WP OBJECTIVES
WP 7 will provide a multi-criteria evaluation of the sustainability of the entire value chain by taking into account technological, environmental, economic, social, political and legal aspects. The most sustainable biorefinery pathways for the simultaneous production of biofuels, biomaterials and biochemicals such as high value-added pharmaceuticals will be identified. They will show best possible compromise in having least environmental burdens and costs and best environmental, economic and social benefits.

WP ACTIVITIES
Boundary conditions, system description and technological assessment
Provides the boundary conditions and system descriptions that will be used by all subsequent tasks. The technological assessment will later on evaluate selected properties of the biorefinery concepts such as durability, state of development, scalability and operational and maintenance issues.

Life cycle assessment
Assesses the global environmental impacts of the SUPRA-BIO biorefinery concepts by means of life cycle assessment (LCA). International guidelines such as the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook and ISO 14040 / 14044 will be considered.

Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment
Addresses site-specific environmental impacts of the biorefinery concepts using elements of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).

Process economic assessment
Mathematical models will be developed in order to calculate both capital costs and operational costs of the biorefinery concepts.

Market analysis
Analyses the market potential of the products of the biorefinery concepts.

Social and political assessment
Assesses the potential social impacts of the biorefinery concepts that may occur as a consequence of increased application and demand. Moreover, the political framework for biorefineries in Europe is analysed.

SWOT analysis, biomass potentials and competition
Analyses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of the biorefinery concepts and the most promising reference systems. The SWOT analysis is supplemented by a separate investigation on the competition between different uses of the same type of biomass. In the light of this competition, biomass potentials will be analysed in order to depict possible sites for biorefineries.

Integrated assessment of sustainability over the entire value chain
In the integrated assessment, the results from the environmental, economic and social / legal assessment as well as from the SWOT analysis are taken into account in order to identify and depict the most sustainable  biorefinery concepts.

WP EXPECTED RESULTS
Conclusive report on the overall sustainability of the SUPRA-BIO biorefinery concepts.