Bio-based Industries (BBI) Joint Undertaking 4

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Bio-based Industries (BBI) Joint Undertaking

27 March 201826 March 2018

Project Focus: Converting dairy by-products into high value bio-based chemicals

Bill Morrissey, Glanbia Ireland, head of AgriChemWhey project, spoke to Bio-Based World News about the BBI JU partnership

23 March 201821 March 2018

Bioeconomy Potential of Portugal, Romania and Poland Profiled in New BIC Country Reports

All three countries are in the process of setting up national bioeconomy strategies

16 March 201815 March 2018

BioCannDo: AllThings.Bio presents videos and second slideshow to bio-based products

AllThings.Bio with a series of short Social Media Videos and the second AllThings.Bio slideshowanswers these and other questions

BioCannDo: AllThings.Bio präsentiert Videos und zweite Slideshow zu biobasierten Produkten

Diese und weitere Fragen beantwortet AllThings.Bio mit einer Reihe von kurzen Social Media Videos und der zweiten AllThings.Bio Slideshow

6 March 201829 April 2019

Breakthrough technologies for a sustainable mushroom industry

New biorefinery project to recover used mushroom compost is now halfway to success

Welcome to the fourth RoadToBio newsletter

This newsletter to introduce you to a new method for classifying bio-based chemicals under three categories

26 February 201822 February 2018

Brainstorming the Bioeconomy’s Future and Welcoming 56 New Members at BIC’s General Assembly

At the event, representatives of the BBI JU Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs) also presented their projects to industry members

7 February 201820 January 2019

Welcome to the third RoadToBio newsletter

This newsletter to show another important aspect of this roadmap: Opportunities, barriers and hurdles concerning the acceptance of bio-based products

1 February 201820 January 2019

Welcome to the second RoadToBio newsletter

First project report describes a desk study of the opportunities for the chemical industry to introduce more bio-based chemicals into existing value chains

11 January 20189 January 2018

Enabling Commercial Scale Biorefineries in Europe

Lignocellulosic feedstock will soon become a key strategic resource for chemical intermediates

10 January 20188 January 2018

Irish Bioeconomy Foundation Receives Enterprise Ireland Funding to Develop a New Bioeconomy Innovation and Piloting Facility

New plant to enable industry, entrepreneurs and researchers to scale technologies for converting Ireland’s natural resources to high value products

Europe’s ‘best-kept secret’ – its booming bio-economy

Carlos Moedas: "Private money goes where stability is and where policies are predictable."

8 January 20187 January 2018

Alkol Biotech and BRD, the commercialization partner in the BIOFOREVER Consortium, sign a LOI for sustainable biomass sourcing in Europe

UK based company is able to provide European-grown canes to any biotechnology project in the continent

Welcome to the first RoadToBio newsletter

We would like to introduce you to a BBI funded project that is already intended to show the chemical industry the way into a more bio-based world

Project focus: Maximising the commercial potential of super-strong microfibrillated cellulose

Ambitious flagship project to introduce plant-based cellulose “ten-times as strong as steel” into widespread use

22 December 201720 December 2017

Bio-based industries in Europe: building on a double-digit growth

Stakeholder Forum in Brussels gave a platform to discuss what has been achieved so far

7 December 20176 December 2017

Building the partnerships to help Europe achieve its bio-based potential

The breadth and variety of the projects with which the BBI JU is engaged showing a huge economic opportunity for Europe

30 November 201728 November 2017

Biomass will provide chemical compounds to elaborate PEF, additives and pharmaceutical ingredients

European project EnzOx2, under the coordination of CSIC, will develop new bio-chemical technologies based on the use of oxidative enzymes

Four-year project to develop an integrated solution for the recovery and conversion of relevant fractions from wastewater to make natural additives and bioplastics

AFTERLIFE, a 4 million € EU project focused on finding an integrated solution for the recovery and conversion of relevant fractions from wastewater

28 November 201724 November 2017

Industrial biotech sector calls for an ambitious revision of EU Bioeconomy Strategy

EuropaBio claiming a coherent and holistic policy and financial framework

22 November 201720 November 2017

Many bio-based strategies, national bio-economy strategies look old-fashioned

Current company bio-based strategies move towards a circular economy, and go beyond just low carbon and clean energy sustainability

14 November 201710 November 2017

BioCannDo präsentiert AllThings. Bio Slideshow zu biobasierten Produkten

EU-Projekt will Wahrnehmung und Bewusstsein für biobasierte Lösungen bei den Konsumenten stärken

9 November 20177 November 2017

Clariant baut sunliquid®-Zellulose-Ethanol-Anlage in Rumänien

Umsatzpotenzial im mittleren zweistelligen Millionenbereich durch sunliquid^®-Zellulose-Ethanol

6 November 201729 October 2017

Concrete policy asks for the revision of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy

European Bioeconomy Alliance calls for the implementation of concrete measures and long-term support for the availability of sustainably produced biomass

