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17 July 201716 July 2017

Successfully grow Chamomile, lemon balm and Valerian – overall standings in the demonstration project medicinal plants

The demand for medicinal plants from domestic production is not covered

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Kamille, Melisse und Baldrian erfolgreicher anbauen – Zwischenstand im Demonstrationsprojekt Arzneipflanzen

Die Nachfrage nach Arzneipflanzen aus heimischer Erzeugung wird derzeit nicht gedeckt

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14 July 20171 June 2018

MArginal Lands for Growing Industrial Crops – Turning a burden into an opportunity

EU research project MAGIC kicks off

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First commercial plant for the production of Blue Crude planned in Norway

About 3,000 products, which are currently made from crude oil, could be manufactured on the basis of Blue Crude

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Erste kommerzielle Blue Crude-Production entsteht in Norwegen

Aus synthetischem Blue Crude lassen sich ca. 3.000 Produkte herstellen, die bislang auf fossilem Erdöl basieren

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Ecovia Renewables Awarded Top Prize At AkzoNobel Imagine Chemistry Challenge

The honored BioGel formulations of polyglutamic acid can be used for many applications

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Bessere Rahmenbedingungen für Holzmassivbau – Hamburger Senat beschließt Änderungen an der Landesbauordnung

Zweites deutsches Bundesland erleichtert größere Bauvorhaben in Holzbauweise durch positive Rahmenbedingungen

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Green Biologics Achieves REACH Certification, Sets Sights on Europe

Compliance with stringent REACH regulations positions company to further expand market share internationally

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IndianOil and LanzaTech sign a Statement of Intent to Construct World’s First Refinery Off Gas-to-Bioethanol Production Facility in India

India is adopting a cleaner and greener economic growth pathway, with running one of the largest renewable capacity expansion programmes in the world

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Arkema announces a major investment project in the biosourced polyamide 11 chain in Asia

With this upcoming plant, Arkema will have a second amino 11 monomer production site, complementing its historical site in Marseille, France

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13 July 201714 July 2017

The largest conference on industrial hemp of all time and worldwide, 7 and 8 June in Cologne – 330 participants from 44 countries

191 signatories already signed “The Cologne Declaration on Industrial Hemp” to support the hemp food sector with a reasonable and harmonised legislation

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New visitor record for Chinaplas

About 27 exhibitors presented their bioplastics related products and services in the bioplastics Zone

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Altholzverband begrüßt Diskussion um Novelle der Altholzverordnung

Vorrang der stofflichen vor der energetischen Verwertung unter Rücksichtnahme auf technische Möglichkeit und wirtschaftliche Zumutbarkeit

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Whisky in the Jar, Whisky in Your Car – First Ever Test Drive on Whisky Biofuel

Celtic Renewables’ biobutanol was successfully tested at a 15% biobutanol blend ratio with gasoline

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A reality check on power-to-liquids: How not to use renewable energy

Bellona’s latest report reviewing some of the alleged benefits of using synthetic fossil fuels

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An overview of the current allocation of resources support program renewable raw materials

The funding programme "Renewable raw materials" of the BMEL are €61 million available this year

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Überblick über die aktuelle Mittelverteilung Förderprogramm Nachwachsende Rohstoffe

Für das Förderprogramm „Nachwachsende Rohstoffe“ des BMEL stehen in diesem Jahr 61 Mio. € zur Verfügung

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Concrete from wood

Houses can be made of wood, as they were in the past – or of concrete, as they are today

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Beton aus Holz

Häuser werden aus Holz gebaut, so wie früher – oder aus Beton, so wie heute

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12 July 201718 July 2017

Mapping European Biorefineries

A project of Bio-based Industries Consortium and nova-Institute

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CARBIOS and TechnipFMC sign a contract on PET enzymatic biorecycling

Innovation will allow to produce virgin PET from plastic waste

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Charta für Holz 2.0 bei Tagung „Vom Nutzen der Holznutzung“ vorgestellt

Charta soll Beitrag zu Klimaschutz, Wertschöpfung und Ressourceneffizienz leisten - Prof. Ammer: „Auch Wirtschaftswälder können hohe Biodiversität aufweisen“

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Study: Renewables will be cheapest power source by 2030

In half the G20 countries renewables have already been cheaper or the same price as electricity derived from coal or nuclear plants

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Studie: Erneuerbare Energie spätestens 2030 billigste Stromquelle

In der Hälfte der untersuchten Länder ist Strom aus erneuerbaren Quellen bereits seit zwei Jahren billiger oder gleich teuer wie Elektrizität aus Kohle- und Atomkraftwerken

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How to power a bus on formic acid

Eindhoven University "Team FAST", consisting of 35 students, developed this so far unknown fuel all by itself

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Biofuels beyond corn: The pathway from CO2, water and electricity to liquid fuels

Elctrofuels made from CO₂, water and electricity - how close, how feasible?

