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28 May 201427 May 2014

New, fossil-fuel-free process makes biodiesel sustainable

Cleaning microbes will allow producers to reincorporate ethanol and water into the fuel-making process

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BMEL zur EEG-Debatte: Biomasse mitentscheidend für den Erfolg der Energiewende

Schmidt: "Die EEG-Novelle senkt die Energiekosten für Verbraucher und sichert eine bedarfsgerechte und speicherbare Stromproduktion"

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Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften mit erneuerbaren Ressourcen

Bleser: "Bioökonomie ist ein Wachstumsmarkt, der Arbeitsplätze schafft und den Umweltschutz voranbringt"

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27 May 201426 May 2014

AIMPLAS receives the award for the best European project due to biodegradable extruded nets for citrus fruits and mollusks

Compostable net to be put with the rest of the organic wastes generated at home and in shopping centers

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Study shows mallee based jet fuel has firm roots

Biofuel from Australia’s mallee tree is viable and sustainable

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Green Buildings: What would happen if green sustainability became a mainstream thing?

By 2016, researchers predict that green homes will increase to 38%

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Avantium selected by Cleantech Group as European Cleantech Company of the Decade

Company to engineer & design of their first commercial plant

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Solegear Bioplastics Wins Prestigious 2014 GLOBE Association Award For Best Emerging Technology

Honoring company’s ingenuity in engineering and manufacturing stronger, non-toxic and bio-based plastics

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Senators want feds to support biofuels

Congress to extend the biodiesel tax credit, which ended Dec. 31, 2013

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Kohle-Doping für Biogasanlagen – Mit Biokohle zu höheren Gaserträgen

Potsdamer Wissenschaftler erforschen vielfältige Anwendungsmöglichkeiten für weiter verarbeitete Gärrestprodukte aus Biogasanlagen

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Appointment of Jens Klein as Managing Director of AMSilk GmbH

Mr. Jens Klein was appointed managing director of AMSilk GmbH, Planegg, as of March 15, 2014

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Jens Klein zum Geschäftsführer der AMSilk GmbH bestellt

Herr Klein wurde mit Wirkung zum 15. März 2014 zum Geschäftsführer der AMSilk GmbH, Planegg, bestellt

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26 May 201430 May 2014

Vorschläge für eine Reform der Richtlinie für erneuerbare Energien (RED) hin zu einer Richtlinie für erneuerbare Energien und Materialien (REMD)

Einen Schritt weiter: Bio-basierte Chemikalien und Materialien in das Anreizsystem integrieren

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Proposals for a Reform of the Renewable Energy Directive to a Renewable Energy and Materials Directive (REMD)

Going to the next level: Integration of bio-based chemicals and materials in the incentive scheme

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Patent erteilt: Anlage und Verfahren zur ökologischen Erzeugung und Speicherung von Strom

GFZ entwickelt Erweiterung der „Power-to-Gas-to-Power“-Technologie bei geschlossenem Kohlendioxidkreislauf

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Erträge von Kurzumtriebsplantagen richtig abschätzen

TU Dresden entwickelt praxistaugliches Schätzverfahren für Weide

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Asheville entrepreneur aims to harness cyanobacteria’s photosynthetic prowess

Researchers working with Phytonix to produce marketable quantities of industrial chemicals and fuels from microorganism

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Berlin BIO-TIC Workshop: Use of IB in Bio-Surfactants

Preceding the Third ICIS European Surfactants Conference as a satellite event

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Internationale Debatte über Synthetische Biologie

Biodiversitäts-Konvention (CBD) tagt Ende Juni in Montreal

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Green Chemistry Award 2014 Winner

Honored: Professor Michael York of Green Chemistry at the University of York

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Bakterielle Biokunststoffproduktion durchflusszytometrisch verfolgt

Forschungsprojekt SYNPOL untersucht bakterielle Biokunststoffproduktion aus Synthesegas im Bioreaktor

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Bark Akustikpaneele – Weltweit erste zertifizierte Akustikplatte mit Rindentuchoberfläche

Paneel in Deutschland ab Mai über BarkCloth erhältlich - B1-Zertifizierung in Vorbereitung

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Bio-based chemicals benefit from shale gas boom

Plant-based chemicals have received an unexpected boost following the North American shale gas boom, a report from research firm IHS has found

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23 May 201415 February 2018

The European Project NATURTRUCK develops biocomposites for the internal parts of trucks

Vehicle’s console to be manufactured with raw materials from renewable sources

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istraw Strohbauplatten für den Trockenbau

Ökologischer Werkstoff mit schallreduzierender Wirkung

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FKuR and Corbion Purac in partnership to develop heat resistant PLA compounds

Companies targeting new bioplastic compounds for applications which include both food and non-food packaging