25 October 201727 February 2018

Five-year EU flagship project to establish an innovative supply chain for FDCA and PEF

PEFerence, a €25 million EU project was officially launched Wednesday, September 20th 2017

24 October 201719 October 2017

The launch of Pilots4U heralds a boost for the bioeconomy in Europe

Purposes of the project is to map open access pilot and demonstration infrastructures across Europe

11 October 201711 October 2017

Top 10 wood waste projects – Not letting waste go to waste

All around the world scientist's projects are taking the leftovers and turning them into something valuable

29 September 201728 September 2017

Current situation and trends of the bio-based industries in Europe

Pilot study by nova-Institute for BBI-JU

13 September 201721 February 2018

Bio-waste valorisation

Major study says, European Union produces approximately 700 million tons of bio-waste annually

5 September 201715 February 2018

EU funding for Metsä Fibre’s long-term development projects

Long-term development projects aim to prove the commercial viability of new technologies to produce lignin-based products and pulp-based textile fibres, bark as a replacement for coal

28 August 201724 August 2017

New review of processes for extraction & use of valuable compounds from by-products of crops

New strategies for processing added value from these wastes are needed to reduce the environmental burden and provide new income streams

1 August 201728 July 2017

„European Joint Undertaking on Bio-Based Industries (BBI)“ fördert Konsortium „PEFerence“.

Förderung soll innovative Wertschöpfungskette von bio-basierten Rohstoffen bis zu Chemikalien und Materialien auf Basis von Polyethylenfuranoat (PEF) etablieren helfen

31 July 201727 July 2017

PolyBioSkin develops biopolymers for high-demand skin-contact applications

Kick-off meeting in Spain to discuss how new generation bio-based polymers can help advance sustainable alternatives in sanitary, cosmetic, and biomedical fields

6 July 20174 July 2017

New BIC position paper “The BBI JU – An Institutional PPP supporting the Bioeconomy Strategy

Position paper describes the current and future impacts and helps creating new markets for bio-based products

5 July 20173 July 2017

EU increases its commitment to funding the circular economy and bioeconomy sectors

New study giving recommendations to address funding gaps and specific needs of project promoters in the bioeconomy sector

4 July 201730 June 2017

Aux Farms, Citoyens! France’s Bioeconomy Plan is a stirring call to action on jobs, climate, innovation

Digested version not only as summary of activities in France, but as a model of what a cogent national strategy can look like

27 June 201723 June 2017

BIC Announces New SIRA Roadmap to Develop Europe’s Bioeconomy

Updated SIRA addresses the technological and innovation challenges facing the bio-based industries

Innovation in the European Bioeconomy: 15 million euro project optimizes value chains for miscanthus and hemp

EU project with 22 partners from science, agriculture, and industry - new varieties, cultivation on unused areas, biomass value chains, life cycle assessment, and knowledge transfer

Von der Biomasse zum Produkt: Uni Hohenheim leitet Bioökonomie-Projekt über 15 Mio. Euro

EU-Projekt mit 22 Partnern aus Wissenschaft, Landwirtschaft und Industrie - Neue Sorten, Anbau auf ungenutzten Flächen, Ökobilanz und Wissens-Transfer

21 June 201720 June 2017

Bio-based solvent EU project launched

Three-year project looking for alternatives to substances categorized as very high concern

Rockin’ PEFormance: €25M for Synvina-led consortium for biobased materials

The partners will jointly work on establishing an innovative supply chain for FDCA and PEF

23 May 201719 May 2017

Inés del Campo – Developing a circular economy concept for agricultural residues

At CENER, researchers are currently testing different processes to extract high value added components contained in mushroom compost

12 May 201728 April 2017

BioCannDo Informationsportal online

BioCannDon nutzt neues Infoportal um über interessante Produkte und allgemeine Fragen zur Bioökonomie zu berichten

30 March 201730 March 2017

Borregaard’s BALITM process reaches Technical Readiness Level 7 as BIOFOREVER project advances

The BALI^TM technology is at TRL (Technology Readiness Level) 6-7.

21 February 201717 February 2017

BIC General Assembly: Growing Membership Deepens Bioeconomy Cooperation

16 new Full members and 22 new Associate members representing a strong European cooperation on the bioeconomy

9 February 20177 February 2017

Composite Materials from Renewable Biomaterials

Launch of the European Research Project LIBRE, with the Participation of the ITCF

Kompositwerkstoffe aus erneuerbaren Biomaterialien

Start des europäischen Forschungsprojektes LIBRE mit Beteiligung des ITCF

30 January 201726 January 2017

BIOSKOH working to fulfil Biorefinery vision

BioBased Industries Joint Undertaking to build a first of its kind commercial-scale second generation biorefinery in Europe

12 January 201710 January 2017

Kick-off €2.1 million European project InDIRECT by Biobased Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI-JU)

Contribution to European milestone ‘Manage waste as a resource’ by efficiently converting diverse organic waste into marketable protein, lipids and chitin using insects

9 January 20174 January 2017

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