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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

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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

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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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30 August 20199 September 2021

No Carbon Left Behind: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech

The CEO of LanzaTech gave this ‘Carbon Smart’ overview of how LanzaTech is recycling carbon from industrial off gas biomass and more at ABLC 2019

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21 August 201912 August 2019

Study identifies way to enhance the sustainability of manufactured soils

Adding biochar to soil constructed from waste materials, reduces the loss of essential nutrients such as nitrogen and carbon

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31 July 201928 July 2019

The Competitive Edge: Haldor Topsoe

Haldor Topsoe is the world leader in heterogeneous catalysis and technology licensing

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16 July 201912 July 2019

Bacterium turns waste into food

Scientists discover the first known sulfur-oxidizing symbiont to be entirely heterotrophic

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15 July 201910 July 2019

Dutch soil as a game changer – Key role for biomass in climate plans

Cyclical management brings more variety and quality to the landscape, and the extraction of biomass as a residual stream makes the work affordable

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10 July 20195 July 2019

Anellotech’s New Biomass Pre-Treatment Technology to Remove Minerals Successfully Demonstrated at 20 Metric Tons/Day Scale

MinFree™ is expected to provide effective results with woody biomass like eucalyptus and hard woods, and agricultural residues

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9 July 20194 July 2019

Kemira to participate in the development of 100% bio-based chemicals for paper and cardboard production as part of an EU funded project

In addition, the project aims to develop new means to improve production efficiency at pulp mills with higher utilization of wood biomass

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8 July 20198 July 2019

CH-Bioforce revolutionizes biomaterials production

Finnish start-up successfully provides a completely new way of replacing fossil- and food-based raw materials

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5 July 20193 July 2019

Tree bark: an untapped resource

Increasing industrial interest is motivated by the aim to use forest biomass more efficiently

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3 July 20191 July 2019

Italian-U.S. partnership in the bioeconomy: RE-CORD and NREL signed a MoU

The agreement will constitute a framework for cooperation and coordination that will allow scientists and engineers from both parties to pursue common opportunities

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2 July 20191 July 2019

Maine Takes Big Step Towards Reducing Carbon Footprint and Creating Green Jobs

The bill establishes a tax credit for creating renewable products from forest, farm, sea, or solid waste biomass

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27 June 201924 June 2019

Iowa State researchers studying slow-release fertilizer to feed crops, improve water quality

Iowa State University researchers weren’t looking for a slow-release fertilizer that could feed crops while protecting water quality, but they may have found one

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26 June 201921 June 2019

Deakin scientists turn plant waste into biodegradable plastic

Cotton waste finds new life as eco-friendly plastic

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24 June 201918 June 2019

Mitsui Chemicals Group Introduces Bio-Polypropylene Project at G20 Ministerial Meeting in Karuizawa

New production technology being attempted for commercialization sees various biomass to obtain propylene in a first-of-its-kind IPA method

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21 June 201920 June 2019

Stora Enso will convert the Oulu paper mill into a packaging board mill

Production on the converted machine is estimated to start by the end of 2020

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18 June 201917 June 2019

A new microorganism for algae biomass to produce alternative fuels

Professor Gyoo Yeol Jung and his research team utilized algae that grow three times faster than starch crops and succeeded in producing biofuel and biochemicals

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14 June 201911 June 2019

After coal, forest-rich Finland will need to import biomass to keep warm

Using more biomass to produce heat in Finland is seen as the most economic way of meeting the country’s future energy needs

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13 June 201911 June 2019

Study identifies most promising feedstocks for pyrolysis based biorefinery

A shortlist of 10 feedstocks were studied, focusing on residues from agriculture, food/feed processing and forestry

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12 June 20199 June 2019

The green gold that cleans wastewater and produces biodiesel

Green microalgae are photosynthetic water organisms that use sunlight and a few other nutrients to transform CO₂ into energy and biomass

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7 June 20194 June 2019

Environmentally friendly alternative to fossil natural gas: methane from biomass

Biobased methane is not only a sustainable energy source, but also opens up new opportunities for temporary storage of renewable energies

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4 June 20193 June 2019

FPInnovations and Resolute Inaugurate Thermomechanical Pulp Bio-Refinery in Thunder Bay

TMP-Bio is a patented technology developed by FPInnovations for the commercial production of large quantities of bio-sourced chemicals

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31 May 201927 May 2019

#SMEs should play greater role in #Bioeconomy

Global challenges such as climate change, population growth and the depletion of natural resources are forcing humanity to rethink its behaviour

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29 May 201925 May 2019

Canada and Italy promote national bioeconomy strategies

Only nine countries in Europe have currently adopted national bioeconomy strategies

