Biorefining centre developing ways of converting plants and wastes into products

The BDC is an open-access R&D centre working at the interface between academia and industry to develop, scale-up and help commercialise bio-based products and processes.

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Biorefining is set for rapid expansion in the next decade with the bioeconomy already worth around € 2 trillion across the EU. Learn about what we are doing to de-risk industry innovations.

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Latest News

BDC awarded Future Observatory Design Ecosystem Fellowship.

BDC Facilities

Read all about our open-access facilities, set up for all sorts of biorefining projects, such as: breeding new types of plants, turning biomass into energy or optimising cosmetic products.
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Case Study

UK-India collaboration successfully tackles industrial waste from sugarcane processing in India

Scientists in the UK and India have successfully come together to take a major by-product of the sugarcane industry and turn it into the valuable bio-based chemical, citric acid.Case study

Services

Flexible project funding
Analytical services
Microbiology
Fast-track breeding
Pre-processing
Process development
Novel equipment demonstration
Desk-based assessments

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… opened up areas of opportunity which were previously unknown and would hugely benefit the business I work in.
- Andrew, Newsholme Food Group

Contact Us

BDC
1 Hassacarr Close
Chessingham Park
Dunnington, York, YO19 5SN

+44 (0)1904 328040

info@biorenewables.org

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BioPilots UK

BDC is part of the BioPilotsUK - a collaboration created by four established biorefining open-access centres who recognise the importance of partnerships to develop UK bio-based value chains.