Welcome to our Bioeconomy Lexicon.
Here you will find definitions for key concepts and widely used terms relating to the Bioeconomy. Our library is always evolving and we’d love to hear about any additions you’d like to see. Please get in touch with us via our enquiries form or email enquiries@alderbioinsights.co.uk
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- Best available carbon
- Bio-active
- Bio-based
- Bio-based chemical
- Bio-based plastic
- Bio-based product
- Bio-circular
- Bio-waste
- Biochar
- Bioconversion
- Biodegradable plastics
- Biodegradation
- Biodegradibility
- Biodiesel
- Bioeconomy
- Bioenergy
- Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
- Bioengineering
- Bioethanol
- Biofuel
- Biogas
- Biogenic
- Bioliquids
- Biomanufacturing
- Biomass
- Biomass crops
- Biomethane
- Bioplastic
- Biopolymer
- Bioreactor
- Biorefinery
- Bioremediation
- Biosphere
- Biospheric carbon (BC)
- Biosurfactant
- Biosynthesis
- Biotechnology
- Blue hydrogen
- Brown grease
- By-product
- Cap-and-trade
- Carbon accounting
- Carbon black
- Carbon border adjusted mechanism (CBAM)
- Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
- Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU)
- Carbon debt
- Carbon farming
- Carbon footprint
- Carbon management
- Carbon neutrality
- Carbon payback period
- Carbon sequestration
- Carbon stock
- Cascading use
- Cash crops
- Cellular Agriculture
- Circular bioeconomy
- Circular economy
- Closed-loop recycling
- Co-generation
- Co-product
- Combined heat and power (CHP)
- Commercial food waste
- Compost
- Compostable
- Composting
- Cover crops
- Cradle-to-cradle
- Cradle-to-gate
- Cradle-to-grave
- Crop rotation
- Gasification
- Gate-to-gate
- Gate-to-grave
- Genetic engineering (GE)
- Genetic modification (GM)
- Geosphere
- Geospheric fossil carbon (GFC)
- Global warming
- Global warming potential (GWP)
- Green ammonia
- Green corridor
- Green hydrogen
- Green nitrogen
- Greenhouse gas (GHG)
- Greenwashing
- Grey hydrogen
- Gross final energy consumption
- Particulate matter (PM)
- Peatland
- Perennial crop
- Permanent crops
- Permanent grassland
- Petrochemical
- Plastic
- Platform chemical
- Point source CO2 emissions
- Polyethylene furanoate (PEF)
- Polylactic acid (PLA)
- Post-consumer wood
- Power-to-X (PtX or P2X)
- Precision fermentation
- Primary chemicals
- Primary crops
- Primary energy consumption
- Primary production of energy
- Primary woody biomass
- Pulpwood
- Pyrolysis
- Sawmill residues
- Secondary crop
- Secondary waste
- Secondary woody biomass
- Sensitivity analysis
- Sensitivity check
- Sequential cropping
- Short rotation coppice
- Short rotation forestry
- Sink
- Softwood
- Soil organic carbon (SOC)
- Soil organic matter
- Specialty chemical
- Static pile composting
- Steam methane reforming (SMR)
- Sustainability
- Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
- Sustainable carbon
- Synthesis gas (syngas)
- Synthetic biology
- Synthetic fuels