16 December 202113 December 2021 Avantium takes a positive Final Investment Decision on the construction of its FDCA Flagship Plant A pivotal milestone for the further development and commercialisation of Avantium’s sustainable PEF plastic, with the construction of the Flagship Plant expected to be completed by the end of 2023
11 June 202116 June 2021 Avantium and Roelofs construct the world’s first test road with lignin produced in the Netherlands The 250-metre-long lignin-based test road will be constructed in the north of the Netherlands, on the N987 between Siddeburen and Wagenborgen
5 February 20212 February 2021 Avantium provides update on the FDCA flagship plant final investment decision process Avantium's update on its final investment decision (FID) process concerning the construction of its FDCA flagship plant
15 December 202010 December 2020 €7.5 million grant from National Programme Groningen confirmed Avantium getting support for the construction of a 5 kilotonnes FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) flagship plant, to be built in Delfzijl, Netherlands
30 April 20209 September 2021 Avantium awarded funding to produce lignin for the development of bio-based asphalt The aim of the collaboration is to test a new approach to substantially reduce CO2 emissions from road construction
9 March 20209 September 2021 Europe’s largest green hydrogen project starts in Groningen A consortium of Gasunie, Groningen Seaports and Shell Nederland has launched ambitious NortH2 green hydrogen project
6 March 20209 September 2021 NortH2: Unternehmen planen größte umweltfreundliche Wasserstofffabrik Europas In Eemshaven unweit der deutschen Grenze wollen die Niederlande Europas größte grüne windkraftgestützte Wasserstofffabrik errichten. Profitieren soll auch das Ruhrgebiet
15 January 202012 February 2020 Avantium to build FDCA flagship plant at Chemie Park Delfzijl, Netherlands The 5-kiloton facility will produce plant-based FDCA – a key building block for many chemicals and plastics such as PEF (polyethylene furanoate)
31 May 20199 September 2021 KLM, SkyNRG and SHV Energy announce project first European plant for sustainable aviation fuel Europe’s first dedicated production facility for sustainable aviation fuel to be built at Delfzijl
25 April 20199 September 2021 Kick-off for designing a gigawatt electrolysis plant Towards sustainable production of hydrogen on an industrial scale
12 June 201511 June 2015 A Dutch initiative investigates how waste can be used to produce biochemicals New PPP's aim is Enerkem’s technology to manufacture synthesis gas from waste and use it as feedstock for products such as methanol and ammonia
3 December 20142 December 2014 AkzoNobel and partners looking to turn sugar beet into raw materials Interesting collaboration between different sectors – agriculture, chemicals and logistics
