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