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deepmellow – Gerben mit Extrakten aus der Wurzel der Rhabarberpflanze

Teil der Ausstellung "Sustainable Design Materials" anlässlich der Berlin Design Week vom 26.–30. Mai 2014

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Timber buildings: why and how Australia’s poised to build them bigger and better

Engineered timber can be used in both residential builds and larger-scale, multi-storey projects

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Hochwertige stoffliche Nutzung von Bioethanol

Bioethanol 2.0: Fraunhofer UMSICHT und BMELV forschen an Verfahren zur Herstellung höherer Alkohole aus biobasierten kurzkettigen Alkoholen

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Biobased Delta teams up with Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

South-western Netherlands-based Biobased Delta Foundation has agreed to work closely with the Canadian sustainable chemistry alliance Bioindustrial Innovation Canada.

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Tübinger Wissenschaftler mit mehreren Projekten an Großvorhaben der Biodiversitätsforschung beteiligt

Im Schwerpunktprogramm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft „Biodiversitätsexploratorien“ werden Zusammenhänge zwischen Landnutzung, Artenvielfalt und Ökosystemprozessen untersucht

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22 May 201422 March 2015

Bio Innovation Growth megaCluster BIG-C launched

Important initiative to add value for the whole region, bringing sustainable solutions a big step further

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Polyolefine aus Altöl und Altfett

Sabic führt neue Produktpalette aus zertifiziert nachhaltigen Polyolefinen ein, deren Rohstoffbasis mit einem speziellen Crackverfahren aus Altöl und Altfett gewonnen wird

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House Appropriations Committee slashes mandatory Farm Bill spending

The Agriculture Energy Coalition (AgEC) vowed to fight the changes to the farm bill’s popular energy programs

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Airbus performs its longest flight using sustainable jet fuel with KLM

First flight of a series of 50 long-haul commercial flights - Largest European initiative for a local production of sustainable jet fuels - Longest biofuel flight performed by an Airbus aircraft

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CEO: Biopolymer research needs direct funding

Biopolymer specialists to be supported instead of “indirect” efforts through big resin and chemical companies

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BIO World Congress focusing: New Uses for CO2

Panelists on the forefront of using CO₂ for the conversion of valuable fuels and chemicals

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Renewable Energy Provides 6.5 Million Jobs Globally

Sector shows significant job growth over 2012, new IRENA review highlights  

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Goodbye Fuel from Food, Hello Food From Fuel: Calysta’s Big Methane-to-Protein Play

Alan Shaw has a one-step solution for making the world food secure, and using up all that spare, cheap, greenhouse-nasty shale gas. Make proteins from methane

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Södra and Statkraft initiate biofuel collaboration

Statkraft and Södra have signed a letter of intent to create a company with the aim of establishing production of biofuel based on forest raw material in the future

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21 May 201414 July 2014

Länderranking Bauen mit Holz

Ländervergleich: Sechs Bundesländer benachteiligen Bauen mit Holz Bundesländerranking bei der Holzverwendung im Bauwesen: Sechs von 16 Bundesländern hemmen das Bauen mit Holz wegen veralteter Landesbauverordnungen. Die besten Rahmenbedingungen für die Verwendung von Holz hat Baden-Württemberg. Die Schlusslichter sind Nordrhein-Westfalen und Brandenburg.

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Biobased chemicals: European share to drop sharply

R&D efforts necessary for developing cellulosic chemicals, both in Europe and in the US, Lux Research analysts say

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EU-Projekt: Mit Enzymen zur Natur-Kosmetik

Optibiocat - Optimised esterase biocatalysts for cost-effective industrial production

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Cellulac: Lactic acid from lactose whey in world first continuous production runs

Converted byproduct to be used in the production of bioplastics as well as other industrial chemicals

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Fermentable cellulosic sugars for capex of 6.5 cents per gallon?

Freakishly low-cost venture still at early-stage

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The upcoming elections are crucial for the future of the bioeconomy in the European Union

Next 5 years will be critical to set up a new model of economic and social development

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BioAmber reports progress with Sarnia plant in Q1 results

Company to become principal supplier of bio-succinic acid to PTTMCC for the production of biodegradable plastic in Thailand

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Spiders spin possible solution to ‘sticky’ problems

Researchers at The University of Akron are again spinning inspiration from spider silk — this time to create more efficient and stronger commercial and biomedical adhesives that could, for example, potentially attach tendons to bones or bind fractures

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20 May 201419 May 2014

Successful Strategies for Commercial Algae Production

Moderated Discussion Overview Among Industry and Federal Government Representatives

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Newlight Technologies sprints ahead

Big Telecom player becoming one of the first to use AirCarbon, a new carbon-negative PHA made from greenhouse gas