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5 July 202113 July 2021

CHASSY – Model-Based Construction and Optimisation of Versatile Chassis Yeast Strains for Production of Valuable Lipid and Aromatic Compounds

CHASSY, a €5.6M Horizon 2020 Industrial Leadership project aimed at unlocking the full potential of yeasts as cell factories for production of high value compounds, makes a substantial contribution to the development of the bioeconomy.

Gunilla Piltz (M.Sc)

Circular Economy and acceptance of bio-based products

SVEVIND and Kazakh Invest National Company JSC sign a memorandum of understanding

SVEVIND and Kazakh Invest National Company JSC sign a memorandum of understanding relating to giant green hydrogen facilities amounting 30 gigawatt in Kazakhstan

Ohne Start-ups keine Bioökonomie

Wettbewerb „PlanB – Biobasiert.Business.Bayern.“ zeichnet grüne Geschäftsideen aus

Hersteller gesucht: Flexible Faserplatte aus Stroh kann umweltfreundlich ohne Kunstharze hergestellt werden

Zur Markteinführung dieser innovativen Faserplatte sucht TLB nun im Auftrag der Universität Stuttgart Firmenpartner, die eine solche Platte herstellen können

Eastman collaborating with SAP on GreenToken to track recycled content

Collaboration will leverage the blockchain-based platform of GreenToken to provide visibility through the value chain of sustainable products, such as the specialty plastics produced with Eastman’s molecular recycling technologies

The World BioEconomy Forum launches world’s first news app for the global circular bioeconomy

The new app is available for both Android and IOS devices, will alert users to the very latest breaking news and developments

Siemens Energy to electrify first-of-its-kind biorefinery in Germany

The biorefinery will be the first industrial-scale facility of its type ever built. It will apply novel process innovations to sustainably convert 100 percent wood into bio-based MEG, MPG as well as RFF

Siemens Energy elektrifiziert neuartige Bioraffinerie in Deutschland

Die Bioraffinerie ist die erste für den Betrieb in industriellem Maßstab konzipierte Anlage ihrer Art

2 July 202129 June 2021

Fabbri group nabs BIOPOLYMER Innovation Award 2021

Italian company was recognized for the development of its Nature Fresh film: the world’s first bioplastic compostable cling film for automatic food packaging

BIOPOLYMER Award: Drei Gewinner aus zwei Ländern mit einer Gemeinsamkeit

Fabbri Group wurde für die Entwicklung seines "Nature Fresh" Films ausgezeichnet, der weltweit ersten kompostierbaren Verpackungsfolie für Automaten

Danimer Scientific Completes Debottlenecking of Kentucky Facility to Upscale Production of Biodegradable Materials

Optimized processes and equipment will enable output of 20 million pounds of finished product annually to meet global demand for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a biodegradable alternative to petrochemical plastic

Tenside mit regionalen Pflanzenölen für nachhaltige Haushalts- und Körperpflegemittel

Meyer-Galow-Preis für Wirtschaftschemie 2020 geht an Edgar Endlein

Controlled degradation with 3D-printed enzyme-embedded plastics

Printed films made by the research team broke down in aqueous conditions with the rate of degradation dependent on the amount of enzyme added to the plastic

Braskem developed world’s first renewable-source polyethylene wax

Produced from sugarcane ethanol, the new solution entails lower CO2 footprint, is recyclable and has applications in multiple markets

How the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive risks destroying Europe’s forests

The majority of biomass comes from the EU’s forests – and a majority of that from whole trees, tops and branches

1 July 20216 July 2021

nova Price Indices (June 2021)

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Umschwung für die chemische Industrie: VIVALDI verwandelt CO2-Emissionen in nachhaltige Bioprodukte

Die Europäische Union hat 7 Millionen Euro für das VIVALDI-Projekt bewilligt, um die biobasierte Industrie in einen neuen, umweltfreundlicheren und wettbewerbsfähigeren Sektor zu verwandeln. Die BOKU erhielt dabei den zweitgrößten Anteil am Projektvolumen