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Hard as construction steel, light as carbon, and yet all natural

Chemnitz scientists of the Federal Cluster of Excellence MERGE develop bio-based fiber-plastic-compounds for a future sustainable large-scale production

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Fest wie Baustahl, leicht wie Carbon und trotzdem aus der Natur

Chemnitzer Wissenschaftler entwickeln am Bundesexzellenzcluster MERGE biobasierte Faserkunststoffverbunde als Vision für die nachhaltige Großserie

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11 July 20179 September 2021

CO2-neutral hydrogen from biomass

How to produce hydrogen from biomass is the subject of a joint research project by TU Wien and voestalpine

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Evonik: Sport-Trinkflasche mit Nachhaltigkeitsfaktor

Taiwanesischer Produzent verwendet Evoniks Polyamid Trogamid Terra für seine neue Sport-Trinkflasche Ludavi

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Focus will shift to security and greening the economy in last three years of Horizon 2020

EU research chief Robert-Jan Smits talks about the priorities for 2018 – 2020

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The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Verdezyne

CEO Bill Radany gave this illuminating update on Verdezyne and its milestones at ABLC 2017 in Washington DC

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UPM tests Carinata sequential cropping concept as part of Biofuels future development

The Carinata crop produces non-edible oil suitable for biofuels' feedstock and protein for animal feed

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Entzündungshemmende Birkeninhaltsstoffe nachhaltig nutzen

Interdisziplinäres Forschungsprojekt unter Leitung der CAU untersucht Methylsalicylat-Gehalte verschiedener Birkenarten

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10 July 20176 July 2017

Project for the construction of a PDO/BA production plant on the Carling Saint-Avold platform (Moselle)

Agreement with TOTAL Développement Régional (TDR) and TechnipFMC to carry out the preliminary engineering studies

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Biobasierte Mode macht Textilindustrie nachhaltiger

Bioökonomierat ruft anlässlich der Berliner Modewoche zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit in der Modeszene und einem bewussteren Konsumverhalten auf

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BASF: Sustainable manufacture of palm oil is possible

Factories at Gebze (Turkey) and Dahej (India) received Supply Chain Certificate of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

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Conversion of loblolly pine into BTX progresses with Anellotech’s first successful performance test at pilot plant

"This operating milestone is the outcome of three years of collaborative design, project management, construction, and start-up work."

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DuPont and Bock Announce Strategic Partnership, Expanding Biogas Enzymes Distribution Footprint

DuPont intends to provide its OPTIMASH® AD-100 enzyme biotechnology to Bock for distribution of the biogas enzymes to customers across the United Kingdom

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Fuel and chemicals from plant waste

How practical and environmentally friendly it would be if fuel could simply be manufactured from plant waste

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Benzin und Chemikalien aus Pflanzenresten

Wie praktisch und umweltfreundlich es doch wäre, wenn man Treibstoff ganz einfach aus Pflanzenresten herstellen könnte

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nova wächst: Wir suchen einen Communications Manager (m/w)

Vollzeit, Standort Hürth bei Köln

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7 July 20175 July 2017

Bioeconomy: Tomorrow’s bio-products are made in Finland

Finnish forests has proved to be an incredibly versatile source of raw material for new bio-products

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Triodos: die erste Bank, die ihre Kreditkarte auf Bio-Kunststoff umstellt

Deine nächste Kreditkarte könnte aus Polymilchsäure bestehen, denn jetzt will die erste Bank weg vom fossilen Plastik. Bei Millionen von Plastikkarten eine gute Idee

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Genomatica delivers on plant performance guarantees

Novamont confirms Bottrighe plant meets performance parameters

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Tasty Energy Treats You Can Make From Brownies

Hydrocarbon oils from Botryococcus braunii algae to be researched as a renewable fuel source

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Marine Litter – Time to clean up our act

Brand owners, converters and the fishing sector are coming together to recycle plastic waste from the sea. Are we finally ready to take responsibility for the mess we created?

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From Coal-fired CO2: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to capturing flue gas via microalgae

Tryg Lundquist, CTO of MBE gave this illuminating overview of the project at the recent DOE workshop on algae-based carbon capture technologies

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Conducting Shell for Bacteria

Coating of individual bacterial cells with an electron-conducting polymer provides for a high-performance anode for microbial fuel-cell application

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Elektrisch leitende Hülle für Bakterien

Wenn die stromerzeugenden Bakterienzellen mit einem leitfähigen Polymer beschichtet werden steigt die Leistung von mikrobiellen Brennstoffzellen erheblich