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8 November 20249 November 2024

Westlake Epoxy Joins B4 Consortium in Western North Brabant

Region seeks to become hotspot for bio-based building blocks for the construction industry

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LYB completes acquisition of solvent-based recycling company APK

Company welcomes additional recycling technology to its portfolio

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7. Konferenz zur nachhaltigen chemischen Konversion in der Industrie bildet offiziellen Abschluss der zweiten Förderphase des Verbundprojekts Carbon2Chem®

Über 200 virtuell und analog Teilnehmende verfolgten die Präsentation der Ergebnisse aus acht Jahren Forschung zur Nutzung von CO2 aus Prozessgasen der Industrie für die Synthese von Chemieprodukten

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Kelheim Fibres files for bankruptcy

German speciality viscose fibre manufacturer Kelheim Fibres has filed for insolvency, however production is expected to continue under a protective shield procedure, according to local news reports

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Zu massiver Preisdruck: Kelheim Fibres stellt Insolvenzantrag 

Ein Rettungsplan der Stadt hat nichts gebracht: Das Chemieunternehmen Kelheim Fibres hat Insolvenz angemeldet - auch wegen zu hoher Energie- und Rohstoffkosten. Der Betrieb geht aber vorerst weiter

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Poland’s growing bioeconomy

Poland is among the fastest growing EU economies today, recording the region’s largest annual and quarterly GDP jump in the second quarter of this year

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Melker of Sweden’s Värmdö Wins Product of the Year for Sea Kayaking

Built with ampliTex™ flax fabrics and a solid cork core, the Värmdö kayak combines superior mechanical properties with innovative, sustainable design for paddlers of all levels

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7 November 20242 November 2024

Bormioli Pharma partners with Chiesi to supply the first pharma primary packaging in Carbon Capture PET

This supply marks the first time a Carbon Capture PET bottle will be used for pharmaceutical purposes, offering environmental benefits and high safety levels for patients

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Bormioli Pharma arbeitet mit Chiesi zusammen, um die erste Carbon Capture PET-Pharmaverpackung herzustellen

Mit dieser Produktion wird zum ersten Mal die Verwendung einer PET Carbon Capture-Flasche in der pharmazeutischen Industrie eingeführt, die Vorteile für die Umwelt und hohe Standards für die Patientensicherheit bietet

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Avantium and SCGC to Accelerate the Market Adoption for FDCA and PEF in Asia

Building on their strategic intent letter from January 2024, the companies have decided to take the next step in their collaboration in further developping FDCA and PEF applications

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AMSilk Announces Successful Partnership Negotiation with Ajinomoto for Industrial Fermentation

This partnership marks a significant step for AMSilk as it rapidly progresses towards becoming a commercial supplier of spider silk-based proteins

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Bundesweit erste Anlage zur Herstellung von holzbasierten Carbonfasern eingeweiht

Bei der Pilotanlage am Technikum Laubholz wird auf die Verwendung von Cellulose aus Laubholz gesetzt, dessen Anteil in den Wäldern Baden-Württembergs infolge der Anpassung der Wälder an den Klimawandel zunimmt

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Spinnova has been granted a Business Finland R&D loan for developing its fibre production technology

The loan amount represents 50% of the project’s total cost estimate, which totals EUR 25 million, including two phases

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Bolt Projects Holdings Announces More Brands Choosing b-silk™ to Differentiate Their Product Offerings

b-silk is a novel biodegradable, film-former polypeptide designed to offer additional functional benefits for haircare, skincare and color cosmetics

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Carbon Capture on Board Ships as a Valuable Transition Technology

Researchers at TU Graz have evaluated various carbon capture technologies for use in shipping. These technologies will be necessary to achieve the climate targets, but they will realistically not enable complete capturing of greenhouse gases on board

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CO2-Abscheidung an Bord von Schiffen als wertvolle Übergangstechnologie

