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6 December 20136 December 2013

Cereal producers are the big losers of the CAP ‘à la française’

Arable crops farmers, who are relatively numerous in France, tend to lose out

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Metabolix Launches Mvera™ B5011, A New Certified Compostable Film Grade Resin For Transparent Film And Bag Applications

Mvera™ B5011 Expands Metabolix Biopolymer Product Line, Providing Customers with Compostable Resin for Bags and Packaging with Exceptional Transparency

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DSM proves cellulosic bio-ethanol fermentation on industrial scale with 40% higher yield

DSM’s advanced yeast was found to yield 40% more ethanol per ton of straw than traditional C6 fermentation

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Concord Blue and LanzaTech to produce Fuels from Waste Biomass Resources in Georgia

Proprietary technology earned global sustainability certification from the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials

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bio-on bio plastic replaces metal

New bio-degradable biopolymer can be used to produce technical articles currently manufactured with polymers or metals

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CO2 Solutions Expands Its Intellectual Property Portfolio with New Canadian Patents

Patents will have wide application in efficient car bon capture from oil sands, coal-fired power generation and other large Canadian industries

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Earth Energy Renewables produces high-value industrial acids from organic waste

Demonstration facility in Bryan, Texas, to be expanded into a profitable small commercial plant

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Bio-based products from solar energy and carbon dioxide

Artificial photosynthetic system has much higher energy efficiency and productivity of bio-based products

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Results of independent tests on the effects of degradable plastics on recycling streams and for separate collection

EuPC urges legislators and waste management authorities in EU 28 Member States to push for increased separation and collection of degradable plastics

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Standing Up for Advanced Biofuels

The Environmental Protection Agency recently unveiled a proposed rule that would slash 2014 requirements for advanced biofuel

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5 December 2013

Braskem: Partnerschaft mit Toyota Tsusho bekräftigt

Verlängerung des Vertriebsvertrags für grünes Polyethylen „I’m green.“ in Asien

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Bacteria like the taste of syngas

Evonik has used their enzymes to create a cell factory that generates specialty chemicals from syngas

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Synthesegas schmeckt Bakterien

Evonik nutzt deren Enzyme, um eine Zellfabrik zu gestalten, die aus Synthesegas Spezialchemie macht

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Mexican researchers point to potential of natural fiber feedstocks

Using native cornstarch and sugarcane fiber to make plates, using glycerol as a plastifying agent

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Toyota Boshoku and Toyota Central R&D Labs., Novel bio-based plastic with top-level impact strength

“Salami in co-continuous phase structure” 10 times stronger than conventional bio-based plastic

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CAP reform favours the greening, not the individual industry

Farmers to receive payments per hectare rather than the old method of historical records

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Biotech-Hefe knackt Braunalgenzucker

Alginat-Vergärung mit biotechnologisch erzeugten Hefestämmen zur Biokraftstoff-Produktion

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Umweltbewusst kleben mit dem neuen, ausgezeichneten UHU stic ReNATURE – Der erste Klebestift-Behälter der nachwächst

Klebestift-Behälter aus 58% und Klebemasse aus 70% nachwachsenden Rohstoffen - Lösemittelfrei!

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4 December 20134 December 2013

Glycerin-basiertes Motorfluid als Alternative zu Mineralölprodukten

Zur Kühlung und Schmierung sowohl im Verbrennungsraum als auch in der Kühlhaut des Motors

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EPA expected to release 2014 RFS in February

Recent weeks showing a much lower than expected blending mandate

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AEBIOM, CEPF, COPA-COGECA, EIPS, ELO, EUSTAFOR: Joint Statement on cascade use of wood

EU institutions should support positive actions at EU and national level that will improve, promote active forest management

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Denimite repurposes blue jeans into a “green” material

New, partially bio-based thermoset resin, that contains no volatile organic compounds

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Ressourceneffiziente Produkte aus Biomasse – EU-Projekt “NEWAPP” gestartet

"Feuchte Biomasse ist in großen Mengen verfügbar, jedoch existieren kaum intelligente Verfahren für die Behandlung"

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The Bioplastic Specialist FKuR has extended its distribution program by offering biobased polyamide (Bio-PA)

Evonik appoints FKuR as distribution partner for its VESTAMID® Terra product line

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Evonik ernennt FKuR zum Distributionspartner für VESTAMID® Terra

Der Biokunststoff Spezialist FKuR erweitert sein Distributionsprogramm um biobasiertes Polyamid (Bio-PA)

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3 December 20139 September 2021

Biokunststoff und Plastik haben denselben Grundpreis

Warum setzen Konzerne Biokunststoff ein - weil er "grün" ist, oder kompostierbar?

