8 September 201616 November 2016 View from the USA: Getting the bio-based industry ready for BRDI grants BRDI grants are the funding mechanism of a US government cross-agency initiative to help develop economically and environmentally sustainable sources of renewable biomass
Henkel, BASF und Solidaridad unterstützen rund 5.500 Kleinbauern in Indonesien 5-Jahres-Projekt soll dazu beitragen, die Lebensbedingungen unabhängiger Kleinbauern auf West-Kalimantan zu verbessern
Henkel, BASF and Solidaridad support around 5,500 smallholders in Indonesia Project certainly contributes to improve the livelihoods of independent oil palm farmers in the province of West Kalimantan
Global Bioenergies: IBN-One awards front-end engineering design to Technip and IPSB for the first plant converting renewable resources into isobutene IBN-One, a subsidiary of Global Bioenergies and Cristal Union, today announced it has awarded the first engineering contract for its bio-isobutene plant to Technip and IPSB
7 September 20165 September 2016 Demonstration project started for the conversion of woody biomass to chemicals By a consortium of 14 European companies using EU funding under the Horizon 2020 program
Algae as vessels for (photo)synthetic biology Algae-powered photosynthetic houses or algae-made commercial products might not be very far from reality
MIT News: Hacking microbes Startup’s engineered yeast helps clients produce fragrances and flavors more efficiently
Seventh Generation embraces bioplastics Company taking another step toward its vision of having all of its packaging made from recycled or bio-based materials by 2020
Schmidt: Nachwachsende Rohstoffe als Chance Bundeskabinett unterstreicht Fortschritte im Bereich Bioökonomie
6 September 201625 October 2016 Save the date: 10th International Conference on Bio-based Materials 10 - 11 May 2017, Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany
Es ist soweit: Die zehnte „International Conference on Bio-based Materials“ 10. - 11. Mai 2017 im Maternushaus, Köln
Making Economic Use of a Billion Tons of Biomass Newest DOE Billion Ton Report is an assessment of both progress to date and remaining challenges to building a biobased economy
Engineered Bacterium Turns Carbon Dioxide into Methane Fuel If scaled up, batches of bacteria could convert CO2 emissions into fuel, in a single step
Cargill expanding in cosmetics and personal care New global general manager, Tony Jaillot will lead the business focused on plant-based, sustainably-sourced ingredients
Hemp, Flax Growing as Auto Plastics Building Blocks Researchers worldwide developing tough materials from hemp fibers for the automotive sector
Technip and METabolic EXplorer sign agreement to evaluate combined polymer technology Evaluation to include a technical and commercial review with the goal of bringing a bundled technology package to the market
Toyobo and Avantium partner on PEF polymerization and PEF films Toyobo and Avantium have jointly developed thin films made from PEF
5 September 20161 September 2016 Ecostrat releases white paper on woody biomass procurement Publication providing an overview of five common mistakes in wood procurement and how to fix them
WWF-Studie zu deutschem Palmöl-Ersatz: Kein Palmöl ist auch keine Lösung Größerer Flächenbedarf. Mehr Treibhausgasemissionen. Weniger Biologische Vielfalt
Will Intrexon’s methane gambit transform the world? Deployment of industrial biotechnology at scale suggests that it is a complex science, with many factors at play, and before bold confidence is achieved, bold questions need to be asked
Global Green and Bio Solvents Market, 2016–2020 Technavio research has shown that the global green and biobased solvents market will grow at a CAGR of more than 8% during the forecast period
Bringing artificial enzymes closer to nature Swiss scientists develop a ruthenium-based artificial metalloenzyme to produce novel high added-value chemicals
Künstliche Enzyme werden immer «natürlicher» Schweizer Wissenschaftler entwickeln rutheniumbasierten künstlichen Metalloenzym zur Herstellung neuer Chemikalien mit hohem Mehrwert
Enerkem’s facility in Edmonton becomes the first ISCC certified plant in the world to convert municipal solid waste into biomethanol This reputable third-party certification confirms that Enerkem meets high ecological and social sustainability requirements
2 September 201631 August 2016 Integrating Microalgal Production with Industrial Outputs – Reducing Process Inputs and Quantifying the Benefits Level of heat integration has a significant effect on the environmental performance and economics of microalgal processes
