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23 June 202217 June 2022

Plastic made of vanillin

Upcycling with light: Biomass-derived crosslinked polymers


20 June 202213 June 2022

Red Rock Biofuels Holdings, Inc. Awarded U.S. Forest Service Wood Innovations Grant

Award funds Red Rock Biofuels Holdings, Inc. (“Red Rock”) to Convert Post-Fire Charred Waste Woody Biomass to Sustainable Aviation Fuel & Renewable Diesel


BTC Europe and NXTLEVVEL Biochem sign agreement to distribute biobased and biodegradable solvents throughout Europe

BASF’s European distribution organization and the leading manufacturer of biomass-derived chemicals join forces to expand offerings of levulinate solvents across Europe


14 June 202210 June 2022

Polycarbonates from renewable hydrocarbons

More and more traditional producers of polycarbonates use waste carbon feedstock and/or the mass balance approach to bring certified renewable products made from biobased hydrocarbons to market


13 June 20228 June 2022

A series of EU Parliament votes on Fit for 55 sends wrong signals on industry decarbonisation & bioeconomy development

The Committee’s vote notably fails to provide a concrete solution for exports, while accelerating free allowances phasing-out and threatening the existing indirect carbon cost compensation scheme


9 June 20224 June 2022

New EFI study launched – Maintaining and enhancing forest biodiversity in Europe

Forest biodiversity is more than just a mixture of species, as it concerns gene pools, structural and functional diversity as well as scale aspects that range from a single tree to entire regions


Veolia And Metsä Fibre Produce Bio-Methanol From Pulp Mill Waste

Veolia will build a crude methanol refinery connected with Metsä Fibre’s Äänekoski bioproduct mill in a €50-million investment which is supported by from the Finnish ministry of economy and employment


3 June 202227 May 2022

Cepi challenges ‘contradictory’ EU position on the paper industry’s decarbonisation and bioeconomy targets

Cepi claims that some proposed changes to legislation will in fact undermine efforts to maintain forests as sustainable assets for the pulp and paper industry


1 June 202225 May 2022

Bioenergy: important step towards protecting forests & food security taken by the EU Environment Committee

There is a real danger that the positive work of the ENVI committee could be reversed, and BirdLife Europe will continue to bring awareness of the issues with bioenergy all along the process


25 May 202219 May 2022

How seaweed agtech can ease the fertiliser crisis

Seaweed-based soil additives can pave a sustainable future for the bioeconomy


High-tech bridge built with flax

The University of Stuttgart is contributing to innovations for climate protection as part of the EU project "Smart Circular Bridge"


20 May 202221 November 2022

Asahi Kasei to start providing carbon footprint data

Green Transformation is positioned as one of the key areas for strengthening the management foundation, and the Group is advancing reductions of its own GHG emissions as well


16 May 202212 May 2022

WASTE2FUNC’s logistics platform will collect and convert food waste into bioplastics

BBI-JU invests in WASTE2FUNC


Topsoe signs joint declaration: Ramping up manufacturing of electrolyzers to boost renewable hydrogen production in the EU

The industry committed to have 10 times as much combined annual electrolyzer manufacturing capacity in the EU by 2025 as is the case today – in return the EU committed to ensure a supporting regulatory framework


13 May 202210 May 2022

Argentine startup develops mushroom based biomaterial

Mushpack by Bionatur-All is a packaging made from the inoculation of mycelium with feedstock residues, such as hay or sawdust - to get a light, resistant, isolating, semi-flexible and long-lasting material


11 May 20226 May 2022

Switching to sustainable surfactants

As the cosmetic and personal care industry races to drop petroleum-based ingredients, chemical companies are rolling out a dizzying array of biobased surfactants. Choosing from among them isn’t easy


9 May 20225 May 2022

Lars Börger, Vice President Strategy and Long-term Development, Renewable Polymers and Chemicals at Neste Germany GmbH, on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute


6 May 20224 May 2022

Ulla Hüppe, Director Sustainability Adhesive Technologies at Henkel (Germany), on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute


Biological matrix composites from cultured plant cells

The use of fast-growing plant cells offers the benefits of short harvest time, zero biomass waste during processing, in situ manufacturing, and no arable land requirement


5 May 202229 April 2022

Biocomposites from Fungal Biomass

Large amounts of functional groups present in fungal biomass (FB) make it a promising candidate for conversion to new operational biobased materials


4 May 202228 April 2022

The transition to a biobased products economy

An NNFCC perspective on five necessary steps


3 May 202227 April 2022

ISU team receives XPRIZE Carbon Removal milestone award for innovative vision to remove carbon from the atmosphere

The scientists have developed a new kind of self-heating pyrolyzer, improving its cost-effectiveness and environmental performance


2 May 20223 May 2022

Zhang Wei, COO of Zhejiang Sugar Energy Technology (China), on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute


Ananas Anam Announces Saucony Partnership for Vegan Pineapple Footwear

According to vegconomist, the material, trade named Piñatex, will be used to substitute all components and overlays that are usually made with leather on the popular design


