23 January 202020 January 2020 Forscher machen Biosprit-Produktion billiger Forscher der Rutgers University entwickeln effektive Konversionsmethode, um Pflanzenzucker in Ethanol umzuwandeln
How to Make it Easier to Turn Plant Waste into Biofuels Rutgers-led team develops innovative process to rapidly dissolve plant fibers
21 January 202020 January 2020 Avantium: Neue FDCA-Anlage im niederländischen Delfzijl in Planung Anlage wurde mit Hilfe des EU-Rahmenprogramms Horizon 2020 mit 25 Mio. Euro gefördert
20 January 202016 January 2020 A vision: insect biorefineries as components of a sustainable bioeconomy BMBF is funding projects for applications of insects-based chitosan as a sustainable domestic source that can replace tropical oils
Vision Insekten-Bioraffinerie: Baustein einer nachhaltigen Bioökonomie BMBF fördert Projekte für die Nutzung von regional verfügbarem insektenbasierten Chitosan
15 January 202012 February 2020 Avantium to build FDCA flagship plant at Chemie Park Delfzijl, Netherlands The 5-kiloton facility will produce plant-based FDCA – a key building block for many chemicals and plastics such as PEF (polyethylene furanoate)
13 January 20208 January 2020 Avantium appoints Bart Welten as Chief Financial Officer New CFO will bring 30 years of experience in finance to Avantium and has extensive knowledge of the chemical and life-sciences industries
10 January 20207 January 2020 Event Report: Biorizon Forging Ahead with Bio-Aromatics Upscaling Many promising results have since been achieved in all horizons. Since the start-up in 2013, high-quality facilities have been added in the Flanders-Netherlands region
19 December 201916 December 2019 Spero Renewables signs $2 million DOE agreement to advance ‘wood-based’ plastic technology Plastic-made surplus wood shown to be as strong as steel but light weight and more easily recyclable
17 December 201912 December 2019 Fraunhofer IAP: Biobasierte Carbonfasern Am Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Polymerforschung können dank eines neuen Ofens Präkursoren aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen entwickelt werden
11 December 201911 December 2019 Avantium secures financing milestone with €25 million EU funding for FDCA flagship plant The PEFerence partners aim to replace a significant share of fossil-based polyesters with 100% plant-based PEF
Zukunft der Bioökonomie: Zwischen Chance und Irrweg In Zukunft sollen bei der Produktion von Alltagsgegenständen mehr biobasierte Materialien wie Pflanzen, Tiere oder Mikroorganismen zum Einsatz kommen
4 December 20193 December 2019 Call for Abstracts – 13th Bio-based Materials Conference, 12 – 13 May 2020, Cologne, Germany ready for submission Innovative companies to find markets for their new bio-based products and upcoming technological breakthroughs for a sustainable future
Verdict’s in for Vertimass: Yep, it’s commercially viable The innovative catalytic technology of one of the Digest's 'next 50 companies to disrupt the world' allows any feedstock for the conversion of biomass into fuels
29 November 201926 November 2019 ‘Doing More With Lignin’ Project will utilize existing infrastructure for biobased chemistry at 3 locations in the south of the Netherlands
Destabilisierung macht Holz stabiler: Das Holz-Paradoxon Forscher der EMPA und ETH Zürich entwickeln innovativen Hightech-Werkstoff aus Holz, aus welchem sie das Lignin entfernt haben
28 November 201926 November 2019 Novel Biocatalytic System Turns Waste Biomass into Value-Added Chemicals Their findings have been published in Nature Communications on November 12, 2019
26 November 201924 November 2019 An exclusive interview with Alex Michine, CEO of MetGen. “Building consumer awareness is key for the expansion of the European bioeconomy” In this exclusive interview with Il Bioeconomista, the CEO, Alex Michine, talks about the achievements and the next steps of the company
19 November 201914 November 2019 Avantium opens branch office in Japan to reinforce high-value market for PEF Japan is considered to be the key market for introducing innovative and advanced materials - and the new Avantium Japan branch office will provide local support
18 November 201914 November 2019 Valmet introduces roll covers made of recycled and renewable raw materials New composite covers for press, guide and calender rolls are now available for the first customer deliveries
15 November 201913 November 2019 Avantium advances its plant-based MEG technology with the opening of its demonstration plant Company additionally announces the naming of this innovative technology to produce plant-based MEG: Ray TechnologyTM
11 November 20196 November 2019 Avantium partners with R&F Chemical to market high-value PEF applications in Korea Under this collaboration, Avantium expects to enter this market for high-value applications such as electronics and smart packaging
A Dutch consortium led by Vertoro has been granted €1.2 million to investigate the potential of crude lignin oil as a platform for sustainable chemicals and materials New project to focus on the further development of an interregional campus eco-system and for the conversion of biomass residues to crude lignin oil
