"Going forward 10 or 20 years, there's going to be a pull on the entire biomass supply chain from a number of sectors - energy, biofuels, biorenewable chemicals," he says. "You will see a coming together of big companies from the food, agriculture, energy, oil and forestry industries, and it's going to be a very interesting mish-mash."
Growing battle for resources
Sourcing adequate supplies of feedstock is the biggest challenge facing the bioenergy industry, and competition for supplies is getting fiercer.
8 April 2009 22:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 9:44 GMT