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14 November 20199 September 2021

Cellulose car, fermentation for fragrances, world’s 1st solar hydrogen electrolysis facility, green tea leather alternative, hydrogen from CO2 and more

The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of November 7th

Novamont Starts Construction of a Demo Plant for the Production of Furandicarboxylic Acid

A 10 million-euro investment with the support of Invitalia

Nachhaltiger 3D-Druck dank Kunststoff aus Cellulose

Meyer-Galow-Preis für Wirtschaftschemie 2019 geht an Roland Bayer

13 November 20198 November 2019

MonoSol announces expansions to serve growing global customer base

Need for environmentally friendly solutions is growing at a rapid rate as companies across the globe take on the challenge to make everyday products safer and more sustainable

How to capture and use atmospheric CO2

A new study quantifies the potential and costs of the ten most important applications, e.g. in industry, construction, and agriculture

Wie sich CO2 aus der Atmosphäre einfangen und nutzen lässt

Neue Studie beziffert Potenziale und Kosten der zehn wichtigsten Verwendungen, unter anderem in der Industrie, am Bau und in der Landwirtschaft

Wood-based yarn captures hormones from wastewater

Researchers collaboration converted cellulose yarn into a material that can capture hormones and other pharmaceutical substances effectively

Nationale Wasserstoffstrategie: Bedarf an grünem und blauem Wasserstoff aus dem In- und Ausland

Vier deutsche Minister haben gemeinsam ein Papier als Diskussionsbeitrag veröffentlicht

Hempcorp’s 10,000 Acre Plantation

Company's new product chain will vary from health foods, cosmetics, textiles, FMCGs, pharmaceuticals, cannabis-medicines, construction materials, bioplastics and biofuels

Kunststoff aus Kohlendioxid: Neues Material entpuppt sich als idealer CO2-Fänger

Japanisch-chinesische Forschergruppe entwickelte eine der umweltfreundlichsten Methoden zur Kohlenstoffbindung

Scientists create ‘artificial leaf’ that turns carbon dioxide into fuel

The new technology was inspired by the way plants use energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into food

Europe looking more to palm oil for fatty acids as tallow supplies shrink

ICIS reports that a growing shortage in Europe of fatty acids usually produced from tallow has the market looking to source palm oil as feedstock instead

12 November 20197 November 2019

NextChem awarded contract to build new bio-lubricants plant

Maire Tecnimont has already invested approximately €50 million in the last 5 years in more than 70 innovation projects around the circular economy

Naturally! Of course. How nature never stops surprising us

Nature is not a passive object. It can resist our manipulations. New findings launched by Alle Bruggink and Diederik van der Hoeven

Kabinett beschließt Plastiktüten-Verbot

Auch sogenannte 'Bioplastik'tüten sollen verboten werden, weil diese Kunststoffe nicht unbedingt umweltfreundlicher seien als Kunststoffe aus fossilen Rohstoffen

From fossil to renewable fuels: Interview with Hélène Lepaumier

Leiden University SUNRISE project aim at a circular production of high-value chemicals using renewable electricity sources and waste carbon dioxide from industrial processes

Biobasierte Bindemittel für Lithium-Ionen-Batterien entwickelt

Binder-Härter-Systeme auf Epoxidbasis – Geeignet als Klebstoff auch für andere Bereiche

This Biotech Turns Seafood Waste into Packaging Using Microbes

Start-up CuanTec processes chitin into chitosan, a biodegradable material that could replace plastic in applications such as food packaging

POSCO engineers to launch byproduct gas venture firm

After 'CarbonEn' is registered as a company in 2021, they will take 360 tons of CO₂ from POSCO Finex mills every day and process it into liquefied carbonic acid

Biotechnological Advances in the Design of Algae-Based Biosensors

Algae-based biosensors have demonstrated potential for sensitive, sustainable, and multiplexed detection of analytes of agroenvironmental and security interest

Increased global biodiesel production to lengthen glycerine markets in 2020

An increase in global biodiesel production is likely to further lengthen the world's glycerine supply glut in 2020 as higher biodiesel mandates increase the supply of crude glycerine by-product

11 November 20196 November 2019

Creating A Green Solution For Bioplastics Logistics Security

Bioplastics is a growing sector that has its own security questions - through new plastic technologies, businesses are finding ways to create assurance over their security situation

Avantium partners with R&F Chemical to market high-value PEF applications in Korea

Under this collaboration, Avantium expects to enter this market for high-value applications such as electronics and smart packaging

Treibstoff aus CO2 und Ökostrom: Versuchsanlage in Karlsruhe geht in Betrieb

"Grünen" Treibstoff aus Strom und Luft soll die weltweit erste Versuchsanlage in Karlsruhe liefern. Die Produktionsmenge ist zunächst sehr begrenzt