Forschende der TU Graz haben unterschiedliche CO2-Abscheidetechnologien für den Einsatz in der Schifffahrt bewertet. Zum Erreichen der Klimaziele werden sie nötig sein, eine vollständige Abscheidung des Treibhausgases an Bord ist allerdings unrealistisch

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6 November 202430 October 2024

BioPTMG, a Plant-Derived Polyurethane Raw Material, Now Used in Bio-Synthetic Leather Bags and Other Products

Kahei Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of synthetic leather, selects high-quality synthetic leather scraps from manufacturing processes, and uses them effectively in products sold under the small items brand "tonto"

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BMWK: Wasserstoff-Kernnetz genehmigt – der Aufbau der Zukunftsinfrastruktur kann beginnen

Leitungen von einer Gesamtlänge von 9.040 Kilometern sind genehmigt, wovon rund 60 Prozent der Leitungen vom bisherigen Erdgas-Betrieb umgestellt und die übrigen neu gebaut werden

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Towards a sustainable and circular economy

The Netherlands have formulated the far-stretched goal to be entirely circular by 2050 - Utrecht University researchers listed the results and dilemmas

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Envalior at Fakuma 2024

The company is presenting for the first time the new PBT product range Pocan® X-MB, which is based on biocircular 1.4-butanediol (BDO)

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Wasserstoff aus Sonnenenergie und landwirtschaftlichen Abfällen: Mit Kuhmist zur umweltfreundlichen Wasserstoffproduktion

U.S.-Wissenschaftlern ist es erstmals gelungen, die für die Wasserspaltung erforderliche Spannung zu verringern, indem sie statt einer herkömmlichen Kohlenstoffquelle nur reine Biomasse in die Reaktion einführten

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CRH Ventures launches Sustainable Building Materials Accelerator

The company is seeking innovations in sustainable binders that enhance the carbon performance and circularity of cement and concrete, as well as novel materials that could transform conventional construction practices

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The Role of Voluntary Carbon Credit Markets in Supporting CCUS

Across IDTechEx's research into carbon capture, carbon dioxide removal, and carbon dioxide utilization, numerous business models for CCUS have been analyzed - including those based on voluntary market finance

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Avantium and Royal Vezet collaborate on PEF-based packaging trays for Albert Heijn’s salad bowls

Avantium’s PEF (polyethylene furanoate) is a 100% plant-based, fully recyclable polymer and offers a renewable and circular packaging solution for Royal Vezet’s salad bowls

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Insektenbioraffinerie erfolgreich aufgebaut: So werden Bioabfälle zu neuen Wertstoffen

Abschlusskonferenz zum Projekt »InBiRa – die Insektenbioraffinerie«

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5 November 20244 November 2024

Advanced Recycling Conference 2024 fördert innovatives und nachhaltiges Material-Management

Europas größte Konferenz für Advanced Recycling erkundet innovative Technologien und transformative Strategien für eine nachhaltige Zukunft

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Advanced Recycling Conference 2024 – Driving Innovation in Sustainable Materials Management

Europe’s largest conference on advanced recycling explores innovative technologies and transformative strategies that are reshaping the future of sustainability

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Reflecting on Conference Experiences: Are you Maximising Your Networking Opportunities?

Unlocking the full Potential of Networking and Visibility

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Save the date for the leading event in the Renewable Carbon Economy: The “Renewable Materials Conference 2025”

22 to 24 September 2025, Siegburg near Bonn/Cologne (Germany) and online

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autarkize Secures EUR 2.3 million in seed financing with innovative pyrolysis technology

The technology developed by autarkize converts biogenic residues such as wood waste, peelings and fermentation residues into renewable gas and certified biochar

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autarkize sichert sich 2,3 Millionen EUR Seed-Finanzierung mit innovativer Pyrolyse-Technologie

