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4 August 202017 December 2024

Renewable Carbon Initiative will be launched in September and the support is already strong!

Nearly ten renowned companies have already signed or will sign for the core advisory board. Moreover,  90 experts from industry, science and politics are convinced of the strategy and support the initiative as personal supporter. We are looking for the next 10 to have a strong basis on 100 experts supporting our initiative! The first 100 personal supporter will be shown with their photo and name on our "poster of supporters" launched in September! Take your chance!


Morocco looks at energy transition with opportunities for biomass but not crop-based biofuels

Part of the wider policy that is focused on significantly increasing investment in renewable energy sees the greening of transport


3 August 20209 September 2021

Bio-waste generation in the EU: Current capture levels and future potential

Examples of best practices for sustainably valorising bio-waste to provide new bio-based compounds for the chemicals, food-packaging and agricultural sectors


22 July 202021 July 2020

5 Minutes With… Phil Cruver from RegenBiomass

Pilot project in the Salton Sea Region of Southern California to create an environmental and economically sustainable bamboo industry for the United States


9 June 20204 June 2020

Sekab and Praj Industries in collaboration to accelerate a green transition

Collaboration's aim is to scale up, integrate and optimize the unique CelluAPP® technology platform developed by Sekab


29 May 202026 May 2020

BD Zones and BDO Zones: Weaponizing Biomass to support a Bio-Fueled Economic Recovery

BD and BDO Zones are shovel-ready, actionable initiatives that unlock billions of dollars of institutional investment into communities with a surplus of biomass, and where employment and bioeconomy development can be closely linked


27 May 202021 May 2020

NovoCarbo turns plant waste into biochar

Different properties making biochar suitable for different uses, including as a soil conditioner, in biogas plants or as bedding for stables and cowsheds


15 May 202012 May 2020

Sustainable biomass: a subject fraught with conflict

New report by PBL, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, looks at the possible role of biomass in the energy transition


14 May 202011 May 2020

Agriculture: a fully-fledged partner in biobased value chains

BBI, BIC and EC study the participation of primary sectors


13 May 20208 May 2020

Group Op de Beeck Materials & Treatment and TripleW Ltd. launch intensive collaboration on the conversion of organic waste into biobased plastics

Both companies focusing on the sustainable, circular valorization of organic waste products


4 May 20204 May 2020

How much biomass do bio-based plastics need?

An update on the “Land use” debate and facts on biomass use in general by nova-Institute


20 April 202017 April 2020

Panda poo, ants and slugs could be key to the green fuel of tomorrow

A new research project at Aarhus University will exploit millions of years of evolution to develop sustainable biofuels


16 April 202011 April 2020

VTT to assess bio- and waste-based oils suitable for power plants and ships

The aim is to determine the most ecologically and economically sustainable way to replace fossil fuels


9 April 20206 April 2020

Researchers hope new seed-based miscanthus hybrid can be used as feedstock for biochemicals

New hybrids of the biomass crop miscanthus will enable growers to meet the UK’s future energy and greenchemistry production needs


1 April 202030 March 2020

Producing Products from Renewable Biomass Using Yeast

Researchers are finding out techniques to generate valuable products from renewable biomass by employing organisms like yeast


30 March 202025 March 2020

Governor Janet Mills Signs Renewable Products Tax Credit into Law

New legislation will help Maine compete for a market share in the growing global bioeconomy


27 March 202024 March 2020

Made to degrade (Eventually)

Osaka researchers developed a transparent plastic mainly from cellulose nanofibers and starch obtained from plants, that degrades in marine environments


Biomass’ Role in Europe’s Green Deal

Along with the Green Deal, the European Commission announced a very ambitious goal: Climate Neutrality by 2050


25 March 202022 March 2020

Sekab and Vertoro to build large-scale demonstration plant to produce a new platform for sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials

Production is expected to start in about a year and deliver biofuel to the shipping sector as a first off take for this lignin ethanol oil product


24 March 20209 September 2021

Sustainable use of CO2 using a modified bacterium

New paths to the bio-economic use of CO2


20 March 202017 March 2020

Biobased aromatics: Europe leads the way

Developing sector holds its promise that it will be able to produce aromatic compounds cheaper than the oil industry and more sustainable as well


18 March 202017 March 2020

Nova Pangaea partners with Pakistan’s JS Group to licence biofuel technology

Deal includes a licence for the use of NPT’s REFNOVA end-to-end fractionation process to turn sugar cane bagasse into valuable sugars and chemicals


16 March 202011 March 2020

Biocomposites

Interesting groups of biocomposites to be exhibited during MaterialDistrict Rotterdam 2020


11 March 20207 March 2020

Brewing greener chemicals from fermented waste

BBI JU's PERCAL project is developing novel solutions for transforming the organic part of municipal solid waste into intermediate chemicals


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


Gevo Secures Funding from Queensland Waste to Biofutures (W2B) Fund

The W2B fund provides targeted funding for pilot, demonstration or commercially scalable biorefinery projects in Queensland


6 March 20209 September 2021

Novel Method Improves Production of Chemicals from Biomass

The scientists devised a metabolic strategy in which the E. coli bacteria are altered such that they would use glucose for the production of target chemicals


5 March 20202 March 2020

Moulding the future of an advanced bioeconomy

New Biofuture Platform's study to map out the current status of the bioeconomy and challenges ahead


4 March 20202 March 2020

Project that uses waste from pea processing to clean water receives funding boost

“Often discarded and considered as waste, unavoidable food supply chain waste such as pea waste is a treasure trove of useful chemicals that can be utilised in many applications that impact global grand challenges.”


