biorefinery

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ refinery

Noun

biorefinery (countable and uncountable, plural biorefineries)

(uncountable) The coproduction of a range of biologically-based products (food, feed, materials, chemicals) and energy (fuels, power, heat) from biomass.
(countable) A facility that carries out such production.

Related terms

biorefining

Translations

the coproduction of a range of biologically-based products and energy from biomass

Irish: bithscaglann f

a facility that carries out such production

French: bioraffinerie (fr) f
Irish: bithscaglann f
Italian: bioraffineria (it) f

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