13 July 20229 July 2022 Grünes Licht für Sunfire Sunfire kann als eines der ersten Unternehmen eine Förderung für die Skalierung seiner Wasserstoff-Technologien erhalten
New Report: In France, Germany, Italy and Spain the bioeconomy is worth €1,500 billion In 2021, the bioeconomy in EU4 (France, Germany, Italy and Spain) has reached a value of production of €1,500 billion, employing over 7 million people
6 July 20221 July 2022 The chemicals companies decarbonising with bio-feedstocks Organic feedstocks are essential in decarbonising the chemicals sector. We identify key trends and opportunities for a biobased transition in this key industry
4 July 202229 June 2022 CO2 Value Europe positions on draft EU rules around renewable & recycled fuels production: it’s crucial the EU provides a strong framework supporting CCU projects! Association's response to the call for feedback on the delegated regulation specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin and from recycled carbon fuels
24 June 202220 June 2022 CBE JU strategic priorities set for 2030 Delivery of innovative bio-based solutions will be the key priority of the partnership, along with a strong focus on the EU’s environmental goals and support to local economies
FEDIOL releases environmental footprint study The product environmental footprint is a method developed by the European Commission and its goal is to provide a common approach to measuring environmental performance of products
13 June 20228 June 2022 A series of EU Parliament votes on Fit for 55 sends wrong signals on industry decarbonisation & bioeconomy development The Committee’s vote notably fails to provide a concrete solution for exports, while accelerating free allowances phasing-out and threatening the existing indirect carbon cost compensation scheme
8 June 20221 June 2022 Why the EU’s Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act correctly lists bio-based plastics as “green investments” The Climate Delegated Act supplementing the Regulation clearly supports “plastics derived wholly or partially from renewable feedstock” as “substantially contributing to climate change mitigation”
Bioeconomy strategy development in EU regions Overall, there are 359 bioeconomy-related strategies and 334 frameworks have been published. Of these 334, 324 are regional and 10 are multi-regional (e.g. cross-border, interregional or macroregional, mostly Interreg-funded) strategic frameworks
3 June 202227 May 2022 Cepi challenges ‘contradictory’ EU position on the paper industry’s decarbonisation and bioeconomy targets Cepi claims that some proposed changes to legislation will in fact undermine efforts to maintain forests as sustainable assets for the pulp and paper industry
How new rules to define renewable hydrogen could shape the market Late on Friday (20 May), the European Commission published rules on which transport fuels of non-biological origin, including hydrogen, count as renewable
1 June 202227 May 2022 EU-Agrarreform: Kritik der Kommission kommt Özdemir gelegen In ihrem Beobachtungsschreiben zu Deutschlands Plänen für die Umsetzung der EU-Agrarreform übt die EU-Kommission weitreichende Kritik und mahnt mehr Umwelt- und Klimaschutz an. Agrarminister Cem Özdemir kommen die Beschwerden jedoch gelegen
German agri minister pleased with Commission’s criticism of CAP strategic plan In its observation letter on Germany’s plans for implementing the EU agricultural reform, the European Commission made far-reaching criticisms and called for more environmental and climate protection. German agriculture minister Cem Özdemir, however, welcomes the complaints
31 May 202223 May 2022 Topsoe to build world’s largest electrolyzer production facility to accelerate Power-to-X capacity The plant will be built in Herning, Denmark. Construction work will start in second half of 2022 with expected start of operations in 2024.
