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– cost structure (OPEX)
– Turnover, value added, workforce (over last 5 years?)

Table 4 Example of table showing turnover, value added, profits and the biorefinery’s direct
workforce
n 5 n 3 n 2 Most recent year
Turnover before tax
Value added
Profit/loss
Average workforce

– Products sold by destination (food, feed, biofuel, other by-products)
Table 5 Example of table showing products sold by destination
n 10 n 5 n 3 Most recent year
Food
Animal feed
Bio-fuels
Ingredients/molecules for downstream industry

– Financial Results (EBITBA, amortization, profit before tax...)

Other related questions would also be interesting:

– What part did public subsidies play in the funding plan?
– Was the initial project partly or wholly funded by investors (risk capital, hedge
funds...)?
– How was financial risk (death valley) overcome?
– How was industrial, technological and environmental risk taken into account?
– To what extent are the financial results the consequence of industrial synergy
(in the case of integrated biorefineries)?
– What is the impact of the biorefinery on the local economy (direct and indirect
employment, national or local taxes paid...)

2.4 Industrial symbiosis

Industrial symbiosis, also known as “industrial ecology,” refers to the synergy
developed between the actors in a single biorefinery.
The aim here is to describe how a resource is shared between and exploited by
the different actors on the same platform in different ways: