7 February 20189 September 2021 Neue Methode könnte den Weg zur Wasserstoffwirtschaft ebnen WSU-Forscher entwickelten eine sehr einfache, fünfminütige Methode, um große Mengen eines hochwertigen Katalysators zu erzeugen
New water-splitting method could open path to hydrogen economy WSU researchers developed a very simple, five-minute method to create large amounts of a high-quality catalyst
Could glowing plants replace light bulbs? MIT researchers engineering plants to replace functions of every day devices
FNR: Reifen aus Löwenzahn TAKOWIND II: Züchtung, Anbau und Verwertung von Russischem Löwenzahn (Taraxacum koksaghyz)
Welcome to the third RoadToBio newsletter This newsletter to show another important aspect of this roadmap: Opportunities, barriers and hurdles concerning the acceptance of bio-based products
EU and Gates Foundation pledge €500 million for innovations in agriculture Joint initiative to drive research and technical and organisational innovations across agricultural and food systems in developing countries
Forest owners boss: ‘Sustainable forest management crucial to maintaining carbon cycle ‘ When we talk about forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation, we need to understand the full picture
Waldbesitzer: Zu viel Regulierung schadet der Forstwirtschaft – und den Klimazielen Die beste Strategie zur Maximierung des Potenzials muss eine nachhaltige und aktive Forststrategie sein
Mariagiovanna Vetere, NatureWorks: “It’s time to give clear support to biomaterials! The EU Plastic Strategy is a missed opportunity” Mariagiovanna Vetere, NatureWorks Public Affairs manager for Europe, talks to Il Bioeconomista
6 February 20182 February 2018 Metsä Board launches an innovative eco-barrier paperboard New barrier treatment packaging especially developed for food service use
Innovative und individuelle Verpackungen für die See- und Luftfracht Im umweltfreundlichen Paletten-Container von Antalis Verpackungen effizient von A nach B
Neue Studie der Uni Halle: Diese Bakterien verdauen giftige Metalle und bilden dabei Gold Deutsch-australische Forschergruppe präsentiert wichtige Erkenntnisse über die zweite Hälfte des bio-geochemischen Gold-Zyklus
New study by the University of Halle: These Bacteria produce gold by digesting toxic metals Joint German-Australian research team provides important insights into the second half of the bio-geochemical gold cycle
Novamont starts a new partnership in Serbia Serbian Chamber of Commerce’s vocation, is to create a pilot project enabling the introduction of new technologies in the city of Gornji Milanovac
Tennessee Startup Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation to turn Waste into Plastic New start-up awarded grant to develop new biodegradable plastics from lignin
Polymers and Fuels from Renewable Resources The award ceremony will take place on 15 March 2018 during the 51th Annual Meeting of German Catalysis Scientists in Weimar
Polymere und Treibstoffe aus erneuerbaren Ressourcen Die Preisverleihung findet am 15. März 2018 während des Jahrestreffens Deutscher Katalytiker in Weimar statt
LanzaTech, Novozymes, Amyris, DSM, Enerkem, POET, BASF, Genomatica and Braskem Hot 50 voting lead as voting nears final week This week’s summary includes photo and other bonus votes which are just now beginning to come in
5 February 20181 February 2018 These 11 innovations will tackle the causes of ocean plastic pollution, not just the symptoms Businesses, governments and other stakeholders are supposed to make step changes in creating and implementing circular economy solutions to plastic waste
The many faces of hemp The ecological properties of hemp makes it one of the types of insulation used in construction with the lowest carbon emissions footprint
New Plastics Economy Prize für bioORMOCER®e in Davos Forscherin des Fraunhofer ISC brilliert mit kompostierbaren Barriereschichten für umweltschonende Verpackungswerkstoffe
Designing Reactor Microbiomes for Chemical Production from Organic Waste How to engineer microbiomes in fermentation and digestion reactors to convert organic waste into valuable products
Unilever calls for accelerated industry action on packaging waste Four key actions the consumer goods industry should take to create the systemic change required and accelerate the transition to a circular economy
EcoCortec joins European BIOCOMPACK Project Croatia’s EcoCortec has become a partner to the BIOCOMPACK project, aimed at promoting green, sustainable packaging
