The Renewable Energy COnsortium for R&D (RE-CORD) is a private, not-for-profit research institute (Organismo di Ricerca) funded and participated by the University of Florence. Core activity of RE-CORD is the research, development and consulting in the renewable energy area, with a special focus on biomass conversion into biobased energy and products. The fields of expertise are on the advanced biofuel/bioliquids, including those for the aviation sector, thermochemical conversion (as carbonization, fast pyrolysis and hydrothermal processes), high added-value bioproducts and technologies and plants for microalgae cultivation.