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23 July 201521 July 2015

Simon Coveney: CAP simplification will ease the burden on farmers

Interview with Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

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Biomasse – Rohstoff mit Zukunft?

Nachwachsende Rohstoffe: Der Einsatz kommt in der chemischen Industrie kommt nur schleppend voran - ein Interview mit Michael Carus, Geschäftsführer des nova-Instituts

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Reverdia Lead Partner In BioSuccInnovate Consortium

Reverdia contributes its Biosuccinium™ sustainable bio-succinic acid technology to help build a truly sustainable packaging value chain

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Bio-Res Plant Containers: The Sustainable Pots of the Future

Laurel Biocomposites Kickstarter Campaign for innovative flower pot

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22 July 201521 July 2015

USDA overhauls its Section 9003 Biorefinery Loan Guarantee Program: What’s in it for you?

USDA has completely overhauled what used to be known as Biorefinery Assistance  Program and now is called the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program

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Green Chemistry Awards take notice of plastics players

Plastics companies and up and down the supply chain have been selected for the 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Awards

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Liquid Light Signs Agreement to Further Advance its CO2-to-Chemicals Technology

Targets further acceleration of The Coca-Cola Company’s PlantBottle™ Packaging Program

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More off-take bio deal with Vinmar

Vinmar is on a roll when it comes to doing off-take supply deals in the renewables sector

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Renewable Chemistry Start-Up Award 2015

Glucan Biorenewables Wins Sofinnova Partners Renewable Chemistry Start-Up Award

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FedEx, Southwest Airlines combine to buy entire jet fuel output of Red Rock biorefinery, through 2024

FedEx joins Southwest Airlines to buy out Red Rock’s entire 8-year jet fuel inventory — key milestone for project construction.

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Cargill offering feedstock and production services

New Genomatica-Cargill Collaboration Will Bring More Renewable Chemicals to Market

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21 July 201517 July 2015

To sustain its forests, Asia needs to invest in local people – experts

Asia has a unique opportunity to fight climate change and lift many more people out of poverty if it invests more in the communities living in its forests, experts said

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$18 Million Algae Biofuel Blast From US Energy Department

The ultimate aim is to bring the cost of algae down to a cost of $3 compared to gasoline by 2030

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World food costs extend slide to five-year low as dairy tumbles

An index of 73 food prices from around the world dropped 0.9 percent last month to 165.1 points, the lowest since September 2009

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GO Resources to commercialize high-tech, super high oleic safflower oil

More oleic acid than any commercial crop - Renewable alternative to petroleum-based raw materials with multiple applications in the biolubricants, biochemical and bioplastics industries

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GFBiochemicals Starts Production Of Levulinic Acid

Biobased chemical company GFBiochemicals has started commercial production at its 10,000 MT/a capacity levulinic acid plant in Caserta, Italy

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Chinese government intervention paves the way for bioplastics

Ask Foxconn Technology Group: China’s bioplastics industry may well be looking at the best opportunity in its history - While bioplastics face headwinds in the marketplace as oil prices plunge, government policies can change the landscape.

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20 July 20159 September 2021

New family of chemical structures remove CO2 from gas mixtures

A newly discovered family of chemical structures, published in Nature, could increase the value of biogas and natural gas that contains carbon dioxide

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Innovativer Schmelzkleber auf dem Weg zur Marktreife

Ausgründungsprojekt "dextrinova" bei Businessplan-Wettbewerb ausgezeichnet

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Solegear & Columbia Plastics to Launch Six Sustainable Bioplastic Office Products

Strategic Partnership Launches Product Innovation to Capture Share of $100 Million Dollar Canadian Office Accessory Market

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Johnson Matthey Process Technologies and Rennovia Announce On Time Start-upof Mini-Plant for Bio-Based Glucaric Acid Production Using Jointly Developed Technology

Major milestone accomplished in commercialization of breakthrough process technology

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GO Resources signs deal with CSIRO in a Bioeconomy World First

GO Resources signs exclusive worldwide licence with CSIRO to commercialise super high oleic safflower oil – a plant‐derived alternative to petroleum‐based raw materials

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Castor oil demand to increase for wide range of bioproducts

Regulatory support and rising prices of alternative renewable chemicals is expected to drive the global castor oil derivatives market

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The world of Corbion

The 2015 8-Slide Guide by BiofuelsDigest

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17 July 201516 July 2015

BASF commissions one of Europe’s most advanced production plants for form release agents

Opened at the company’s in Staßfurt site in May 2015, the new facility produces release agents based on renewable raw materials as well as emulsions from renewable and non renewable raw materials

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BASF nimmt eine der modernsten Trennmittelanlagen Europas in Betrieb