BRAIN, AnalytiCon and Roquette sign a strategic partnership for the development of next generation natural sweetening solutions The goal of the DOLCE consortium is to develop cutting-edge natural sweet taste enhancers, addressing the requirements of global customers
BRAIN, AnalytiCon und Roquette unterzeichnen eine strategische Partnerschaft zur Entwicklung einer neuen Generation natürlicher Süßstoffe DOLCE-Allianz soll Brückenschlag von innovativen Süßungsmitteln in verschiedenen Segmenten im Bereich Lebensmittel und Getränke ermöglichen
Biorenewables Megatrends: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to the advanced bioeconomy’s progress Ron Cascone from Nexant Corp. gave incisive slides on the state of commercialization
Trading on a future in industrial hemp The seed and oil commodities that will be the basis for contracts traded on their platform are used in plastic, food and oil products
India’s oil marketing companies give up on jatropha biodiesel definitively Many believed that jatropha could be successfully grown in dry wastelands without irrigation
1 September 201631 August 2016 Empty Fruit Bunch from Date Palm Industries – A Sustainable Resource for Producing Biofuels and Industrial Solvents EFB contains polymeric sugars that can be converted to biofuel by enzymatic hydrolysis and microbial fermentation
PHA: promising, versatile, biodegradable All members of the PHA family are biodegradable - not just in industrial composting equipment, but also in the soil and in freshwater and seawater
100 Percent Compostable Single Serve Coffee Pod Wins International Innovation Award SPI Announces Club Coffee as Winner of its Innovation in Bioplastics Award
Where’s butanol, or other substitutes for gasoline besides ethanol? Biofuels Digest trying to find answers about why there are so few technologies and so little commercial progress on gasoline substitution, excepting ethanol
Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) Growing with New Employment Opportunities New $27 Million Centre for Commercialization of Sustainable Chemistry Innovation (COMM SCI)
U.S. Commerce Department Invests More Than $4 Million In Maine, Deploys Interagency Team To Help Strengthen State’s Forest Economy EDA will deploy an Economic Development Assessment Team (EDAT) in eastern Maine to evaluate new and existing economic strategies
31 August 201629 August 2016 Building the Case for Bioplastics SPI’s Bioplastics Division released their quarterly Plastics Market Watch report on bioplastics
Anti-Schmutz-Film aus Pilzproteinen Forscher entwickeln kostengünstige und gesundheitlich unbedenkliche Alternative zur Textilausrüstung
Edible food packaging made from milk proteins (video) USDA scientists are developing an environmentally friendly film made of casein
Microbeads. Reviled, yes. Useful, yes. What’s the alternative? Problem of environment accumulated microplastic spheres is attracting significant attention from lawmakers around the world
Breakthrough in the synthetic replication of composite-material structures found in Mother of pearl A team of researchers from Konstanz and Hefei (China) synthetically replicate the mineralisation process that takes place in natural nacre
Natürliche Perlmuttstruktur, künstlich hergestellt Forscherteam aus Konstanz und Hefei (China) gelingt die künstliche Mineralisation von natürlicher Perlmuttstruktur
30 August 201630 August 2016 First commercial event specialized for the supply chain of herbal industry MAP EXPO 2017 – Global marketplace for medicinal & aromatic plants
Biofuel firm’s plans for Grangemouth Celtic Renewables seeks planning permission for commercial-scale biobutanol plant
Reconnect with nature – the new sustainability Two big personal care companies offering new terms of convenience to their customers
Process could make key biodegradable polymer stronger and longer-lasting Brown University researchers have shown that by treating PLA at various temperatures and pressures, they can induce a new polymer phase in the material
A breakthrough in algae harvesting Global Algae Innovations offering membrane system that could use just 1% of the energy needed to run a centrifuge
BiobasedWorld – only two weeks left to exhibit in Cologne September 15 is the due date for those who want to exhibit at the premier trade show for the biobased industries 15-16 February 2017 in Cologne, Germany
BiobasedWorld – Sie haben noch zwei Wochen um auszustellen Der 15. September ist der Stichtag für alle, die am 15./16. Februar 2017 bei der ersten Messe für die biobasierte Wirtschaft in Köln ausstellen wollen
29 August 201630 August 2016 nova’s experts introduced: Elke Breitmayer Life Cycle Assessments, Economics & Resources