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22 November 201820 November 2018

Bio4Products: Report shows potential for new biorefineries in four European locations

Study was conducted within the Bio4Products Horizon 2020 project, which is testing the feasibility of a fast pyrolysis based biorefinery concept

21 November 201819 November 2018

European Parliament approves REDII

AEBIOM and a group of other European organizations call on the EU to be more ambitious in its efforts to encourage the use of renewables in heating and cooling

19 November 201814 November 2018

SteamBio – biomass residuals from rural areas as flexible raw materials for producing chemicals and energy

European project consortium aims to turn biomass from rural areas into a flexible alternative to fossil resources

16 November 201814 November 2018

BASF produces methanol according to the biomass balance approach

Production with second generation renewable raw materials

15 November 201813 November 2018

Attis Industries Launches Video Series to Demonstrate Bio-Based Technologies and Discuss Targeted End Use Products

The video discusses the current inefficiencies in biomass processing and how the Company is taking the next steps to double the biofuel output from biomass

12 November 20187 November 2018

Economic comparative advantage of willow biomass in the Northeast USA

Willow is grown commercially on about 500 hectares in the Northeast, predominantly for biopower but also for some other markets

5 November 20183 November 2018

Emerging Fuels Technology licenses FT process to Red Rock Biofuels

Through a proprietary integration of existing technologies, IR1 makes the long-commercialized Fischer-Tropsch process economic at the biomass scale

29 October 201829 April 2024

The first 3D printed House with earth – Gaia

A new eco-sustainable house model designed and built using the 3D printer called Crane WASP

25 October 201822 October 2018

A biofuel ‘automatically’ generating heat

Breakthrough in autothermal pyrolysis

Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) and Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency (SPIRE) Team up for synergy of actions

BBI JU and SPIRE are demonstrating the added-value of the two initiatives at three levels

19 October 201816 October 2018

Scaling up biobased BTX: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech

Anellotech CEO David Sudolsky gave this illuminating overview of the technology’s progress and promise as part of The Early Stage webinar series

17 October 201816 October 2018

Redesigning poplar trees to take the drought … and the salt and the heat

Improving poplar biomass production under stress conditions

15 October 201814 October 2018

Species-Rich Forests Store Twice as much Carbon as Monocultures

An international research team with the involvement of the University of Zurich has evaluated data from forests grown specifically for this purpose in China with a total of over 150,000 trees

10 October 20188 October 2018

Versalis: acquisition of “bio-run” companies of the Mossi & Ghisolfi Group

New business units will allow the development of an integrated technological platform of chemicals from biomass

2 October 201827 September 2018

Danish Company To Use Local Materials To Produce Bottles

Business initiative in Ghana to use coconut husks and pineapple wastes to produce bottles and food packs to substitute the use of plastics

24 September 201821 September 2018

Metsä Group starts cooperation with 4H in Finland to strengthen young people’s relationship with forests

Metsä Group is the main partner within forestry in 4H’s Business Lab in Helsinki

21 September 201819 September 2018

New method more than doubles sugar production from plants

EPFL chemists have developed a method that can significantly increase the yield of sugars from plants, improving the production of renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials

19 September 2018

Innovation power of start-ups, research institutes and SMEs in the future of food and biomass production

56 speakers and exhibitors will show the future of food and biomass production

BioBTX commences operation of pilot plant for production of sustainable platform chemicals

BioBTX is developing a technology to convert non-food biomass and end-of-life feedstock materials into cornerstone aromatic chemicals

17 September 201814 September 2018

Hochschule Koblenz als Ausgangspunkt: Neues Startup SCC Industries produziert nachhaltige grüne Holzkohle

Das neue StartUp SCC Industries will mittels einer neuen Technologie grüne Holzkohle herstellen, um der massive Rodung der Wälder Afrikas entgegenzuwirken.

14 September 201813 September 2018

Innovation dynamics in the agricultural sector

Interview with Michael Carus, Managing Director nova-Institute

11 September 20188 September 2018

Pöyry awarded Owner’s Engineering Services assignment by Biozin Holding AS for the pre-engineering phase of biozin® production plant in Jordoya, Åmli, Norway

The ambition is to establish more production facilities in Southern Norway

24 August 20189 September 2021

Goldmine “biomass” – carbonauts convert biomass into high-value platform products

Innovative technology of a German start-up offers an environmentally friendly alternative for carbon storing in end products

16 August 201812 August 2018

Pyrolysis of Torrefied Biomass

Catalytic pyrolysis of torrefied biomass is a promising technology to convert biomass into useful chemicals