28 April 202222 April 2022

Fuel from waste wood

Possibility to produce ethanol on a financially competitive and technically efficient basis


New Biomaterial Could Save Our Oceans From Plastic Pollution

The recyclable, biodegradable material could someday replace the millions of tons of plastic used in single-use items


A Focus on Pyrolysis Coproducts

CHAR Technologies builds its business case around flexibility in feedstock and outputs


27 April 202221 April 2022

How biomass can enable a hydrogen economy

Building a collaborative net zero future through negative emissions and zero-carbon fuel


26 April 202221 April 2022

World’s first LED lights developed from rice husks

Natural products and their residues could have the potential to get converted into non-toxic ungiftige optoelectronic devices


AFYREN announces the industrial commissioning of its AFYREN NEOXY plant and publishes its 2021 Full-Year Results

Finalization of the construction of the AFYREN NEOXY plant at cost and on time despite the health crisis context


22 April 202221 April 2022

Freya Burton, Chief Sustainability Officer at LanzaTech (US), on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute


21 April 202221 April 2022

Søren Kristiansen, Senior Technology Director Materials at LEGO (DK), on the current and future framework for a renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute


Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Professor Herbert Sixta for the development of Sustainable wood-based textile fibres

The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professor Herbert Sixta and Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen for the development and use of novel ionic liquids to process wood biomass into high-performance textile fibres


20 April 202213 April 2022

Giant grass miscanthus: Bioethanol source with negative CO2 balance

European collaborative project led by the University of Hohenheim shows: Combining bioethanol production with carbon storage can effectively reduce CO2


Renewable Methanol Market – Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Trends, Application Analysis, Growth And Forecast 2022-2027

The demand for renewable methanol is extensively driven by the automobile sector where it is implemented as fuel for the internal combustion engine, hybrid (fuel/electric) systems, and fuel cells


13 April 202212 April 2022

Bridgestone Awarded Department of Energy Grant to Advance Guayule Natural Rubber Research

The grant will accelerate the company’s efforts to optimize guayule shrubs for increased rubber content, producing higher-yielding crops


12 April 20226 April 2022

Westlake Epoxy Receives ISCC+ Certification at Its Pernis, Netherlands Site

This is a significant step in Westlake Epoxy’s strategy to integrate renewable carbon materials into its raw material supply chain


Processing renewable raw materials instead of crude oil in refineries

In the project BioMates, researchers made another important step for achieving the project’s goal


11 April 20226 April 2022

BASF and Henkel focus on renewable raw materials in Henkel’s consumer goods products

Cooperation on climate protection


Vow ASA: Builds large scale pyrolysis reactor to meet increased demand for advanced carbon products and CO2 neutral energy

The reactor will be built and delivered by the end of 2022 by C.H. Evensen Industriovner (“Evensen”), the recently acquired company, and now a wholly owned subsidiary in the Vow group


Start-up C1: with quantum chemistry and prominent investors to green methanol

Berlin-based start-up aims to make the chemical industry more sustainable and less dependent on fossil imports - Jürgen Hambrecht, Wolfgang Reitzle and Jim Hagemann Snabe among investors


6 April 202231 March 2022

BIO-LUTIONS partners with Solenis to produce sustainable disposable alternatives to singleuse plastic

BIO-LUTIONS, a German CleanTech Startup pioneering the world of natural fiber manufacturing, is working with Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals to produce sustainable disposable alternatives to single-use plastic


Clariant joins the Renewable Carbon Initiative

Clariant has joined the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) to promote the transition from fossil to renewable carbon and the use of renewable raw materials in the chemical industry


5 April 202230 March 2022

ELIX Polymers, AnQore and OCI N.V. support European consumer goods company to produce more sustainable products

Major European consumer goods manufacturer will use ELIX E-LOOP ABS, a step that will substantially reduce the carbon footprint of its products and contribute to a more sustainable value chain


Bio-based commodity chemicals in the spotlight

Will rising crude oil price again accelerate the investments for the commercialisation of bio-based chemicals especially for drop-in commodities?


1 April 202228 March 2022

Less fossil oil in CO2-reducing plastics

The "carbonauten minus CO2 factory 1" will start production of 4,000 t of CO2-reducing plastic granules annually at favorable prices in summer 2022


Scandium–microorganism interactions in new biotechnologies

Paper shows that microorganisms can effectively extract scandium (Sc) from ore and waste


29 March 202224 March 2022

Genomatica and Asahi Kasei partner on renewably-sourced Nylon 6,6

Accelerates momentum for Genomatica’s new route to HMD and Asahi Kasei’s sustainability strategy


RICEWAVE ™ is an eco-friendly resin material made from upcycled, non-edible rice

Dubbed RICEWAVE was conceived when Meuble, Biomass Resin Holdings, and Mitsui & Co Plastics Ltd. set out to create a renewable alternative to polyethylene


28 March 202223 March 2022

When Zero-Waste Meets 3D Printing

European start-up has created the world’s first 3D printing material based on wheat bran

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