Die von autarkize entwickelte Technologie wandelt biogene Reststoffe wie Holzabfälle, Schalen und Gärreste in erneuerbares Gas und zertifizierte Pflanzenkohle um

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Eni set outs its transformation, decarbonization and relaunch plan for Versalis

Shutdown of Brindisi and Priolo crackers, the last remaining, and polyethylene production in Ragusa announced. A new corporate structure is on the way

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DOE Grant Supports Bridgestone Innovation for Non-fossil-based Synthetic Rubber

Bridgestone will design, build and operate a pilot plant that will advance an innovative, potentially more sustainable and cost-effective approach to obtaining butadiene from ethanol

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Neste to re-evaluate its renewable hydrogen plan and withdraw from investing into a 120 MW electrolyzer at the Porvoo refinery

Evaluation of this project has been impacted by the tight limitations on the use of renewable hydrogen in the refinery’s processes in fulfilling the Finnish national distribution obligation

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ClickPlastics rundet das Bio Portfolio ab

Anlässlich der Fakuma 24 stellt ClickPlastics verschiedene biologisch basierende PLA Typen der Pliith Biotechnologie vor

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Capturing carbon from the air just got easier

A new type of porous material called a covalent organic framework quickly sucks up carbon dioxide from ambient air

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Hessian Minister of Economics opens revolutionary CO2Bioclean pilot plant

Innovative fermentation technology unit transforms CO2 into biodegradable plastics

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Hessischer Wirtschaftsminister eröffnet revolutionäre CO2Bioclean-Pilotanlage

Innovative Fermentationstechnik wandelt CO2 in biologisch abbaubare Kunststoffe um

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4 November 20242 November 2024

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), October 2024

Let's take a look at what happened in October 2024 at RCI:

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Free RCI Webinar: Discover Innovative Startups with RCI

27 November 2024 from 14:00 to 15:30 CET

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Flower Power: Lavender Oil Fuels Batteries for the Future

A researchers team at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces created a unique material, that acts like a confinement cage for sulfur and polysulfides

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Flower Power: Lavendelöl treibt die Batterien der Zukunft an

Ein Forscherteam am Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung hat ein einzigartiges Material geschaffen, das wie ein Käfig für Schwefel und Polysulfide wirkt

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RECOUP calls for a more effective plastic packaging tax

UK Plastics Tax loopholes risk recycling

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Are Hydrogen Engines Truly Zero Emissions?

IDTechEx’s recent report explores the emissions credentials of this potentially disruptive technology

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A $1.46 Billion Boost for First-of-Its-Kind Carbon Capture and Clean Fuels

Colorado-based alternative fuels Gevo company has taken a significant step towards expanding its carbon capture and storage capabilities

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Sind Bäume die Zukunft für die Produktion von Industriechemikalien?

Entdeckung könnte helfen, Bäume in erschwingliche und umweltfreundlichere Industriechemikalien zu verwandeln

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Finding Could Help Turn Trees Into Affordable, Greener Industrial Chemicals

North Carolina State University scientists and engineers are making headway in finding ways to use trees as sustainable, environmentally benign alternatives to producing industrial chemicals from petroleum

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Aerleum Raises $6M in Seed Round to Revolutionize CO₂ Capture and Conversion Technology

Aerleum’s game-changing solution captures and converts CO₂ in a single reactor, using proprietary bifunctional materials and precision heating

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Aerleum sammelt 6 Millionen US-Dollar in Seed-Runde ein, um die Technologie zur Bindung und Umwandlung von CO₂ zu revolutionieren

Die bahnbrechende Lösung von Aerleum bindet CO₂ in einem Reaktor und wandelt es mithilfe von proprietären bifunktionalen Materialien und Präzisionserhitzung um

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31 October 202425 November 2024

Free nova Session: Latest nova Market and Trend Reports on Alternative Naphtha, Advanced Recycling, Bio-based Polymers and Bioeconomy in China

28 November 2024, 13:30-15:00 CET, online