8 November 20249 November 2024 Westlake Epoxy Joins B4 Consortium in Western North Brabant Region seeks to become hotspot for bio-based building blocks for the construction industry
19 June 202418 June 2024 RMC2024 Day 2 Coverage Coverage of the Renewable Materials Conference in Siegburg, Germany
8 February 20247 February 2024 Navigating a Renewable Carbon Future with the Program of the CO₂-Based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024 Redefining CCU Technology and Empowering Power-to-X Solutions
CO₂-Based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024 – Auf dem Weg in eine Zukunft mit erneuerbarem Kohlenstoff CCU-Technologien und Power-to-X-Lösungen neu denken
10 January 20249 January 2024 Towards Advanced CO₂ Utilisation and a Defossilisation of The Chemical Industry Leading experts will be meeting at world’s hybrid key event in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) from 17-18 April 2024 in Cologne, Germany. The preliminary programme of the "CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024" is available now
Auf dem Weg zu einer zukunftsweisenden CO₂-Nutzung und Defossilisierung der chemischen Industrie Führende Expertinnen und Experten treffen sich auf einer der weltweit wichtigsten Veranstaltung im Bereich Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) am 17. und 18. April 2024 in Köln und online. Das vorläufige Programm der „CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024“ ist verfügbar
19 May 202319 May 2023 Eleven good reasons to attend the Renewable Materials Conference, 23-25 May, online and on-site (Siegburg/Cologne) The chemical and plastics industry will need to replace 1 Gt of fossil carbon per year with renewable carbon from biomass, CO2 and recycling to achieve net-zero. How can this work?
6 March 20231 March 2023 The Blueplasma Consortium Sets up New Pilot Project Converting CO2 via Plasma Technology Within the framework of the ICON project an R&D pilot infrastructure will be developed to capture greenhouse gas (CO2) locally and turn it into carbon monoxide
3 February 20237 February 2023 Taking Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X to the next level – Final Program of the “Conference on CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023” Leading international experts meet at one of the world’s key events on Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X from 19-20 April 2023 in Cologne, Germany, and online
Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) und Power-to-X auf erreicht die nächste Stufe – Das vollständige Programm der „Conference on CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023“ Führende internationale Experten und Expertinnen treffen sich vom 19. bis 20. April 2023 in Köln zu einer der weltweit wichtigsten Veranstaltungen im Bereich der CO2-Nutzung, Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU), und Power-to-X
6 December 20221 December 2022 Biorizon teams up with Kaneka to create a sustainable premium polymer Researchers from Biorizon co-initiator VITO and chemical company Kaneka Belgium joined forces to conduct research to create a lignin-based polymer that outperformed its fossil-based counterpart in terms of thermal stability and UV-blocking properties
8 November 20222 November 2022 First structure overview shows performance of Flemish bioeconomy For the first time, the numerous streams of renewable raw materials and processes in the Flemish economy have been mapped and their economic value for Flanders has been estimated
3 November 202231 October 2022 LignoValue Pilot inaugurated Several studies have identified biomass containing lignin (e.g. wood, grass, straw, corn straw) as the biomass of choice for the sustainable production of chemicals and especially so-called bio-aromatics
9 August 20224 August 2022 European project on increased use of recycled plastics in electronics has started By using (in principle) recycled plastics from electrical and electronic waste (WEEE), the INCREACE project will tackle areas where the use of recycled plastics is marginal today
Europäisches Projekt zur verstärkten Verwendung von recycelten Kunststoffen in Elektronik-Produkten gestartet Mit dem Einsatz der Kunststoffe aus EE-Altgeräten (WEEE) werden im INCREACE-Projekt Bereiche adressiert, in denen der Gebrauch recycelter Kunststoff- Materialien heute noch marginal ist
19 July 202214 July 2022 CO2 Capture and Utilization (CCU) matters Positioning CCU in the sustainable transition landscape
15 July 202212 July 2022 FEDIOL releases environmental footprint study Twenty-eight production sites from ten different FEDIOL companies participated in the study by collecting data and contributing to the design of the sector’s category rules
24 June 202220 June 2022 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
4 April 202229 March 2022 The race to upcycle CO2 into fuels, concrete and more Companies are scrambling to turn the greenhouse gas into useful products — but will that slow climate change?
1 March 20221 March 2022 nova Session: The Future of Refineries & Big Chemical Production Sites Nine experts present and discuss their scenarios for the future of the chemical industry, hybrid session at 31 March 2022, Wöllhaf Conference Center Airport Cologne/Bonn
20 January 202219 January 2022 Unique equipment for biotechnological capture and conversion of CO2 into chemical building blocks developed in the BioRECO2VER project Examining the conversion of CO2 emissions from refineries and the cement industry into the chemical building blocks isobutene (C4H8) and lactate (C2H6O3)
1 December 202126 November 2021 Carbon capture and utilisation technologies are solutions to reduce CO2 emissions and move away from fossil resources CCU is a broad term that covers processes that aim at capturing CO2 from flue gas or directly from the air and converting it into a variety of products such as renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials
23 November 202118 November 2021 INCITE project update after two years of work The construction of the two chemo-enzymatic demonstration plants will start soon
26 October 202126 October 2021 Free webinar: Value from CO2: The power of Biotechnology 23 November 2021, 14:00–17:00 h CET – Final agenda available!
