it is evident that for this area besides the C sources, sugar and starch, new sources of raw materials must be opened up. One possible solution is to utilize lignocellulose both for materials and energy. This article discusses this interesting prospective for the future, particularly from the point of view of the German industry.
authors.affiliation: Dow Deutschland GmbH & Co. OHG, Rheinmünster, Germany.
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirth
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liese
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nordhoff
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puls
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pulz
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sell
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Syldatk
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ulber
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D005858:Germany; D007221:Industry / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*