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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

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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

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Neue EU-Strategie legt Meilenstein für die Kreislaufwirtschaft im Textilbereich

Zukunftsimpuls des Wuppertal Instituts zeigt, wie Deutschland eine Vorreiterrolle einnehmen kann

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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EU-initiated impact fund oversubscribed with € 300 million

Growth capital for sustainable transformation to a bio-based circular economy

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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

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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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"

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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12 January 202210 January 2022

EU paves way for renewable and low-carbon gases to replace fossil fuel

The European Commission on Wednesday (15 December) unveiled a package of gas legislation that aims to steer Europe away from fossil gas towards more sustainable energy sources, like renewable and low-carbon hydrogen

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Erneuerbare und kohlenstoffarme Gase als Ersatz für fossile Brennstoffe

Die Europäische Kommission hat am Mittwoch (15. Dezember) ein Paket von Regelungen zur Gaswirtschaft vorgestellt, das Europa von fossilem Gas weg und hin zu nachhaltigeren Energiequellen wie erneuerbaren Energien und kohlenstoffarmem Wasserstoff führen soll

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11 January 20225 January 2022

900 Millionen Euro für Wasserstoffprojekt H2Global – Habeck: „Starten mit dem Hochlauf der Wasserstoffwirtschaft“

Kernidee: Über ein wettbewerbliches Verfahren sollen Wasserstoff oder Wasserstoffderivate in Nicht-EU-Ländern zum geringstmöglichen Preis mit 10-Jahres-Verträgen eingekauft, um dann zum höchstmöglichen Preis an deutsche und europäische Unternehmen weiter verkauft zu werden

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New German government gives go-ahead for H2Global initiative

The H2Global scheme to support investments in the production of renewable hydrogen in non-EU countries, which will be then imported and sold in the EU