Turning wood into pharmaceutical ingredients "From Wood to Tetrahydro-2-benzazepines in Three Waste-Free Steps: Modular Synthesis of Biologically Active Lignin-Derived Scaffolds"
28 October 201923 October 2019 MetGen Earns Acclaim from Frost & Sullivan for its Unique, Customized Enzyme Technologies, METNIN™ and ENZINE® The technologies solve the industry’s major pain points regarding the valorization of lignin, shorter technology development cycles, and customization of enzymes
25 October 201922 October 2019 Turning lignin into bioactive molecules in three green steps Efficient, waste-free process transforms pine wood into novel benzazepines
23 October 201918 October 2019 Avantium joins the Paper Bottle Project Announcement at the Paboco Pioneer Community Event in Copenhagen
About those biobased amines we might one day dream up at Ptixar Amination This review presenting both fundamental and applied research on the synthesis of biobased primary and secondary amines with current available biobased resources
22 October 201919 October 2019 Graanul Invest flagship plant received the cornerstone Graanul Invest laid the cornerstone for wood processing flagship plant, thus marking the start of new biomaterials business line
15 October 201910 October 2019 World’s first combined 2G ethanol and crude lignin oil biorefinery inches closer to reality New bio-refinery at Villaralto, in Cordoba Province, Andalusia will produce second generation ethanol alongside so-called crude lignin oil
10 October 20197 October 2019 Farbe in den Biokunststoff bringen Firma Finke hat spezielle, nachhaltige Bio-Masterbatche zur Einfärbung von PLA, PBS, WPC und TPS sowie Bio-PE, Bio-PP und Bio-PETentwickelt
Biobasierte Carbonfasern – Nachhaltige Hochleistung für den Leichtbau Carbonfasern, auch Kohlenstofffasern oder C-Fasern genannt, sind das festeste und steifste Material, das derzeit in großtechnischen Anlagen erzeugt werden kann
25 September 201922 September 2019 Versalis confirms the resumption of the former Mossi Ghisolfi’s biorefinery in Crescentino Versalis confirms that maintenance operations and investments to adapt the Crescentino site to regulatory requirements have already been defined
13 September 201911 September 2019 Der Umwelt zuliebe: Bioplastik aus Lignin Forschungsteam von LignoPure will aus Lignin im industriellen Maßstab Kunststofflösungen für seine Kunden entwickeln und selbst produzieren
10 September 201910 September 2019 Stora Enso: Bio-based carbon materials for batteries Interview with with Lauri Lehtonen, Head of Innovation, Biomaterials, about this exciting innovation to replace fossil-based and mined raw materials with renewable solutions
Finland Makes Batteries from Trees. Can Maine? Stora Enso has recently made an exciting and innovative new investment that could one day come to Maine
9 September 20194 September 2019 Avantium awarded €6 million EU grant to accelerate its technologies Company will lead a 4-year research programme 'IMPRESS' consortium containing ten industry and academic organisations across Europe
5 September 201931 August 2019 From Lignin to Value: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to MetGen’s Enzymes Alex Michine, CEO of MetGen gave this enlightening overview of MetGen’s ‘how’, the Sweetwoods project and its integrated biorefinery flagship, and more at ABLC 2019
2 September 201928 August 2019 Beyond food: the role of animals in the bioeconomy The bioeconomy may be dominated by plant-based processes, but animals also have key roles to play
30 August 201927 August 2019 Avantium plans to open bio-MEG demo plant in November Based on the results of a demo plant, Avantium will be able to validate the technical performance and refine its economic opportunities
27 August 201922 August 2019 Research: ‘Nanowood’ membrane is 20% more efficient, finds study Wood shows promise as sustainable membrane material
23 August 201923 August 2019 CMBlu stellt Bundesverkehrsminister Scheuer Organic-Flow-Batterie vor Lignin statt Lithium: Organische Energiespeicher aus Alzenau
22 August 20199 September 2021 Hydrogen Production – how much will be sustainable, how sustainable, when, and how? We need new methods of affordable production, new sources that justify the time, money and aggravation of building out a hydrogen infrastructure
12 August 20196 August 2019 These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2019 Bioplastics for a circular economy in first place
7 August 20194 August 2019 Sayings and images from 12 years traveling on the bioeconomy road The Digest turns 12
5 August 201931 July 2019 Could genomics turn pulp’s ‘black liquor’ into consumer goods UBC research designed to turn ‘black liquor’—a by-product of pulp and paper manufacture—into consumer goods has received funding from Genome BC and the BC Pulp and Paper Bio-Alliance
Researcher uses canola to create biodegradable cling wrap A University of Alberta researcher has found a new use for a canola byproduct, providing potential for diverse markets beyond China
30 July 201926 July 2019 Potential of Lignin Use in Plastic Recycling: A Random Match Value the Random Structure of Lignin by Nature