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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

3 March 202328 February 2023

Protecting the climate during textile production – polyester fibers bind CO2

Under the new collaborative EU-project with leadership of the French company Fairbrics are 17 project partners from 7 European countries will contribute their special expertise and further develop the process technologically and make it suitable for industrial use

Klimaschutz bei der Textilproduktion: Polyesterfasern binden CO2

Unter dem neuen EU-Verbundprojekt ‚Threading CO2‘ arbeiten unter der Leitung des Unternehmens Fairbrics 17 Projektpartner aus sieben europäischen Ländern zusammen, die mit ihrem speziellen Fachwissen den Prozess technologisch weiterentwickeln und industriefähig machen wollen

28 February 202328 February 2023

Free PEFerence Webinar on 21 March: From bio-based feedstocks to FDCA and PEF – And how can we keep PEF in the loop?

Ed de Jong and Roy Visser (Avantium) will give a deep insight into the PEFerence project on 21 March 2023, 10:00 CET.

21 February 202316 February 2023

Global Bioenergies: First significant sales in 2022

Trade payables increased as a result of the negotiation of more favourable payment terms for the Company in connection with the initiation of production activities

9 February 20237 February 2023

Fairbrics Raises €22 M to Bring to Market its CO2-Based Polyester Fiber and Reduce the Textile Industry’s Carbon Footprint

€17 M come from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Program and 5 M€ from Partners to the Technology Upscaling Project

Fairbrics beschafft 22 Millionen €, um seine CO2-basierte Polyesterfaser auf den Markt zu bringen und die Kohlenstoffbilanz der Textilindustrie zu reduzieren

17 Millionen € kommen aus dem Horizon 2020 Forschungs- und Innovationsprogramm der Europäischen Union und 5 Millionen € von Partnern des Technology Upscaling Projects

1 December 202230 November 2022

Monitoring the Bioeconomy – The BioMonitor Project

BioMonitor addresses the information gap in bioeconomy research by re-structuring existing data and modelling framework. After more than four years of great scientific collaboration, the 17 partners share their results

8 November 20222 November 2022

Möbel, Dielen, Verpackungen – wie Pappel-Produkte den Einsatz fossiler Rohstoffe reduzieren

Forscher der TU Dresden haben Möglichkeiten erarbeitet, wie der Einsatz fossiler Rohstoffe durch die Nutzung umweltfreundlicherer, bio-basierter Materialen aus Pappeln reduziert werden kann

26 October 202221 October 2022

Improved itaconic acid production by using synthetic biology

New metabolic pathway produces itaconic acid and enables the development of a microbial cell factory capable of producing itaconic acid in E. coli using low-cost raw materials

30 September 20225 October 2022

Making the most of sustainable biomass – certification schemes and labels developed in new EU research projects

nova-Institut GmbH announces its participation in two new HORIZON Europe projects – STAR4BBS and BIORECER – which both focus on the development of innovative certification schemes and labels for bio-based feedstock

Nachhaltige Biomasse optimal nutzen – neue EU- Forschungsprojekte entwickeln Zertifizierungssysteme und Labels

Die nova-Institut GmbH gibt ihre Beteiligung an zwei neuen Horizon Europe-Projekten – STAR4BBS und BIORECER – bekannt. Beide Projekte beschäftigen sich mit der Entwicklung innovativer Zertifizierungssysteme und Labels für bio-basierte Rohstoffe

16 September 202215 September 2022

BIORECER – Guidelines to strengthen current certification schemes for bio-based feedstock

The research consortium is also going to assess the acceptance of new bio-value chains from biological feedstocks, including residual feedstock and waste

BIORECER – Leitlinien zur Stärkung aktueller Zertifizierungssysteme für biobasierte Rohstoffe

Forschungskonsortium will auch die Verbraucherakzeptanz neuer Bio-Wertschöpfungsketten aus biologischen Rohstoffen, einschließlich Restrohstoffen und Abfällen bewerten

29 June 20225 September 2022

Tech4Biowaste co-organises the ‘Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2022’ event in Brussels this September

A one-day event of intense cross-border pitching, matchmaking and networking in the heart of Europe: 26 September 2022, 10 am – 5 pm, Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel

29 April 202226 April 2022

Avantium celebrates the First Piling Ceremony for its FDCA Flagship Plant

Construction is planned to be completed by the end of 2023, enabling the commercial launch of PEF from 2024 onwards

7 February 202228 January 2022

CHAMPION consortium reaches milestone in safe and circular material development

Researchers of the CHAMPION project have successfully prepared a first set of innovative bio-based materials with promising properties for coatings, adhesives and home care ingredients

14 October 202111 October 2021

Converting CO2 emissions into products – European Green Deal project PyroCO2 kicks off

A new innovation project will demonstrate large-scale conversion of industrial carbon emissions into value- added chemicals and materials

22 March 202117 March 2021

Usable Packaging project: Launching a revolution in bioplastics

Whilst plant-based applications (like cotton, linen or starches) are as old as humanity, using plants to produce new types of plastics is very recent

19 March 202116 March 2021

Zelcor – Zero Waste Ligno-Cellulosic Biorefineries by Integrated Lignin Valorisation

EU project Zelcor ended after four and a half years

10 March 20215 March 2021

New H 2020 DEMO project in sustainable packaging based on PHA

NAFIGATE Corporation about to develop ecological packaging of the future

5 March 20219 September 2021

New EU project funded to develop cost-effective sustainable aviation fuel using CO2 emissions and renewable energy

The European Union awards 5M€ to the Take-Off project for helping the aviation sector reach the EU 2050 climate-neutrality targets