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Brazil seriously looking at corn ethanol to tame surplus

In some areas it costs more to transport the corn than to produce it

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Industrial Material Use of Biomass in Europe 2013

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Fortum’s bio-oil plant commissioned in Joensuu – first of its kind in the world

Unique in being integrated with Fortum’s Joensuu combined heat and power plant

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Green Biologics Closes £15.4 Million Funding Led By Sofinnova Partners

Company to purchase the assets of Central MN Ethanol Co-op to retrofit the plant to produce renewable n-butanol and acetone in 2016

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The Economic Importance of Passing Comprehensive Food, Farm and Jobs Bill

New White House Rural Council Report Highlights the Economic Importance of Passing a Food, Farm and Jobs Bill

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Vom Speisepilz zum maßgeschneiderten Biokatalysator

Freiburger Chemiker klären Struktur eines Enzyms auf, das anspruchsvolle chemische Reaktionen umweltfreundlich umsetzt

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2 December 20131 December 2013

AMSilk Founder Prof. Thomas Scheibel Receives DECHEMA Award

One of the world’s leading scientists honored for his works on spider silk

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40+ Leading Scientists Call on EPA to Protect Forests From Biomass Industry

Only way to encourage bioenergy facilities to source low-carbon biomass resources is to follow the science

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Lithuania seeks approval for controversial biofuel plan

MEPs have no mandate to oppose Council weakening of ILUC law

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Clariant halogen-free flame retardants lock in safe fire protection for new class of natural oil based, renewable polyurethane foams

Grade chemically reacts into the PU foam polymer and therefore remains fixed within a foam formulation

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Schaffung eines Industriezweiges für synthetischen Kautschuk aus Biomasse

"BioButterfly"-Gemeinschaftsprojekt zur Herstellung von biobasiertem Butadien auf den Weg gebracht

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Releasing the untapped biotech potential of the sea

Cultivation Methods for improving Biotechnological Applications of Marine Microorganisms - (MaCuMBA) project aims to rectify

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EU-Staaten wollen Biosprit-Nutzung begrenzen

Der Widerstand gegen die Ausweitung der Biosprit-Nutzung in Europa wächst. Jetzt sprechen sich auch die EU-Staaten offenbar dafür aus, den geplanten Marktanteil der vermeintlichen Ökotreibstoffe zu senken

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Wood-framed Sandwichbike ready to hit the streets

Available for shipping within Europe from December 1

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EPA opens comment period on 2014 RFS waiver petitions

Comments are due Jan. 28, 2014

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29 November 2013

Große Koalition einigt sich: Kampf gegen die „Vermaisung“

Union und SPD wollen dafür sorgen, dass Biogasanlagen überwiegend Abfälle verstromen. Damit sollen Maismonokulturen zurückgedrängt werden

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Groups urge more cooperation on marine litter

Governments need to better integrate litter into national waste management strategies

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A gem of an idea does well at international competition

A team who developed a process for turning waste into plastic has taken home a clutch of awards at an international competition

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Northern Technologies International announces the formation of Natur-Tec India Private Limited

NTIC announced that it has formed Natur-Tec India Private Limited, a majority (90%) owned subsidiary based in Chennai, India, to capitalize on the increasing market demand for Natur-Tec® bioplastic products in India and the surrounding South Asian region

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BASF produziert erste kommerzielle Mengen von Butandiol aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen

BASF nutzt patentiertes Fermentationsverfahren mit Dextrose von Genomatica

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BASF produces first commercial volumes of butanediol from renewable raw material

Production process relies on a patented fermentation technology from Genomatica

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28 November 2013

Inside the European Bioeconomy. The first book on the European Bioeconomy is finally here

Disclosure of a topic that will increasingly characterize our economy and our society

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Premiere des Biofore Concept Car beim Genfer Autosalon 2014

Konzeptfahrzeug demonstriert Verwendung von erneuerbaren Biomaterialien in futuristischem Design

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Neue Internetseite zu Wood Plastic Composites

JELU informiert zu Messwerten und Verarbeitungsmethodik sowie Inhaltsstoffen seiner Compounds