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2 July 2013

Seaweed biomass cultivation trials concluding for at-sea project

Second generation textiles for the next growing season - or better biofuels?

Green Biologics Signs Deal for Iowa Demonstration Plant with Easy Energy Systems

Collaboration to produce Renewable n-Butanol and Acetone

UK targets growth in industrial biotechnology

Government funded report shows IB market could be worth up to £12bn to UK businesses by 2025

European Commission Study “The impact of EU consumption on deforestation”

Follow up will need to be based on a broad discussion with all stakeholders

First in Colours and D&L polymers and Colours Named Ingeo Distributor and Compounder in the Philippines

Seeing strong local market interest for renewably sourced, performance products, NatureWorks taps into First in Colours' vast sales network and D&L Polymers and Colours' manufacturing expertise to expand Ingeo™ into the Philippines

European Commission: Expert Group on Bio-Based Products established

Three main tasks to assist the Commission in the preparation of legislation or in policy definition

Algae.Tec signs carbon capture biofuels deal with australia’s largest coal-fired power company

Power company Macquarie Generation to feed waste carbon dioxide into algae growth system

New catalyst could cut cost of making hydrogen fuel

Scientists develop new catalyst structure with molybdenum disulfide to store and transfer energy

Research suggests a wooden future for skyscrapers

Will architect's vision of social and environmental sustainability come true?

Technaro: “Es gibt viel zu tun – pflanzen wir´s an”

15-jähriges Jubiläum bei TECNARO - The Biopolymer Company - und damit "Kristallhochzeit" der Geschäftspartner Pfitzer und Nägele mit ihrem Unternehmen

1 July 2013

LANXESS: Fünf neue EPDM-Typen aus biobasiertem Ethylen

Neue Chancen für nachhaltigeres Gummi

BMBF: Ideenwettbewerb für biobasierte Produkte gestartet

Produktvisionen aus Strategieprozess "Nächste Generation biotechnologischer Verfahren - Biotechnologie 2020+" gefragt

WACKER präsentiert verbessertes Bindemittelsystem für Biokunststoffe

19. Internationale Messe für Kunststoff und Kautschuk K 2013

Bioengineering Fungi for Biofuels and Chemicals Production

'Industrial Biotechnology' with Special Section on Fungal Biology, Industrial Applications

BASF: The New Way to Drink Coffee

Swiss Coffee Company to use ecovio® application for beanarella compostable injection molding capsules

For c2renew, crop residue is an opportunity

Company hoping to see full production of biobased biofiller for plastics by end of 2013

Five new EPDM grades from biobased ethylene

New opportunities for more sustainable rubber

30 June 2013

BASF and NPC join forces to cooperate on algae technology

Collaboration with National Prawn Company in the field of algae biomass processing

28 June 2013

Initiative Biotechnologie 2020+: Mit Großprojekten auf Kurs

BMBF will Fortsetzung der Initiative mit 200 Millionen Euro fördern

Final Rule for Additional Qualifying Renewable Fuel Pathways under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program

EPA enabeling production of renewable fuel from giant reed (Arundo donax) and napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum)

nova-Buchbesprechung: “Stoff-Wechsel – Auf dem Weg zu einer solaren Chemie für das 21. Jahrhundert”

Umweltpreisträger Hermann Fischers Vision einer ökologisch verantwortungsbewussten Welt

BIO Applauds Legislation That Levels the Playing Field for Renewable Chemicals

Renewable Chemical Production Tax Credit Will Help U.S. Biotech Companies Create Jobs, BIO Says

27 June 2013

Far Eastern New Century showcases apparel with high renewable content

BDO Produced Using Genomatica's Process Enables Polymer With up to 50% Bio-Based Content

Politische Einigung über eine Neuausrichtung der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik

Elemente der Reform ab Januar 2014 anwendbar - Änderungen der Direktzahlungen ab 2015 vorgesehen

FKuR: Carmen Michels appointed as Co-Managing Director

Bioplastics specialist expands management

Chancen und Risiken der CO2-Abscheidung und -Speicherung

Technologiebewertung zu technischen, wirtschaftlichen, gesellschaftlichen und Umweltaspekten