30 May 202224 May 2022 Green Deal: New proposals to make sustainable products the norm and boost Europe’s resource independence The new EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles is going to ensure that by 2030 textile products placed on the EU market are long-lived and recyclable, as much as possible made of recycled fibres, free of hazardous substances and produced in respect of social rights and the environment
Neue EU-Strategie legt Meilenstein für die Kreislaufwirtschaft im Textilbereich Zukunftsimpuls des Wuppertal Instituts zeigt, wie Deutschland eine Vorreiterrolle einnehmen kann
23 May 202220 May 2022 Germany, Denmark, Netherlands and Belgium sign €135 billion offshore wind pact Heads of government from the North Sea countries met in the Danish town of Esbjerg on Wednesday (18 May) to sign a cooperation agreement on offshore wind development and green hydrogen. They will target at least 65 GW by 2030 and 150 GW by 2050
19 May 202213 May 2022 New EU laws risk promoting ‘downcycling’ of plastic bottles, industry warns As part of the EU’s drive to create a more sustainable economy, the EU executive is planning to propose mandatory requirements for recycled content and waste reduction measures for key products such as packaging
Neues EU-Gesetz droht Kreislauf des Plastikflaschen-Recycling zu brechen Neue Norm mit verbindlichen Zielvorgaben für den Recyclinganteil aller Kunststoffe könnte die Recycling-Bemühungen der Hersteller von Kunststoffflaschen zum Scheitern bringen
16 May 202211 May 2022 Topsoe signs joint declaration: Ramping up manufacturing of electrolyzers to boost renewable hydrogen production in the EU The industry committed to have 10 times as much combined annual electrolyzer manufacturing capacity in the EU by 2025 as is the case today – in return the EU committed to ensure a supporting regulatory framework
6 May 20222 May 2022 Grüne Tenside: Abfall der Papierindustrie kann Erdöl ersetzen Barta Weissert und ihrem Team vom Institut für Chemie der Universität Graz wurde für ihr Forschungsvorhaben Anfang dieses Jahres eine EU-Förderung in der Höhe von 2,5 Millionen Euro zugesprochen
29 April 202228 April 2022 Enerkem, Nova chart new path from waste plastic to Circularity Four storylines this month compel attention to the useful products now available from renewable syngas. Some are of everyday usefulness, some are stories of meeting urgent need
27 April 202226 April 2022 Green Deal: New proposals to make sustainable products the norm and boost Europe’s resource independence The Commission is presenting today a new strategy to make textiles more durable, repairable, reusable and recyclable, to tackle fast fashion, textile waste and the destruction of unsold textiles, and ensure the producers full respect of social rights
26 April 202220 April 2022 Enerkem closes $255 million financing round to drive its growth and deployment of its leading gasification technology Strong partnership support through new investments by Repsol and Monarch and additional investments from Avenue and other existing shareholders
11 April 20225 April 2022 Consumer Footprint Calculator New tool is based on a life cycle thinking approach, meaning that it considers the impacts occurring along the entire life cycle of the products and the energy that you consume
8 April 20224 April 2022 Ecoplanta signs grant agreement with the European Commission under the Innovation Fund The Ecoplanta project, one of seven at European level and the only Spanish candidacy selected in this call, aims to transform non-recyclable Municipal waste materials rejected by sorting centers into green chemicals and fuels
4 April 202231 March 2022 Expert: EU needs a 90% collection target for beverage cartons to boost recycling The European Commission should introduce a 90% collection target for all beverage cartons by 2030 to ensure they are properly collected and sorted and boost recycling in the sector, says Dragos Popa
1 April 202228 March 2022 Is the bioeconomy Europe’s biggest hidden opportunity? From edible insects to 3D jackets on demand - Europe’s bioeconomy comes with some pretty big promises - and just a decade later its potential is seemingly on the cusp of being realised
25 March 202223 March 2022 Commission likely to push for recycled PET in food packaging despite concerns The European Commission will soon decide whether to allow the use of recycled plastics in food packaging despite some suggesting this could endanger consumer health
21 March 202215 March 2022 European Commission publishes REPowerEU communication The document proposes an EU target to produce 35 billion cubic meters (bcm) of biomethane by 2030, which compares to 18bcm of biogas produced in 2020
Italy, Slovakia call to rethink CAP in light of Ukraine war Slovakia and Italy have called for adjusting the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), including a policy postponement and a reconsideration of the EU’s green ambitions, amid fears of food insecurity caused by the war in Ukraine
Italien und Slowakei wollen Agrarreform aus Angst vor Lebensmittelengpässen anpassen Angesichts der Befürchtungen über mögliche Lebensmittelengpässe wegen des Kriegs in der Ukraine haben die Slowakei und Italien eine Anpassung der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik (GAP) sowie eine Verschiebung der EU-Agrarreform gefordert. Umweltziele für die Landwirtschaft sollten aus Sicht der Länder noch einmal überprüft werden