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24 May 201921 May 2019

New Call for Proposals issued by BBI JU

At an info day in Brussels, visited by over 600 attendees, the organization presented and explained its latest Call

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17 May 201914 May 2019

New Miscanthus variety launching at Cereals

Leading biomass firm, Terravesta, is launching Athena at Cereals 2019 on stand 754 for spring 2020 planting

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8 May 20196 May 2019

Blue Bioeconomy in Northern Germany

BMBF has approved a project coordinated by Kiel University: "Bioeconomy at Marine Sites (BaMS)" with funding of up to 20 million Euro

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18 April 201915 April 2019

The Competitive Edge: AVA Biochem AG

5-HMF is a building block for many chemicals such as FDCA/FDME which will be used for PEF and other bioplasics

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16 April 201911 April 2019

CENER is developing technology for future urban biorefineries, to move towards a circular bioeconomy

CENER is involved in 4 specific initiatives, in order to develop the most adequate management and valorization routes of different urban biowastes

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5 April 20192 April 2019

Biomass analysis: the key to success for your biorefinery process

Celignis has subsequently been developing innovative methodologies to improve biomass analysis processes

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2 April 20191 April 2019

Business and Environmental Leaders Launch Plant Based Products Council

The PBPC promotes the adoption and use of products derived from renewable biomas

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28 March 201925 March 2019

Burning trees as climate mitigation: A resort to the Court

There is no debate that burning wood for energy emits more greenhouse gases per unit energy than burning fossil fuels

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27 March 201922 March 2019

Boosting bioeconomy in ten European regions

POWER4BIO develops regional bioeconomy strategies and roadmaps by cross-border knowledge exchange

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US Federal Agencies Release Framework for Advancing the Bioeconomy

New Framework to increase government accountability and accelerate innovative and sustainable technologies

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22 March 201929 March 2019

Converting biomass by applying mechanical force

Nanoscientists discovering a new reaction mechanism to cleave cellulose efficiently and environmentally friendly

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18 March 201913 March 2019

Green biorefinery technologies based on waste biomass

Turning waste streams from being environmental threats into valuable resources could make a real difference for our planet and those that live on it

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27 February 20199 September 2021

Technologies for removing CO2 from the atmosphere will need to be integrated into climate policy in 2019, say national science academies across the EU

As global emissions continue to rise, hopes of containing the planet’s warming “well below 2°C” – the headline target of the Paris Agreement – are fading by the day

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22 February 201921 February 2019

Biotech startup turns palm waste into high-value chemicals

Japan's GEI sees a market in making plantations more profitable and sustainable

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14 February 201911 February 2019

UD researchers synthesize renewable oils for use in lubricants

Findings report a strategy to create renewable lubricant base oils efficiently from non-food biomass

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8 February 20195 February 2019

BASF is the first chemical company to certify biomass balanced products according to the new REDcert2 standard for the chemical industry

New REDcert2 standard ensures the correct attribution of renewable resources in BASF’s value chain

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The Stora Enso Story – a magical tale of trees and forests

In today’s Digest, we talk about Stora Enso’s story – the renewable materials company that develops and produces wood and biomass based solutions for a range of industries and applications globally

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6 February 20194 February 2019

Delhi smog: Entrepreneurs offer hope with technologies to reuse crop biomass

Three Startups are helping North India’s farmers to dispose of crop residue cleanly (and reduce pollution)

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5 February 20194 February 2019

New Lightweight Bio-Composite Using Date Palm Fiber Biomass for Automotive

Applied Science and Manufacturing explored the potential of waste leaf sheath date palm fibers for composite reinforcement

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4 February 201930 January 2019

Clariant partners with ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group to advance Cellulosic Biofuel Research

Objective is to combine technologies into a single, integrated biodiesel production process

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30 January 201925 January 2019

VTT develops a new sustainable way to turn forestry waste into transport fuels and chemicals

New approach uses gasification to turn biomass into intermediate products like liquid hydrocarbons, methanol or methane

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28 January 201923 January 2019

RED II – Small steps in the ongoing struggle to put bioenergy on a sustainable path

Final version of the Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (RED II) was published

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21 December 201820 December 2018

Fast Pyrolysis Technology: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Biomass Technology Group

Bert van de Beld from BTG gave this illuminating overview of their fast pyrolysis technology and commercial scale demo plant

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29 November 201826 November 2018

Dr Kim Brooksbank – Biomass and the Bioeconomy

Annually, Australia produces millions of tonnes of waste organic matter that could be processed to produce bioenergy and high value bio-products