Ideen für die biobasierten Produkte von morgen

Initiative "Biotechnologie 2020+" wird fortgesetzt - Braun: "Produktionsstandort gezielt stärken"

Hydrogen technologies: new process uses enzymes as catalysts

Researchers discovering ‘artificial’ activation of hydrogenases

Norway: Røros municipality selected biological purification of wastewater that leaves behind a smaller CO2 footprint

Biofilm technology from Biowater Technology to reduce the use of chemicals

Google ‘Science in Action’ Winner for 2013: Elif Bilgin

Third annual Science Fair to award 16 year old Girl with bioplastic from discarded banana peels

New study reinforces existing evidence that science used by the European Commission to calculate indirect land use change is inconclusive

How different models factor in the evolution of increasing yield of cultivated areas in the EU

Strong Opportunity for Midwest Aviation Biofuels Industry

Report from Midwest Aviation Sustainable Biofuels Initiative (MASBI) Shows Demand for New Fuel Sources, Recommends Actions, Highlights Economic Benefits

26 June 2013

Gewinnung von Ausgangsstoffen für Reinigungsmittel, Duft-, sowie Kunststoffe aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen oder durch Recycling von Altreifen

TransMIt entwickelt Abbauverfahren von nachwachsenden Terpenen mittels Ethenolyse

A Slimy Marine Organism Fit for Biofuel and Salmon Feed

Norwegians focusing cellulose producing marine tunicates as ethanol feedstock

CAP Reform – an explanation of the main elements

New Regulations enter into force from 2014, new elements to apply from 2015 onwards

Tetra Pak® and Braskem sign supply agreement for I’m greenTM plastic

In an unprecedented initiative in the carton packaging industry, Tetra Pak will use low-density polyethylene made from renewable resources in all of its packaging made in Brazil

25 June 2013

Cereplast Provides an Update on Its Restructuring Plan

Successful relocation of corporate and European headquarters

VTT: New gasification method turns forest residues to biofuel with less than a euro per litre

Production of renewable biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass to achieve energy efficiency of 50–67%

Getting the carbon out of emissions

MIT researchers coming up with a "plug-and-play” solution that could be added easily to any existing power plant

Lanxess converts 20 tons of BDO at their world-scale PBT plant

Bio-based PBT made with Genomatica's process produced bio-based BDO in Leverkusen, Germany

Mit Leuchtstoffen das Sonnenlicht für die Algenzucht optimieren

Solar spectral conversion for improving the photosynthetic activity in algae reactors

High-octane bacteria could ease pain at the pump

Engineered E. coli mass-produce key precursor to potent biofuel

Erstmals biobasiertes PBT auf World Scale-Anlage mit 1,4-Butandiol (BDO) aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen produziert

LANXESS setzt in Leverkusen auf BDO aus Genomaticas erprobtem Verfahren

World Cooking Oil Production Seen Exceeding Demand by Oil World

Global Harvest of 10 Oilseeds predicted to climb to 484.5 million tons

Profitable growth with realigned plastics business

BASF process for flexible use of renewable raw materials in its Production Verbund

24 June 201311 March 2014

Biomass Policies

Entwicklung politischer Richtlinien zur Mobilisierung von ressourceneffizienten Wertschöpfungsketten in Europa

Weitere neue EU-Vorhaben

Projekt S2Biom soll nachhaltige Versorgung von Biomasserohstoffen auf lokaler, regionaler und pan-Europäischer Ebene unterstützen

FNR mit frischem Gesicht im Internet

Neues Layout bietet modernisierte Benutzerführung und erleichtert Zugriff auf Service-Seiten

Biotechnica 2013: Schweiz und Bioökonomie im Fokus

20-jähriges Jubiläum - Biotechnica präsentiert erstmals auf vier Themen-Marktplätzen

evocatal gewinnt zwei neue Investoren und schließt eine Serie B-Finanzierungsrunde über 3,5 Mio. EUR ab

Ausbau der eigenen Technologieplattform sowie des Produkt‐Portfolios gesichert

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