Biorefinery. The gradual emergence of an alternative to oil

Making the most of lignocellulosic biomass is one of the key areas for research into greener chemistry for the future.
What are the advances and difficulties involved in this research?
Find out more from our colleague Franck Rataboul (current ANR CatRemo project) and Léa Vilcocq from the laboratoire Catalyse, Polymérisation, Procédés et Matériaux4 (CP2M) on the CNRS Focus Science blog:
https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/nos-blogs/focus-sciences/bioraffinage-lemergence-a-petits-pas-dune-alternative-au-petrole