Arkema launches a new renewable PVDF grade for batteries

Arkema announces a major innovation with the launch of its new sustainable Kynar® PVDF range. These new grades will claim 100% renewable attributed carbon derived from crude tall oil bio-feedstock, according to a mass balance approach

TU Chemnitz und Mercedes-Benz kooperieren im Leichtbau

Technologien des Forschungsclusters MERGE der TU Chemnitz legten Grundstein für Materialerfindung, die nun in der neuen Mercedes-Benz S-Klasse zur seriellen Anwendung kommt

Vattenfall to sell 49.5% of the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid to BASF

Once fully operational, the wind farm will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world with 140 wind turbines and a total installed capacity of 1.5 Gigawatt

Vattenfall verkauft 49,5 Prozent des Offshore-Windparks Hollandse Kust Zuid an BASF

Nach vollständiger Inbetriebnahme wird der Windpark mit 140 Windturbinen und einer installierten Gesamtleistung von 1,5 Gigawatt der größte Offshore-Windpark der Welt sein

Chemical Contamination – Detoxifiers from the landfill

Hiding in the midst of trash are valuable bacteria that can degrade environmental toxins

Chemische Altlasten – Entgifter aus der Deponie

Mitten im Müll verbergen sich wertvolle Bakterien, die Umweltgifte abbauen können

Startup Biomason Makes Biocement Tiles, Retailer H&M Group Plans To Outfit Its Stores’ Floors With Them

The Swedish retailer has some 5,000 stores across eight brands, which makes its joint development agreement with Biomason to produce bio-based flooring a big deal for the startup

30 June 202125 June 2021

„Underground Sun Storage 2030“: Store solar energy seasonally and on large scale in the form of hydrogen, use existing infrastructure – for a secure renewable energy landscape

In this research project, the only one of its kind in the world, renewable solar energy is converted into green hydrogen in a climate-neutral way by means of electrolysis and stored in a pure form in former natural gas reservoirs

„Underground Sun Storage 2030“: Sonnenenergie saisonal und großvolumig in Form von Wasserstoff speichern, bestehende Infrastruktur nützen – für eine sichere erneuerbare Energielandschaft

In diesem weltweit einzigartigen Forschungsprojekt wird erneuerbare Sonnenenergie klimaneutral mittels Elektrolyse in grünen Wasserstoff umgewandelt und in ehemaligen Erdgaslagerstätten in reiner Form gespeichert

HDPE-Milchflaschen aus chemisch recyceltem Kunststoff

Weltweite Premiere für 140.000 Milchflaschen, die aus HDPE bestehen, das mithilfe von chemischem Recycling hergestellt wurde

Taaleri’s associated company Fintoil secured EUR 80 million senior debt package and reached financial close of its biorefinery investment

The proceeds from the SSGB will be used entirely on the biorefinery investment according to Fintoil’s Green Finance Framework

Neuartige hanfbasierte Cellulosefasern – natürliches Material aus umweltfreundlicher Produktion

Gemeinschaftsprojekt der DITF und RBX Créations wurde auf der 5th International Conference on Natural Fibers 2021 (RNCF) mit dem ‚Natural Fibrenamics Award 2021 – honorable mention‘ ausgezeichnet

Ground Breaking Trial Returning Cotton Textile Waste to Cotton Fields Launched in Goondiwindi, Queensland

Trial of diverting textiles from landfill to farm has potential to recycle ‘huge amount’ of material

29 June 202125 June 2021

Clariter recognized by Frost & Sullivan as the 2021 technology innovation leader for Excellence in best practices

In 2021 Clariter excelled in all of the criteria in its commitment to innovation and creativity, commercial success, application diversity, and customer acquisition, as well as in the growth potential space

