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3.2 What Are the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
for the Bazancourt-Pomacle Biorefinery? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3.3 BIOAMBER: A Locally Unrecognised Success Story ....... 62
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
3 Industrial Symbiosis at the Bazancourt-Pomacle Biorefinery . .... . 67
1 What Is Industrial Symbiosis? . . . . . . .... ... .... ... .... ... . 68
2 Different Aspects of Industrial Symbiosis at the
Bazancourt-Pomacle Biorefinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
2.1 The Bazancourt-Pomacle Biorefinery and Its Local
Environment ............. ........................ 71
2.2 The Firms Making Up the Biorefinery . .... ............. 72
2.3 The Biorefinery and Water Symbiosis . . . ........ ....... 74
2.4 Possible Improvements to the System . . . . . . . . .... ... ... 78
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4 Prospects for the Bazancourt-Pomacle Biorefinery Between
Now and 2030 ... .. ... .. ... ... .. ... .. ... .. ... ... .. ... .. . 81
1 Challenges for the White Biotechnology Centre
of Excellence (CEBB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ... ... 83
1.1 Multidisciplinarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
1.2 The Public-Private Partnership .... ......... ......... .. 85
1.3 Governance ............................. ........ 85
2 Recent Developments: 2014, a Turning Point? . . . . . .... ... ... . 86
2.1 The Sale by ARD of Its Subsidiary SOLIANCE
to the GIVAUDAN Group ........ ................. .. 86
2.2 ARD’s BIODEMO Demonstrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
2.3 The FUTUROL Industrial Pilot Scheme . . .... ... .... ... . 88
3 Potential for Integration of the Upstream Value Chain .... ...... 89
3.1 The Idea of an Experimental Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
3.2 Upstream Industry . ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... . 91
3.3 Cumulative Effects? . .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... . 91
4 Potential for Integration with the Downstream Value Chain . . ..... 92
4.1 Land Available for New Manufacturing Facilities
or Biorefineries . . .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... 92
4.2 Downstream Industry . . . . . .... ... .... ... .... ... .... 93
4.3 The Move Downstream by Industrials and Cooperatives . . . . . 94
5 Maintaining or Renewing the Virtues of the Cooperative Model . . . . 95
5.1 The Period 2015–2030–2040 .... .......... ......... .. 95
5.2 The Basis of the Cooperative Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.3 Is It Possible to Benefit from Cooperative Values Without
Cooperatives? . . . . . .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... 97
6 Does the IEB Need a More Formal Governance Structure? . ..... . 97
6.1 Networking, Strategic Monitoring and Strategic
Decision-Making Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98