10 October 20256 October 2025 RESET-CO2: scaling up electrochemical CO2 conversion for renewable production of ethylene TNO has recently started a new project to render ethylene production sustainable, starting from CO2 and using renewable electricity
8 October 20257 October 2025 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), September 2025 September Highlights: Publication of LCIA Report, RCI appointed as Member of the Ecodesign Forum, RMC 2025, RCI Roundtables, and New Members & Partners
5 September 20251 September 2025 Netherlands offers subsidies to switch to recycled, bio content To qualify for the subsidy, processors must use a ‘much higher’ proportion of recycled or bio-based content than they currently use
3 September 20252 September 2025 Avantium Secures €10 Million Financing from Invest-NL This short-term debt is expected to be repaid through the proceeds from a future planned equity raise
3 June 20252 June 2025 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), May 2025 This Month: New Project on Sustainable Feedstock & Biodiversity Protection, RCI Internal Brands Meeting, Working Group Updates, Denmark’s First E-Methanol Plant, and Lively RCI Webinars on Biomass Availability & LCA
1 July 202428 June 2024 BioBTX secures over € 80 million to launch world’s first renewable aromatics plant Aromatics, essential for producing every-day products like insulating foams, coatings, PET bottles, batteries, and pharmaceuticals, will now have a sustainable alternative to fossil-based sources
3 June 20243 June 2024 Only one week left: 12 Good reasons to attend the Renewable Materials Conference (RMC) 11-13 June, Siegburg/Cologne (Germany) and online
6 May 202417 December 2024 Breaking news – Milestone for the Transition to Sustainable Carbon in the European Chemical Industry The Dutch minister for the environment Vivianne Heijnen presented “A Call for a European Sustainable Carbon Policy Package”
3 May 20244 October 2024 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), April 2024 Let's take a look at what happened in April 2024 at RCI
26 April 202424 April 2024 The Netherlands, France, the Czech Republic and Ireland call for a European policy package on sustainable carbon in the chemical industry Vivianne Heijnen, Minister for the Environment of the Netherlands, handed over a joint statement to Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate Action, in Brussels
16 May 202310 May 2023 Senbis: Marine degradable fishing net protection A conclusion after 20 years of monitoring showed the fishing nets as the biggest source of waste found on the Dutch shores
16 November 202214 November 2022 Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte Meets with UBQ Materials in Preparation for Opening of Large-Scale Bergen Op Zoom Facility The company is beginning its global expansion with a state of the art, industrial-scale facility, and research & development lab
2 September 202230 August 2022 Niederlande: Ein Viertel aus Hanfhäusern entsteht In der Kleinstadt Oude Pekela in Groningen werden gleich 13 Häuser aus Hanf gebaut, wobei der Baustoff aus der eigenen Region stammen wird
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
5 August 20201 August 2020 Dutch agency advises the Netherlands to phase out bioenergy In its new GAIN report, SER recommends that biomass to be used for the highest value applications possible and comply with clear sustainability requirements
19 June 201914 June 2019 Mega-Insektenfarm in den Niederlanden: Fabrik für krabbelndes Tierfutter Mit viel Tamtam eröffnet die größte Insektenfarm Europas in Bergen op Zoom. Sind Fliegenlarven besseres Viehfutter als Importsoja?
13 April 201812 September 2018 The position of the bioeconomy in the Netherlands Ten action points have been formulated based on existing policy and goals achieved
16 March 201814 March 2018 Hot drink cups: recycle or digest? Wageningen UR and TNO conducted a life cycle assessment study for the Dutch Government to compare two end-of-life routes after separate collection
18 July 201714 July 2017 Polymerisation pilot facilities can accelerate the development of biobased materials Two new initiatives in the Netherlands aim to realise an open access pilot plant for polymerisation in order to boost production of plastics based on biomaterials
13 October 201611 October 2016 Rotterdam is proposed location for waste-to-chemicals plant using Enerkem’s technology New chemical plant to convert residual waste into methanol as chemicalblock
9 June 20168 June 2016 Bioeconomy Barometer: knowledge is at the basis of effective policy LEI Wageningen UR developed an analysis framework to monitor the status of the Dutch bioeconomy
10 December 20159 December 2015 Breeders’ rights, patents and genetic modification TTIP could tip the balance towards patents what means a threat to innovation in the sector
21 April 201520 April 2015 CEO: We are moving away from the fossil age Feike Sijbesma, CEO of Royal DSM, about how a climate change future will look
3 February 20152 February 2015 Biobased alternatives to hormone disrupting substance in cash register receipts Dutch government to encourage the production of safe alternatives derived from renewable raw materials
26 January 201523 January 2015 Confidence in biofuel and wood firing misplaced Burning of wood in power stations and bio-ethanol and biodiesel in cars seems hardly contribute to saving CO2 emissions
25 November 201424 November 2014 Promising biobased alternatives for substances of very high concern Study by Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research showing safe alternatives, for instance from sustainable renewable raw materials
Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), September 2025
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