Filtern statt Duschen: Forschende entwickeln neuen Werkstoff aus Badeschwamm

Erstmalig konnten Forscher darlegen, dass dieses Material prinzipiell in der Entwicklung von Sensoren, für die Katalyse oder antibakterielle Filtersysteme eingesetzt werden könnte

LanzaTech Part of South Wales Industrial Decarbonisation Project

Proposed facility will yield around 100 million litres per annum of ATJ Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (ATJ-SPK) to build out the entire supply chain from feedstock to wing

Filtering instead of showering: researchers are developing a new material from a bath sponge

Researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg developed an innovative material from a cultured marine sponge

Filtern statt Duschen: Forschende entwickeln neuen Werkstoff aus Badeschwamm

Aus einem gezüchteten marinen Schwamm entwickelten Forschende der TU Bergakademie Freiberg einen innovativen Werkstoff

28 June 202123 June 2021

New mobile, modular chemical recycling system converts non-recyclable waste into high value-added additives

New process developed in an AIMPLAS led EU-Project, is particularly effective at recovering waste from the automotive, electrical and electronic, and packaging industries

Novolex Launches New U.S. Manufacturing Line to Make Compostable Cups from Plant-Based Plastic

The cups will be available from Novolex brand Eco-Products®, a leading provider of foodservice packaging made from renewable and recycled resources

TotalEnergies, MPG Manifattura Plastica S.p.A. and Froneri launch bio-based ice cream cups made from Certified Renewable PP

New polypropylene produced from bio-based naphtha offers virgin-like performances with a reduced carbon footprint and is fully recyclable

Filtering instead of showering: researchers are developing a new material from a bath sponge

Researchers could show for the first time that the composite material can in principle be used in the development of sensors, catalysts, and antibacterial filter systems

25 June 202122 June 2021

Agricultural films, packaging films or garbage bags – Hof University of Applied Sciences makes wood residues usable

With the help of electron irradiation researchers converted residual materials from the paper industry to biodegradable bioplastics

Agrarfolien, Verpackungsfolien oder Müllbeutel – Hochschule Hof macht Holzreststoff nutzbar

Reststoffe aus der Papierindustrie lassen sich mit Elektronenbestrahlung zu bioabbaubarem Kunststoff umwandeln

Eine nachhaltige Methode zur Herstellung von Aminen aus land- und forstwirtschaftlichen Abfällen

Das Projekt CatASus will die Produktion von Aminen aus Alkoholen ermöglichen, die wiederum aus Lignozellulose-haltigen Abfällen gewonnen werden

A sustainable method for producing amines from agricultural and forestry waste

The CatASus project to enable the production of amines from alcohols, in turn derived from renewable resources, specifically lignocellulose waste

Orion Engineered Carbons First To Launch Renewable Carbon Black To The Tire Industry: ECORAX® Nature

This new family of products pioneers the use of renewable carbon black for the demanding requirements of tire treads

New fund launched to support biotechnology spin-out

Funding will support researchers at Scottish universities to progress bio-based research and establish new companies in any relevant market

24 June 202121 June 2021

Bioeconomy: Taking Microbes out of Dark and into the Light

Research Alliance Develops New Methods for Screening and Cultivating Biotechnologically Promising Microorganisms

Bioökonomie: Von der WG ins Mikroben-Eigenheim

Forschungsverbund entwickelt neue Methoden zum Screenen und Kultivieren biotechnologisch vielversprechender Mikroorganismen

Universität Greifswald baut Forschungsinfrastruktur zur Bioökonomie aus

Forschungskapazitäten in den Bereichen Paludikultur, marine Algen und Heilpflanzenzucht sollen gezielt gestärkt und damit das Potenzial für innovative Produkte und Dienstleistungen in der Bioökonomie erweitert werden

Covenant Energy chooses Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ and H2bridge™ solution to produce renewable diesel with low carbon footprint

With HydroFlex™, customers can convert low value feedstocks to renewable fuels that qualify for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit

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