Boost for bio-refining

摘要

A new research and demonstration facility could establish Wales as a major centre for bio-refining. The BEACON programme will turn locally grown crops into commercial products, including fuels, plastic composites, pharmaceuti-cals and textiles — in essence, any products that are traditionally made from oil. A key part of the project will be to work with a variety of industrial partners, the target being 200 businesses over the course of the project, which runs until June 2015.