17 March 202216 March 2022 An exclusive interview with John Bell, EU Commission: ”The bioeconomy can support the European Green Deal on all its objectives” In this exclusive interview with Il Bioeconomista, John Bell talks about the bioeconomy strategy 10 years after its first launch and the ecological transition at EU level
14 March 20228 March 2022 EU lawmakers to accelerate adoption of circular economy package To encourage stakeholders to move in this direction, the Commission will present several legislative proposals, including the so-called Circular Economy package due on 30 March
11 March 20227 March 2022 “Look before you Leap”: European Science Academies Caution against Subsidies for Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) A new Commentary on “BECCS and its role in integrated assessment models”, looks at the latest evidence on the ability of BECCS to deliver substantial net removals of CO2 from the atmosphere
8 March 20223 March 2022 Solar fuel breakthrough promises new industrial era Solar fuel technology could one day turn carbon dioxide – a key greenhouse gas – into a useful industrial feedstock. This could help us to move away from fossil fuels, and towards achieving a truly circular economy
Durchbruch bei solaren Brennstoffen verspricht ein neues industrielles Zeitalter Die Technologie für solare Brennstoffe könnte eines Tages in der Lage sein, Kohlendioxid – eines der wichtigsten Treibhausgase – in einen wertvollen industriellen Rohstoff zu verwandeln. Das könnte uns dabei helfen, die Umstellung von fossilen Brennstoffen hin zu einer echten Kreislaufwirtschaft zu bewältigen
7 March 20222 March 2022 Die EU auf dem Holzweg In einem offenen Brief haben renommierte KlimawissenschaftlerInnen vor einem Jahr darauf hingewiesen, dass beim Verbrennen von Holz mindestens genauso viel CO2 produziert wird wie beim Verbrennen fossiler Energien
EU-initiated impact fund oversubscribed with € 300 million Growth capital for sustainable transformation to a bio-based circular economy
3 March 20222 March 2022 A hydrogen strategy for a balanced EU-Africa partnership The EU must work with Africa to develop hydrogen as part of a broader economic and development cooperation agenda moving beyond resource production and extraction, writes Eleonora Moro
1 March 202228 February 2022 EU will Afrika zum Weltmeister der Wasserstoffexporte machen Europa will raus aus den fossilen Brennstoffen und rein in die Wasserstoffwirtschaft. Von jeher ein Energieimporteur, will die EU dann große Mengen an Wasserstoff aus Ländern des globalen Südens importieren
18 February 202214 February 2022 Commission aims to decarbonise transport by equally taxing fossil and crop-based biofuels The EU official added that the real value of its minimum rates has eroded over time and a complex patchwork of exemptions and reductions has proliferated across the bloc since its introduction, leading to a “distortion across the single market”
10 years after the first EU bioeconomy strategy. An interview with Chris Patermann, the father of the European bioeconomy In this exclusive interview with Il Bioeconomista, Chris Patermann talks about the new challenges we are facing to make the new economy based on biological resources happen
8 February 20227 February 2022 Sustainable products initiative Under its sustainable products initiative expected on 30 March, the European Commission will, for the first time, aim to ensure that all products placed on the EU market are designed with sustainability objectives in mind
20 January 202217 January 2022 Agriculture Commissioner throws his weight behind carbon farming The Commissioner promised to "endeavour to ensure that carbon farming, to an extent as large as possible, will be incorporated in [CAP] strategic plans"
19 January 202214 January 2022 Haldor Topsoe signs €45 million funding deal with European Investment Bank to drive green energy transition The European funding highlights the company’s commitment to developing new technologies to support a wide range of energy intensive industries in their transition towards a low-carbon future
EIB vergibt 45 Millionen Euro an Haldor Topsøe für eine schnellere Energiewende Europäische Unterstützung verdeutlicht, dass das Unternehmen sich der Entwicklung neuer Technologien widmet, um energieintensiven Industrien einen schnelleren Übergang in eine kohlenstoffarme Zukunft zu ermöglichen
14 January 20227 January 2022 How to make the EU’s carbon border tax effective and fair The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) seeks to even the playing field by putting a price on emissions from imported goods, thereby creating an incentive for producers outside the EU to invest in clean technologies
13 January 202210 January 2022 A sustainable carbons cycle or a vicious emissions cycle? The European Commission’s proposed carbon removal strategy, although it contains some good elements, is also problematic and confusing on other aspects, writes Wijnand Stoefs
Commission’s carbon farming ambition just buries the problem, stakeholders warn Small farmers’ association European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) blasted the communication, calling it “another step towards the financialisation of agriculture and land speculation”