3 February 20213 February 2021

Microbial Cell Factories Webinar Series – Biological Principles to Commercial Products

11th March, 25th March & 8th April, 17:00-19:00 CET

19 January 202113 April 2022

Chemical Recycling Poised to Take Off

Investments in chemical-recycling facilities abound as the industry moves closer to the Circular Economy model, accompanied by plenty of new rollouts of packaging made from chemical recycling

9 December 20205 December 2020

Development of new bio-based coating materials – ECOAT

Aim is, to develop new bio-based coating materials from highly available, low valorized biomass such as tomatoes, legumes, and sunflowers

Entwicklung von neuen biobasierten Barrierebeschichtungen – ECOAT

Anfallende biologische Reststoffe werden zu Beschichtungen funktionalisiert und auf verschiedene zellulose- und polymerbasierte Substrate beschichtet

25 November 202020 November 2020

How the bioeconomy contributes to the European Green Deal

Under Horizon 2020, the European Commission already dedicated €3.85 billion of public funds into bioeconomy projects over the past seven years

3 September 20209 September 2021

Dyes from atmospheric CO2

Value creation by combining electrochemistry with biotechnology

Farbstoffe aus atmosphärischem CO2

Wertschöpfung durch Kombination von Elektrochemie mit Biotechnologie

21 July 20209 September 2021

EU-Forschungsprojekt IDEALFUEL ist gestartet

Entwicklung nachhaltiger Schiffskraftstoffe

12 May 20209 September 2021

New materials for capturing CO2 could be used to reduce industrial emissions and as catalysts

The European GRAMOFON Project, coordinated by AIMPLAS, developed an innovative CO₂ capture process based on novel nanomaterials and microwave energy

21 April 20209 September 2021

MULTIPLHY – Green hydrogen for Renewable products refinery in rotterdam

CEA, Neste, Paul Wurth, ENGIE and Sunfire announce a project-partnership to build and operate the world’s first multi-megawatt scale high-temperature electrolyser for highly efficient hydrogen production

MULTIPLHY – Grüner Wasserstoff für Raffinerie erneuerbarer Produkte in Rotterdam

CEA, Neste, Paul Wurth, ENGIE und Sunfire haben eine Projektpartnerschaft zum Bau und Betrieb des weltweit ersten Multi-Megawatt Hochtemperatur-Elektrolyseurs zur hocheffizienten Wasserstoffproduktion angekündigt

19 March 202016 March 2020

European Commission takes aim at ‘greenwashing’ in new circular economy action plan

The EU’s circular economy action plan goes a long way in setting out an agenda on sustainable products

9 March 20204 March 2020

VAMOS project secures EU funding

Project has received almost €7m from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme

6 January 202019 December 2019

Transforming cod heads, frames and intestines from waste to value

How the new project 'WaSeaBi' is transforming codling waste into valuable side products

19 December 201917 December 2019

New value chains for urban biowaste for producing high value-added bioproducts

The project aims to turn urban biowaste into resources such as food additives, condiments, insect protein, bioethanol, biosolvents and bioplastics

11 December 201911 December 2019

Avantium secures financing milestone with €25 million EU funding for FDCA flagship plant

The PEFerence partners aim to replace a significant share of fossil-based polyesters with 100% plant-based PEF

10 December 20198 December 2019

A European fund to support the circular bioeconomy

The European Commission and the EIB announce the selection of an Investment Advisor for the upcoming European Circular Bioeconomy Fund

14 October 20199 September 2021

Inspired by nature – Converting CO2 to valuable resources with the help of nanoparticles

Enzymes use cascade reactions to produce complex molecules from comparatively simple raw materials. Researchers have now copied this principle

Wie die Natur – CO2 mithilfe von Nanopartikeln in Rohstoffe umwandeln

Enzyme nutzen Kaskadenreaktionen, um komplexe Moleküle aus vergleichsweise simplen Rohstoffen herzustellen. Das Prinzip haben Forscher sich abgeschaut

11 October 20198 October 2019

Meilenstein in der Entwicklung neuer Werkstoffsysteme

Fraunhofer ICT auf der Messe K 2019: Neue Verbundwerkstoffe: biobasiert, funktionalisiert und mechanisch hochfest

8 October 20196 October 2019

Complete production chain from biomass residues to Fischer-Tropsch products successfully validated

The main focus of the test was to study and verify the performance of the gas cleaning train

7 October 20192 October 2019

Verbraucherinformationen zu biobasierten Produkten

BioCannDo präsentiert Projektergebnisse http://www.allthings.bio/ als zentrale Anlaufstelle

4 October 20192 October 2019

BioMonitor expert workshop

14 November 2019, 13 - 17 h, Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany

Big success for the CO2 Value Workshop on CCU Innovation Fund and other EU Funding Opportunities

European Commission revised version of the ETS Innovation Fund will provide €10 billion over the next 10 years to support innovative low carbon projects

26 September 201923 September 2019

Joint Statement for an Ambitious Horizon Europe Programme

Joint statement of 93 associations representing key European research & innovation stakeholders calling for ambitiours Horizon Europe programme

16 September 201915 September 2019

Clariant successfully concludes testing of energy crop miscanthus at Straubing plant for GRACE project

About 30 tons of miscanthus were processed at Clariant’s pre-commercial plant in Straubing, Germany

Clariant testet erfolgreich die Energiepflanze Miscanthus in der Straubinger Anlage für das GRACE Projekt

Rund 30 Tonnen Miscanthus-Gras wurden in Clariants vorkommerzieller Anlage in Straubing verarbeitet

9 September 20194 September 2019

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