7 August 20185 August 2018

A billion tons of biomass: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the DOE’s Billion Ton Report

Here’s a slide deck overview of the Report’s findings given by the DOE’s Alison Goss Eng

1 August 201831 July 2018

Lignocellulosic Biorefineries in Europe: Current State and Prospects

This study addresses the challenges and future opportunities of this nascent industry by elucidating key elements of the biorefining sector

26 July 201819 July 2018

AEBIOM rebrands to “Bioenergy Europe”

AEBIOM reveals today its new corporate identity, Bioenergy Europe, that aims at giving a clearer, more united voice to Europe’s first source of renewable energy

20 July 201819 July 2018

The EU’s renewable energy ambitions: Bioenergy from forests is not always carbon neutral – and may even increase the EU’s carbon emissions

Replacing coal with forest biomass in power stations is not a simple fix – forest biomass with long carbon payback periods could increase atmospheric CO₂ levels, putting Paris Agreement targets at risk

2 July 2018

High-tech strategies for small farmers and organic farming

Get an in-depth look into how innovations can both shape the future of organic farming and support smallholders worldwide

New enzyme boost could hasten biofuel production

This could lead to cheaper and more environmentally friendly biofuel production and more efficient plastic recycling

15 June 201813 June 2018

Almond co-products: Almond Board targets circular economy potential in feed and farming

Almond Board of California is exploring new uses for the co-products of almonds such as insect feed, biobased plastics and coloring for the tire industry

6 June 2018

Less input, more output and lower environmental footprint

How precision farming and digitalisation revolutionise agriculture worldwide

Making efficient use of biomass

Using wood on an industrial scale offers a great opportunity to replace crude oil and natural gas

29 May 201829 May 2018

„Future Protein Award” kürt die besten Lösungen zum aktuellen Proteindilemma

Alternative Proteinquellen sind der Schlüssel für eine nachhaltige Zukunft der Ernährung von Mensch und Tier

7 May 20184 May 2018

Administrator Pruitt Promotes Environmental Stewardship with Forestry Leaders and Students in Georgia

This policy will provide certainty to rural communities and the forest industry while supporting economic growth

3 May 2018

Tomatoes from space shuttle, desert and polar regions

Controlled environments enable agriculture under extreme conditions – latest developments at REFAB conference in Cologne

13 April 201810 April 2018

Illinois researchers receive $1 million to study bioenergy crops

Biomass cultivars ready to plug into the biofuel supply chain in the United States

12 April 201810 April 2018

Building Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with Paper Biomass

Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a patented method to use cheap and abundant paper biomass to make lithium-sulfur batteries

4 April 20183 April 2018

Are wood pellets a green fuel?

The EU aims to generate 20% of its electricity by 2020 using renewable sources, including burning woody biomass

22 March 201821 June 2018

Future Technologies for Food and Biomass Production

“Revolution in Food and Biomass Production (REFAB)”, 1 – 2 October 2018, Cologne (Germany) will for the first time bring together forward-thinking experts to have a look at the future of food and biomass production

Big Bioeconomy Challenges – Part 3

In this series of articles we will discuss some of the global challenges that the bioeconomy provides solutions for

19 March 201817 March 2018

EU Bioeconomy 2.0– Cultivating a home grown success

An innovation-driven bioeconomy, with increased sustainability as its end goal, will provide renewability, circularity and multi-functionality

greenGain

The aim of the project was to collect information on the subject of landscape conservation and to provide them a broad network

14 March 201823 March 2018

Baseline biomass products 2018

The main market figures are in graphical form represents and reflects the developments in these areas

9 March 20186 March 2018

Low-cost carbon fiber project advances to pilot phase

The Southern Research team working on a process to make low-cost carbon fibers from biomass has secured funding to move the project to pilot production phase

6 March 201829 April 2019

Breakthrough technologies for a sustainable mushroom industry

New biorefinery project to recover used mushroom compost is now halfway to success

28 February 201823 February 2018

Lignin Challenge 1.0

Alberta Innovates invites proposals for funding under Lignin Challenge 1.0, a sub-program of Alberta Bio Future

8 February 20186 February 2018

The Slowed Corrode: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Bio-oils and Corrosion

The team prepared this illuminating overview on the projects progress and promise for the DOE Project Peer Review meetings

7 February 20186 February 2018

Forest owners boss: ‘Sustainable forest management crucial to maintaining carbon cycle ‘

When we talk about forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation, we need to understand the full picture

2 February 20181 February 2018

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