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ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Fuel production will be an important function of future agriculture and forestry. The starch to ethanol process is well developed and the cellulose to ethanol is developing in the European region. Some parts of the region have set the goal to be oil independent in ten years time.
Central questions in the subject area are the biotechnical processes to make ethanol from different agriculture and forestry products. The area also face the problem of eco fuel production balanced against demand of other food and forestry products, the up scaling from laboratory experience to full scale production and the distribution and tax regulation of eco fuel.
The Environmental Biotechnology knowledge network has its node at GMV, Centre for Environment and Sustainability at Chalmers University of Technology and Göteborg University and is coordinated by professor Oliver Lindqvist, GMV.