TransRegBio

The concept of the bioeconomy stands for an economic system based on renewable raw materials that aims to reconcile economic progress with respect for natural limits. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is now funding four bioeconomy innovation spaces across Germany; Among them is the “BioBall Innovation Space”, which is intended to accelerate the structural change towards a bio-based economy in the Frankfurt/ Rhine-Main metropolitan region. The joint project “Transformation analysis and design concepts for a regional bioeconomy” (TransRegBio) is part of the BioBall innovation space: on the one hand, it ensures the scientific monitoring of the FuEuI projects with regard to their ecological and economic indicators; on the other hand, models, tools and concepts for the evaluation and design of a regional bioeconomy are developed.

The project partners deal scientifically with the following questions in detail in the project:

• What are barriers and drivers for the market introduction of bioeconomic technologies?
• What are the life cycle environmental impacts of bioeconomic technologies?
• What is the macro-level impact of biomass demand generated by bioeconomic technologies on phenomena such as land use, biological CO2 storage, and biodiversity?

The methods and findings developed in the project are incorporated into instruments and action guidelines for bioeconomy stakeholders..