1 July 20219 September 2021 Umschwung für die chemische Industrie: VIVALDI verwandelt CO2-Emissionen in nachhaltige Bioprodukte Die Europäische Union hat 7 Millionen Euro für das VIVALDI-Projekt bewilligt, um die biobasierte Industrie in einen neuen, umweltfreundlicheren und wettbewerbsfähigeren Sektor zu verwandeln. Die BOKU erhielt dabei den zweitgrößten Anteil am Projektvolumen
A change of tune for chemical industry: VIVALDI turns CO2 emissions into sustainable bio-products Starting from June 2021, the EU Horizon 2020 project VIVALDI – innoVative bIo-based chains for CO2 VALorisation as aDded-value organIc acids, will develop a set of breakthrough biotechnologies
24 June 20219 September 2021 VITO optimises CO2 conversion in the European-funded BioRECO2VER project Industrial point sources of CO2 are well suited for carbon capture & utilisation applications, in short CCU. The conversion of greenhouse gases into added value (base) chemicals can take place in biological processes. With a brand new, unique high-pressure fermenter, VITO is researching how these processes can be optimised.
26 March 20219 September 2021 Chemicals and Materials for the Future: Renewable Materials Conference 2021 – Final Program Which renewable materials are solutions that meet the needs of future societies? As a response to this challenging question, nova-Institute has decided to unite all relevant industries in the new “Renewable Materials Conference”, May 18–20, 2021, featuring a unique concept to present all renewable material solutions at one event: bio-based, CO2-based and recycled.
9 March 20219 September 2021 Renewable Materials Conference 2021 – A unique concept that covers all renewable materials solutions in one event Program already available – application period for the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2021” still open! The conference will take place as an online event.
3 March 20219 September 2021 Renewable Materials Conference 2021 – A unique concept that covers all renewable materials solutions in one event Almost final program already available – application period for the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year” still open! The conference will take place as an online event.
Shifting to a sustainable and circular textile consumption – where to start? From 5.8 million tonnes of textile waste per year to sustainable and circular textile consumption in Europe
25 January 20219 September 2021 Doctoral student of the BioRECO2VER project wins the Green Talents Award from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research! Laura Rovira Alsina is doctoral student in Water Science and Technology from University of Girona (Spain) and is working in the EU-funded BioRECO2VER project focusing on bio-electrochemical systems for the conversion of CO2 into chemical building blocks under thermophilic conditions.
20 March 202017 March 2020 Biobased aromatics: Europe leads the way Developing sector holds its promise that it will be able to produce aromatic compounds cheaper than the oil industry and more sustainable as well
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
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
14 November 201912 November 2019 Two pilots for the more sustainable chemo-enzymatic production of chemicals via new EU project The GREEN-CHEM network joins various other partners in a new project hat aims to incite a transition to a more green and sustainable chemistry
11 November 20197 November 2019 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
22 October 201817 October 2018 Kaneka and VITO join forces to create bio-based and better quality polymers Collaboration is part of an ambitious VLAIO [Flemish agency for innovation and enterprise] project worth 2.5 million euros
3 August 20181 August 2018 LignoValue Pilot launched: Flanders first and only pilot line of bio-aromatics from lignin/wood 4.3 Million project meets the needs of various companies that have expressed an interest in innovative molecules
9 July 20189 September 2021 From emissions to a valuable feedstock for plastic precursors The new project BioCOnversion unites multidisciplinary expertise from academia and industry in a cross-border consortium to make CO-containing process gases available for the production of added-value chemicals
25 June 201821 March 2019 Project WOW! kicks off: waste water is valuable VITO is proud partner of this project and will focus on the techno-economic feasibility of the new value chains
3 May 20189 September 2021 Algae as a viable alternative to food, animal feed and care products IDEA project to optimise the algae value chain to become a viable, economically relevant industry
26 April 20189 February 2019 Advanced modelling to develop biobased surfactants from cellulose waste Collaboration aims to produce biobased amines as building blocks for surfactants
30 January 20189 September 2021 BioRECO2VER: turning CO2 into chemicals using bioconversion 4 year project to focus on refining biotechnological processes which can turn CO2 from industrial point sources into valuable platform chemicals
23 January 20189 September 2021 More Than Just a Dream. Climate-Destroying CO2 as a Feedstock for Fuels, Chemicals and Plastics Current Research and Industrial Implementation Highlights
Mehr als ein Traum: Klimakiller CO2 als Rohstoff für Kraftstoffe, Chemie und Kunststoffe Highlights aus aktueller Forschung und industrieller Umsetzung
13 December 20179 September 2021 CO2 Value Europe: A new association dedicated to the utilisation of CO2 43 leading industrial and research stakeholders will cooperate to implement solutions to convert CO2 into valuable products
12 December 20178 December 2017 Report of Biorizon’s Annual Event 2017: from the lab to piloting €10m Euro deal signed to accelerate bio-aromatic development
9 November 20177 November 2017 Biorizon presents virtual reality model of demonstrator for bio-aromatics Get more detailed information as easily walk through the skid and by clicking on the hot spots
6 September 20174 September 2017 Kempen Insect Valley officially launched The ‘Insect Pilot Plant’ aims to upscale from lab to a pilot plant for rearing, processing and biorefinery of insects to make the transition to industrial production