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22 May 201422 May 2014

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

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

21 May 201420 May 2014

EU-Projekt: Mit Enzymen zur Natur-Kosmetik

Optibiocat - Optimised esterase biocatalysts for cost-effective industrial production

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

20 May 201419 May 2014

Biomass: the sustainability challenge

Scientific experts, policymakers and NGO and industry representatives discussed this question at the recent European Biomass Association (AEBIOM) conference in Brussels

15 May 201414 May 2014

AIMPLAS develops biodegradable and recyclable packages for cheeses and fresh pasta

European project BIO4MAP to develop new transparent, multilayer, barrier, totally biodegradable and recyclable package for fresh food

14 May 201413 May 2014

France concerned about liberalisation of EU sugar market

The deregulation of the European sugar market is looming. A French parliamentary report has requested support to French overseas departments where the sugar sector is fragile

5 May 20149 September 2021

Sunlight to jet fuel: European collaboration SOLAR-JET for the first time demonstrates the entire production path of “solar” kerosene

Entire production chain for renewable kerosene obtained directly from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide

Exclusive interview with Jukka Kantola, NISCluster: EU policies for the use of biomass are short-sighted

Biomass in Europe not enough to meet up all energy and climate target in EU-level, more valuable on chemical and material applications

30 April 201429 April 2014

Widerstandsfähige Pflanzen – ohne Gentechnik

Neues Fachgebiet der Uni Kassel treibt ökologische Züchtung voran

24 April 201423 April 2014

ILUC Unverifiable and Biofuels Economically Beneficial, Says IPCC

GRFA applauds UN for recognizing that ILUC theory has no ability to accurately predict future land use patterns

23 April 201422 April 2014

EC adopts new guidelines on renewable energy, biofuel support

Renewable Energy Association calling Commission’s guidelines a “huge leap into the unknown.”

Pflanzen – Grüne Fabriken der Zukunft

Wissenschaftler des Max-Planck-Instituts für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie (MPI-MP) werden im Rahmen der EU-Forschungsinitiative Disco für die nächsten vier Jahre mit 860.000 Euro gefördert um pflanzliche Ressourcen zu erschließen

22 April 201417 April 2014

Wichtiger Schritt gegen die Spekulation mit Nahrungsmitteln

Europäisches Parlament stimmt neuer Finanzinstrumente-Richtlinie MiFID zu

17 April 201416 April 2014

Mapping information sources for European farmers

EU-backed project PRO AKIS to help policy makers in finding ways to reach farmers with new information and advisory services

World Watch: Biofuel Production Declines

New Worldwatch Institute analysis examines the trends in global biofuel production

Sustainable biofuels done right offer innumerable benefits to society says UN IPCC report

Estimated ILUC emissions are “highly uncertain, unobservable, unverifiable, and dependent on assumed policy, economic contexts, and inputs used in the modeling”

16 April 201415 April 2014

EU giving up on biofuel limits?

Biofuel subsidies will continue under new state-aid guidelines

7 April 20145 April 2014

EU project tackles growing pains of Europe´s grass producers

SODSAT initiative to increase competitiveness of Europe's turf grass by providing a novel remote intelligent turf management system

31 March 201430 March 2014

UFOP: EU-Klima- und Ressourcenschutzpolitik zukünftig ohne Biokraftstoffe?!

UFOP fordert wettbewerbs- und technologieoffenen Ansatz in der Biokraftstoffpolitik

27 March 201426 March 2014

Oil seed can slash CO2 emissions in farming by 13%

Integral use of oil seeds to reduce green house gases emissions associated with farming activities oil seeds can be used to obtain biofuels and feedstuffs for livestock

26 March 201426 March 2014

KBBPPS project: Technical standard adopted by CEN

Determination of 'bio-based' of products now standardized

24 March 201423 March 2014

EU directive to reduce bags

New directive aiming at reducing consumption of disposable plastic bags

Environment MEPs clamp down on wasteful plastic carrier bags

EU legislation to deliver a significant and swift reduction in single-use plastic bags

18 March 201417 March 2014

Biopesticides Grow Past $4.5 Billion by 2023

Recent legal changes paving the way for biopesticide development and use over synthetic pesticides

11 March 201410 March 2014

Green Refinery

Eni Ecofining^TM technology to convert Venice refinery into a biorefinery

10 March 201425 July 2014

Material use – a better option?