Die Anlage wurde im Mai 2015 am Standort Staßfurt eröffnet und produziert Trennmittel auf Basis nachwachsender Rohstoffe sowie Emulsionen aus nachwachsenden und nicht-nachwachsenden Rohstoffen

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Europe needs a clean break for cleaner fuels

The technology-neutral policy for clean transport fuel is dead. Clean electricity must be put at the heart of EU transport policy, argues Jos Dings

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Statement on the own-initiative report on ‘resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy’

European Bioplastics welcomes the European Parliament’s call for a paradigm shift towards a resource-efficient circular economy

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Stellungnahme zur Verabschiedung des Initiativberichts „Ressourceneffizienz: Wege zu einer Kreislaufwirtschaft“

European Bioplastics begrüßt den Ruf des Europäischen Parlaments nach einem Paradigmenwechsel hin zu einer ressourceneffizienten Kreislaufwirtschaft

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Steel’s Big Dog jumps into low carbon fuels: ArcelorMittal, LanzaTech, Primetals Technologies to construct $96M biofuel production facility

First plant will produce 14 million gallons per year by 2018; first production train online in 2017

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16 July 20159 September 2021

ArcelorMittal, LanzaTech and Primetals Technologies announce partnership to construct breakthrough €87m biofuel production facility

Europe’s first-ever commercial scale production facility to create bioethanol from waste gases produced during the steelmaking process with a total capacity of 47,000 tons of ethanol per year will be completed in 2018

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EU Council formally approves new biofuel rules

EU Ministers have today officially rubber-stamped new rules to address indirect land use change (ILUC) impacts associated with biofuels

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Bio-Kerosin aus Bagasse

Neues Verfahren zur Produktion von Bio-Kerosin

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USB-Platten aus Erle, Weide, Pappel, Birke: Niedrigere VOC-Emissionen als Kiefernholz-Platten

Erlenholz schneidet am besten ab – USB in der Herstellung günstiger als OSB, mechanische Werte übertreffen Spanplatten

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EU Bioeconomy worth EUR2 trillion

A new study by nova-Institute: EU-28 bioeconomy is worth 2 trillion euro, providing 19 million jobs

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One billion pounds of carbon-negative plastic, made from greenhouse gas and pure air

Vinmar signs historic offtake agreement with Newlight Technologies for 1B lbs of AirCarbon thermoplastic

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Bio-succinic acid and PDO in polyols

The bio-based polyurethane sector is certainly getting a lot of buzz and developments especially with the use of bio-monomers

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15 July 20159 September 2021

Newlight Signs 20-Year Contract for 19 Billion Pounds of AirCarbon PHA

Off-take agreement with Vinmar is a milestone for carbon capture efforts and meeting the growing needs of the sustainable materials market

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Green light for green hydrogen at Energiepark Mainz

Festive kick-off for energy storage project in collaboration between Stadtwerke Mainz, Linde, Siemens and the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences

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Startschuss für grünen Wasserstoff aus Mainz

Feierliche Inbetriebnahme für Energiespeicherprojekt der Partner Stadtwerke Mainz, Linde, Siemens und Hochschule RheinMain

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EU Parliament backs circular economy resolution

The European Parliament has approved measures to produce binding waste reduction targets in Europe by the end of 2015

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Biokunststoffe für den Schulalltag

Neue PLA-Typen werden marktfähig

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The quantum physics of artificial light harvesting

How molecular vibrations make photosynthesis efficient

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Künstliche Photosynthese

An der TU Wien wurden Quanteneffekte untersucht, die bei der Photosynthese wichtig sind - Wie sich zeigt, spielen molekulare Vibrationen eine zentrale Rolle!

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14 July 201513 July 2015

Net-Works: The world’s first inclusive business model to recycle discarded fishing nets – Made in the Philippines and now primed to go global

Net-Works™ tackles ocean pollution with a sustainable supply chain solution that provides a net positive social, environmental and business impact

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One man’s junk, another man’s treasure? Looking at carbon monoxide and LanzaTech

What’s LanzaTech all about? How does it work and why? Here are answers for your questions

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In Europe a circular economy could result in overall benefits of 1.8 trillion euro by 2030

Europe can take advantage of the impending technology revolution

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Bioenergiepolitik in Deutschland neu ausrichten

Die Bioenergie sollte im Rahmen der Energiewende neu ausgerichtet werden und sich an internationalen Herausforderungen orientieren, empfiehlt der Bioökonomierat der Bundesregierung.

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Serving up plant-based plastics

SelfEconew will introduce line of home and garden products this month

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Partially biobased PP Compound for injection molding applications

FKuR Kunststoff GmbH is now offering a PP compound made from renewable resources which maintains the typical characteristic and performance of PP