28 February 202027 February 2020

Södra first in the world with fossil-free biomethanol

Södra decided to invest in a biomethanol production facility in 2017 and shows company's commitment towards a circular economy, resource-efficiency and being fossil-fuel free


18 February 202016 February 2020

Sustainable biofuels from cultivated biomass need to be a part of the European “Green Deal”

European agriculture urgently needs reliable sales alternatives to stabilise its agricultural revenue


17 February 202012 February 2020

Versalis will soon have Crescentino plants up and running

Restart of the most innovative plant in the biomass chemistry sector will be up and running by the first half of 2020


13 February 20209 September 2021

5 Minutes With… Vera Essmann from Covestro

The company is currently developing new bio-based products based on biomass, CO2, and recycled waste


6 February 20203 February 2020

A novel environmentally friendly process for depolymerization of hydrolysis lignin using Kraft cooking liquor:

Chemicals recoverable by the Kraft recovery cycle - developed approach could be significantly more cost‐effective if integrated into Kraft pulp mill operations


28 January 202023 January 2020

French bio-waste finds second life in building insulation

Many French SMEs are starting to manufacture natural insulation materials based on bio-sourced materials and biowaste as alternative to conventional insulation


27 January 202027 January 2020

The global bio-based polymer market 2019 – A revised view on a turbulent and growing market

Turbulent times for bio-based polymers in 2019: PLA sold out despite expansion, as did PHA. Bio-based PP available for the first time, increased production of PBAT, PBS, bio-based PE, starch-containing polymer compounds and epoxy resins.


Bioeconomy hype shouldn’t put biodiversity preservation at risk, experts say

The use of biomass on a wider scale in place of coal could be an opportunity for the Polish heating industry and energy suppliers


23 January 20209 September 2021

Synthetic Rewiring of Plant CO2 Sequestration Galvanizes Plant Biomass Production

Synthetically designed alternative photorespiratory pathways in tobacco and rice plants have paved the way to enhanced plant biomass production


16 January 202021 January 2020

Identifizierung der vorteilhaftesten Kombinationen aus Rohstoff, Syntheseweg und Zielmolekül – Stakeholder-Registrierung für Verbundprojekt EvaChem offen

Was sind die vorteilhaftesten stoff- und prozessbezogenen Kombinationen aus Rohstoff, Syntheseweg und Zielmolekül? Wann sind Biomasse erster und zweiter Generation oder CO2 am vorteilhaftesten? Und, für welche Synthesewege und Zielmoleküle bleiben fossile Rohstoffe von Vorteil?  


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)


6 January 202019 December 2019

VTT equips laboratory with a bench scale unit from hte

hte supplied a customized four-fold bench scale hydroprocessing unit to VTT, the Finnish VTT Technical Research Center


3 December 201928 November 2019

Energy from biomass is sustainable, as a nest egg

Biomass is not sustainable all by itself. Policy, effort and monitoring are required in order to control the balance between growth and use of biomass


28 November 201926 November 2019

Novel Biocatalytic System Turns Waste Biomass into Value-Added Chemicals

Their findings have been published in Nature Communications on November 12, 2019


14 October 201910 October 2019

Mitsui Chemicals Group’s Bio-Polypropylene Adopted for Project Commissioned by Ministry of the Environment

Industrial-level-trial set to begin to expand the bio-based plastic market with the first of its kind technology


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


1 October 201926 September 2019

PNNL/INL team assesses costs and GHG LCA for converting biomass to drop-in fuels via fast pyrolysis and upgrading

They found that for all eleven feedstocks, the largest cost contribution to minimum fuel selling price is capital-related costs, which is approximately 30%–40% of the MFSP


17 September 201915 September 2019

Biochar: If You Make It, Will They Come?

Markets for biochar, most commonly produced as a gasification or pyrolysis byproduct, are expanding


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


5 September 201931 August 2019

From Lignin to Value: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to MetGen’s Enzymes

Alex Michine, CEO of MetGen gave this enlightening overview of MetGen’s ‘how’, the Sweetwoods project and its integrated biorefinery flagship, and more at ABLC 2019


2 September 201931 August 2019

DBFZ project develops value chain based on insect biomass

The research project "Competitive Insect Products (CIP)" aims to further develop the implementation of high-quality, bio-based alternative products based on insect biomass

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