A Dutch consortium led by Vertoro has been granted €1.2 million to investigate the potential of crude lignin oil as a platform for sustainable chemicals and materials

New project to focus on the further development of an interregional campus eco-system and for the conversion of biomass residues to crude lignin oil

Materialkennwert für NawaRo-Baustoffe: Forschung räumt Hemmschuh aus dem Weg

Ein aus zwölf Teilvorhaben bestehendes Verbundprojekt soll vom BMEL mit Mitteln aus dem 'Förderprogramm nachwachsende Rohstoffe' unterstützt werden

Turning wood into pharmaceutical ingredients

"From Wood to Tetrahydro-2-benzazepines in Three Waste-Free Steps: Modular Synthesis of Biologically Active Lignin-Derived Scaffolds"

Researchers Create 3D Printed Bacterial Cellulose Material for Wound Healing

UFABC researchers group using nanoskin membranes since 2015 for wound healing treatment with successful results in diabetic ulcers

‘Sector coupling’: The EU energy buzzword no-one can actually pin down

Sector coupling should result in lower energy consumption, reduce network investment costs, and allow greater amounts of renewables in the energy mix

Meilenstein hin zu wettbewerbsfähiger solarer Wasserspaltung

Die Forschungsergebnisse des MehrSi-Projekts stellen auch bei der Entwicklung wettbewerbsfähiger Zellen zur direkten solaren Wasserspaltung einen Meilenstein dar

8 November 20195 November 2019

Danimer Scientific and UrthPact partner on manufacture new compostable straw

New PHA straws, certified for home composting and marine degradation, will begin shipping in the first quarter of 2020

„Ein Rohstoffmix mit großem Zukunftspotenzial“

Studie des nova-Instituts bestätigt die Vorteile der Kaffeekapsel von Golden Compound

Bio-On’s Marco Astorri has resigned

Plant is still being run by an official appointed by the court, however, uncertainty about the production and employee wages is rampant

Power2X-Projekt geht in die zweite Phase

Nun werden nachhaltige Lösungen für die energetische Versorgung und stoffliche Wertschöpfung gesucht, um klimaschädliche Emissionen zu reduzieren

Concept Cars: The Car Is Made Of Wood

In Japan, Ministry of the Environment forcing environmental biocompatible cars - and the result is an unprecedented supercar made of plant-derived material

Neue Batterie absorbiert beim Laden CO2 aus der Luft

Weil die Methode unter jeglicher CO₂-Konzentration funktioniert, sehen die Entwickler mögliche Einsatzszenarien in der Filterung von Kraftwerks- und Industrieabgasen

MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air

The process could work on the gas at any concentrations, from power plant emissions to open air

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Spider Silk Facility to Break Corporate Production capacity Records within First Months of Operation

The company uses transgenic spider silkworms to produce an ecofriendly and cost-effective alternative to synthetic textiles

The Top 25 Trends in the Bioeconomy

It was ABLC Week last week and it featured the international bioeconomy trends

Covestro unterstützt Chem Startup Award

Nachhaltige Geschäftsideen im Vordergrund / Covestro lädt Gewinner zu Konferenz Chemalytix ein

7 November 20194 November 2019

KRICT comes in as a new leading player in the monopolized bio-polycarbonate market

Potential alternative for petroleum polycarbonate containing environmental hormone sources

Novamont: Neue Biokunststoffe für Obst- und Gemüsebeutel

Unternehmen hat auf der K 2019 neue Mater-Bi-Arten für Obst- und Gemüsebeutel mit kompostierbaren 5-Schicht-Barrierefolien vorgestellt

Gelatex Technologies gets Green Alley Award

Company honoured for environment-friendly alternative to leather made from low-value gelatine waste from the meat and leather industries

Baum des Jahres mit zwei Gesichtern

Hoffnungsträger oder Konkurrenz? Experten untersuchen Ausbreitungspotenzial der Robinie

Sustainable Technology Corporation Completes Acquisition of DuPont’s Cellulosic (G2.0) Ethanol Technology

Company plans to license the technology globally including in biorefineries under development by BioChem USA, LLC

Scientific publication: Pyrolysis oil is a sustainable alternative to creosotes

“Life Cycle Assessment on a Biorefinery Approach to Pyrolysis Oil for Wood Modification Treatment”

Neste profit jumps as renewable diesel sruges

Demand for renewable diesel is expected to remain strong - utilization rates of the renewables production facilities are expected to remain high

Material Insights

PHA discussed as alternative material for European disposable products

Biofuels could be made from bacteria that grow in seawater rather than from crude oil

The breakthrough behind this approach is the ability to re-engineer the microbe’s genome and create different types of high value chemical compounds

6 November 20196 November 2019

Position paper: Climate change mitigation with sustainable renewable fuels

Making use of existing sustainable options to reduce greenhouse gases in transport, encouraging the development of new technologies

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