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Acknowledgements The present work was supported by the European network of excellence IDECAT NMP-CT-2005-011730 WP.7.3 and by the convention 07CARN00301 of the Institut CARNOT Chimie Environnementale et Developpement Durable - Chimie Montpellier . 

In addition to the chapters discussing the various aspects of bio-energy, two chapters are dedicated to hydrogen production and fuel cells. A second book in this series, based on a second workshop, Catalysis for Sustainable Energy Production (organized by IDECAT - the European Network of Excellence on catalysis, see Preface), will discuss these aspects in more detail. 

Catalysis is thus an enabling factor for sustainable energy, but a new approach to catalysis is needed in order to address the major changes that we will face in the near future. For this reason, IDECAT (a European Network of Excellence on Catalysis) organized in 2006 two thematic (brainstorm-like) workshops dedicated to the identification of a roadmap and priorities for a catalytic approach for sustainable energy production and for the direct catalytic conversion of renewable feedstocks into energy. 

Our own work described in this chapter has been supported over the years by the following grants PRIN 2001 and PRIN 2003 (MURST-Rome), FIRB-Nanoorganization of Materials with Magnetic and Optical Properties, European Network of Excellence MAGMANET. 

Participation in various proposals for European Network of Excellence with specific aim to link this network activity to ICS-UNIDO initiative in EDPs. Example of such proposals is chemistry for sustainability through the use of renewable materials and biotechnology. 

Parul Choudhary is supported by a fellowship from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom. Research in the VW laboratory is supported by the Biotechnology and Biosciences Research Council, the Association for International Cancer Research, St Andrews, and the European Epigenome Network of Excellence. We thank Leila Barki-Celli and Ludmila Bozhenok for comments that improved this manuscript. 

This work was supported by the European Union through the Network of Excellence BioSim, Contract No. LSHB-CT-2004-005137. 

At the end of the project, ACC and NMS will be aware of their capabilities and needs, will have their own network of parties involved (or to be involved, if or when needed) with chemical food safety issues/problems. In addition, within the project, National Co-ordinators will be identified for a proper and efficient co-operation with EFSA, with the aim of a better integration and harmonisation of activities relating to chemical food safety in the new enlarged 25-member European Union. This network of National Co-ordinators and experts will be available on a website and will be instrumental in helping interested parties in joining mainstream research Networks of Excellence and other research projects. 

EC and JRGM thank the support of the European Union (Network of Excellence MagMaNEt). JSM gratefully acknowledges the data obtained by M. L. Taliaferro, and the continued partial support from the U. S. DOE (No. DE EG 03-93ER45504) and the AFOSR (No. E49620-03-1-0175). They also thank J. Veciana for helpful discussion. 

In 2010, the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) prepared a research road map vision to 2020 focusing on polysaccharides used in material structuring [196]. This report was completed with a market study on biomass-based polymers and products reviewed by Shen et al. [41]. Future and present applications have been reported by the two leading producers of PLA (NatureWorks LLC and Purac) at Horizon 2020. It clearly appears that the most promising sectors are the textile, automotive and building sectors, which require durable PLA products (Figure 8.12). 

Supported by CNRS, INSERM, ARC, FRM (Defis de la Recherche en Allergie), the European Communities (MUGEN Network of Excellence), and the RIO/MNG Platform. 

HyNet (2004) The European Thematic Network on Hydrogen Energy, Network of Excellence under the 5th Framework Programme of the European Commission, 2001-2004, available at http //www.hynet.info (accessed May 2008). 

Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank financial support from the European Commission via Network of Excellence KMM Knowledge-based multifunctional materials. (Project NMP3-CT-2004-502243). Helpful discussions with Dr Milo Shaffer (Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London) are appreciated. 

Shen, E., Haufe, J., Patel, M.K., 2009. Product overview and market projection of emerging bio-based plastics. PRO-BIP 2009, Final report, report commissioned by European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) and European Bioplastics, Group Science, Technology and Society, Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands. 

This work was carried out within the framework of the European Union (EU) Network of Excellence Multi-Material Micro Manufacture Technology and Applications (4M) (EC funding FP6-500274-1 http //www.4m-net.org). 

Acknowledgments. This work was supported in part by the U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council via project INDEED, Interdisciplinary Design and Evaluation of Dependability (EP/E000517/1) and by the European Union s Eramework Programme 6 via the ReSIST Network of Excellence, contract IST-4-026764-NOE. 

Acknowledgments. This work is partially funded by the European Commission through the ReSIST Network of Excellence (IST-4-026764-NOE). My special thanks go to my adviser Jean-Claude Laprie for his contributions and constructive feedbacks on this work. Also I would like to thank Vincent Nicomette and Mohamed Kaaniche for then-help and their comments on the preliminary versions of this paper. 

This work is partly funded CNES (National Center of Spatial Studies in France) and the European commission via the Network of Excellence ResIST IST-4-026764-NOE (www.resist-noe.org). 

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