A research project analyses the potential environmental and economic effects of increased material use of biomass

Stoffliche Nutzung – die bessere Option?

Forschungsprojekt bewertet potenzielle ökologische und ökonomische Effekte einer verstärkten stofflichen Nutzung von Biomasse

New EU project to reintroduce legumes in European fields

LEGATO ('LEGumes for the Agriculture of Tomorrow') project to improve competitiveness of European legumes

7 March 20146 March 2014

Kommissionsvorschlag zu indirekten Landnutzungsänderungen löst das Problem nicht

Prof. Dr. Lahl empfiehlt Regelungsalternativen unabhängig von der Zweckbestimmung der Endverwendung des Biomasserohstoffs

Launch of BIO-QUED, the European Research Project for Developing Biochemicals from Renewable Sources Coordinated by Novamont

10 partners from 6 different European countries will collaborate to define innovative and sustainable industrial processes for the production of biochemicals from renewable sources

6 March 201414 March 2015

EU-project S2Biom: Newsletter Issue 1, February 2014

Project activities will be implemented in three individual but strongly interrelated Themes

“Backloading” beschlossen: EU stärkt Handel mit CO2-Emissionen

Der Weg für das sogenannten "Backloading" von 900 Millionen CO₂-Zertifikaten im EU-Emissionshandel ist frei

4 March 201428 February 2014

Biokraftstoffe aus Abfällen

Europas Müll könnte zwölf Prozent des Spritbedarfs decken

3 March 201428 February 2014

Neue Studie zeigt: Biokraftstoffe aus Abfällen haben großes ungenutztes Potenzial

Miller: Anstatt Anbaubiomasse sind neue Konzepte zur Reststoffnutzung gefragt

28 February 20143 March 2014

BIO-QED, das europäische Forschungsprojekt für die Entwicklung von Biochemikalien aus erneuerbaren Quellen, das von Novamont koordiniert wird

10 Partner, die aus 6 europäischen Ländern stammen, werden zusammenarbeiten, um die innovativen und nachhaltigen industriellen Verfahren für die Herstellung von Biochemikalien aus erneuerbaren Quellen zu definieren

19 February 201418 February 2014

The quest for bio-polystyrene

Current developments and the hunt for alternatives

A smart way to combat plastic waste

Use of bioplastics for waste prevention in the agriculture by Metabolix

18 February 201417 February 2014

Outrage at Commission’s decision

Greens threaten Commission with censure over GM crop

17 February 201414 February 2014

When politics trumps science

The curious case of the EU's GMO authorisation system

11 February 201410 February 2014

cellulac: Plans for sustainable lactic acid production in converted brewery

Up to 100,000 t/y output from Irish facility

7 February 20146 February 2014

Plastikmüll sinnvoll bekämpfen

Einsatz von Biokunststoffen von Metabolix zur Abfallvermeidung in der Landwirtschaft

6 February 20149 September 2021

EU-Projekt soll Kosten für CO2-Abtrennung auf unter 15 € pro Tonne senken

Vierjahresprojekt M4CO₂ entwickelt innovative Membrankonzepte für die kontinuierliche CO₂-Abtrennung

4 February 20143 February 2014

Industrielle Biotechnologie: BMEL fördert europäische Forschungsprojekte

5. gemeinsame Bekanntmachung des ERA-IB-2 mit Beteiligung BMEL über die FNR

31 January 201431 January 2014

Unlikely bedfellows in biofuel debate

Industry and green groups are furious about the European Commission's plan to scrap biofuel targets

29 January 201428 January 2014

Grüne und SPD auf Distanz zu neuen Gentechnik-Pflanzen

Die Grünen und die SPD plädieren gegen die Zulassung neuer Gentechnik-Nutzpflanzen, die Bundesregierung ist in dieser Frage noch uneins

27 January 201426 January 2014

More consumption not necessary for human well-being, says UN report

Greater food system efficiency and curbs to the expansion of cropland are necessary to prevent the collapse of global ecosystems, says a report presented by the UN at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

24 January 201423 January 2014

EU proposal sets renewable energy targets, ignores biofuels

New clean energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction objectives

Efficiency and renewables make Europe competitive, EU study says

Savings were “still too low”, apparently indicating need for further renewable energy deployment

20 January 201417 January 2014

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