Calculating the CO2 emissions of biofuels is not enough Biofuels and other biomass-derived products have become viable options for replacing fossil fuels
2 February 20181 February 2018 Glanbia Ingredients to spearhead €30m European whey research project AgriChemWhey project will build a first-of-a-kind industrial-scale biorefinery with integrated symbiotic industrial and agricultural value chains
Biobasierte Materialien – Werkstoffe und Textilien Ob Mais, Holz, Wiesengras, Löwenzahn oder Zuckerrohr – die Rohstoffbasis von Biomaterialien ist ebenso groß wie ihre Anwendungsmöglichkeiten. Das Dossier beleuchtet die Bandbreite existierender Biomaterialien und ihre Einsatzgebiete
Study warns wood bioenergy supporters can’t see carbon emissions for the trees New research challenges the popular belief that biofuels are better for the environment
Fraunhofer IMWS entwickelt biobasierte Verbundmaterialien für die Haut Forscher aus Halle wollen die einzigartigen Eigenschaften der natürlichen Faserproteine Elastin und Kollagen nutzen, um neuartige Biomaterialien für die Medizintechnik zu schaffen
BioAmber restructures its credit facility with its senior lenders Company has agreed to present the lenders a recapitalization plan by March 15, 2018
Stanford-led team discovers new cellulose that could have applications from energy to medicine The discovery of a new type of cellulose – the world’s most abundant biomolecule – offers opportunities for multiple advances from renewable fuel to antibiotics
1 February 2018 Revolution in Food and Biomass Production High-tech strategy for a sustainable biomass supply
Revolution in der Lebensmittel- und Biomasseproduktion High-Tech-Strategien zur nachhaltigen Versorgung
Akzonobel announces 2018 Imagine Chemistry Challenges The overall winners will be awarded joint development agreements with AkzoNobel to help bring their ideas to market
Neuartige biobasierte Fasern für medizinische Anwendungen ZIM-Projekt entwickelt neuartiges, im Körper abbaubares Nahtmaterial aus biobasierten Fasern
Aldi, Lidl und Co.: Lebensmittelhändler versprechen Kampf gegen die Plastikflut Plastiktüten verschwinden bereits - bald könnten auch Verpackungen aus Kunststoff der Vergangenheit angehören. Die großen Lebensmittelhändler wollen jetzt nach Alternativen suchen
Ingenza embarks on ConBioChem collaboration Company aims to develop new industrial biotech-based routes to commodity chemicals
Welcome to the second RoadToBio newsletter First project report describes a desk study of the opportunities for the chemical industry to introduce more bio-based chemicals into existing value chains
Circular economy in the limelight in Davos The first Circularity Gap Report indicates that merely 9% of the world’s exploited natural resources are re-used. EURACTIV’s partner La Tribune reports
Bio-renewable process could help ‘green’ plastic Plastics are often derived from petroleum, but scientists are developing new and renewable ways of creating them from biomass
Clean energy for Bio-on’s new biopolymers “factory” thanks to a trigeneration plant built by Gruppo Hera The project developed for Bio-on envisages the realisation of the entire technological-energy hub
31 January 201829 January 2018 The rise, rise, rise of bio-methanol for fuels and chemical markets For the North American and European markets more projects aimed at methanol as a chemical intermediate springing up are expected
Naturfaserverstärkte Kunststoffe in der Nische etabliert Gerade bei Haushalts-, Konsumgütern und Spielzeug sind Optik, Haptik und ein grünes Image von hoher Bedeutung
Energieeffizienz: Chemieindustrie setzt auf Erneuerbare Energien Weltweit größte PEM-Wasserstoff-Elektrolyse-Anlage will „grüne“ Chemie im Rheinland etablieren
Lanzatech looks to AI to further the sustainable bioeconomy Newly announced collaboration with TeselaGen is supposed to extend LanzaTech’s biological design platform
Ökosystemleistungen der EU-Wälder Europäische Waldgebiete haben sich in den vergangenen 60 Jahren kontinuierlich vergrößert und erstrecken sich heute auf ungefähr 160 Millionen Hektar
Ecosystem services of EU forests European forests have expanded continuously over the last 60 years and now cover around 160 million hectares
Report says there is enough biomass for biofuels without affecting food supply As UFOP underlines, the 27-page report presents the supply situation in connection with development of renewable resources for transport biofuels
Revolution in Food and Biomass Production
