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28 May 202523 May 2025

Milestone for bioeconomy research in Germany: Foundation stone laid for Leibniz Innovation Farm for Sustainable Bioeconomy

The complex will house a biorefinery with a plant fiber lab, laboratories, offices and seminar rooms, as well as a hall for high-quality agricultural technology and storage facilities


16 May 202516 May 2025

Clarification: The Grandpuits Conversion into a Zero-Crude Platform continues and TotalEnergies will meet all its commitments

The complex construction operation, for which as much of the site's equipment as possible is reused, requires the mobilization and expertise of all the employees who know the Grandpuits site


15 May 20259 May 2025

AFYREN and Südzucker Celebrate 5 Years of Strategic Bioeconomy Partnership

Afyren and Südzucker have agreed to extend their long-term partnership to advance a sustainable, biobased and circular chemical production


CO2 to jet fuel: our SAF moment

In an era of escalating climate concerns and energy challenges, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is emerging as a critical component in the decarbonisation of the global aviation sector


6 May 202529 April 2025

Neste started producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its renewables refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

This expansion is scheduled to be completed in 2027 and will increase Neste’s total global annual renewable fuels production capacity to 6.8 million tons with a total annual SAF production capability of 2.2 million tons


7 April 20251 April 2025

IFF and Kemira Form Joint Venture To Produce Sustainable Biobased Materials at Scale

Joint venture Alpha Bio will use IFF’s proprietary Designed Enzymatic Biomaterials™ technology to provide high-performance, sustainable alternatives to fossil-based ingredients


20 March 202514 March 2025

WasteFuel and ITC Commence Front-End Engineering Design on World-Leading Green Methanol Facility in Ankara, Türkiye

The biorefinery, which would adjoin ITC’s existing integrated waste management facility, would utilize biogas to produce green methanol as low-carbon fuel or the maritime shipping market


19 March 202513 March 2025

Breaking ground for circular economy: SUSTAINEXT biorefinery construction begins

The future SUSTAINEXT project is turning an existing production plant into a digitalised circular biorefinery to produce healthy ingredients from local medicinal and aromatic plants and agricultural sidestreams


17 March 202512 March 2025

High value, zero waste – ATB researchers conceptualise novel biorefinery

Researchers from Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy in Potsdam recently published a concept paper in the scientific Biofuel Research Journal, which combines common bioeconomy models into a comprehensive concept


28 February 202524 February 2025

Study Reveals How Autohydrolysis is Changing Biomass Conversion

A green technology for biorefineries: A bibliometric analysis


25 February 202520 February 2025

Origin by Ocean Launches Demo Production Facility in Otaniemi, Finland

The Otaniemi facility is the first production site in Europe to refine alginate and fucoidan from sargassum, setting a precedent for how marine biomass can be leveraged in industrial applications


An exclusive interview with Frederic Van Gansberghe, CEO Futerro. The Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO 2024

To say it – in this exclusive interview with Il Bioeconomista – is Frederic Van Gansberghe, CEO of Futerro and the Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO 2024


17 February 202512 February 2025

Celtic Renewables’ Welcomes Deputy First Minister at Scotland’s First Biorefinery

The company takes by-products and waste from the food, drink and agriculture industries – including by-products from whisky distillation – and turns them into high-value green chemicals, bioacetone and biobutanol


12 February 202510 February 2025

Innovative plant to turn wood into biochemicals – UPM Biochemicals selects Bilfinger as maintenance partner for sustainable biorefinery

First of its kind plant lays groundwork for production of consumer goods with reduced CO2 footprint


28 January 202523 January 2025

Biochar and its role in carbon sequestration

This article explores the opportunities and limitations associated with biochar and its widespread use within the global agricultural sector, and investigates the extent of the impact that biochar can make on global carbon sequestration


8 January 20253 January 2025

2025 CBE JU funding opportunities announced

CBE JU announces Annual Work Programme for 2025 with €165 M for project proposals


7 January 20256 January 2025

Futerro closes its first external fund-raising for its biorefinery project in Europe

With an estimated total investment of €500 million, the project aims to build Europe's first fully integrated, circular and sustainable biorefinery


6 January 202519 December 2024

Fiber customers rely on LENZING™ Acetic Acid Biobased

Oniverse will not only rely on Lenzing for its fibers in the future but will also use LENZING™ Acetic Acid Biobased for dyeing textiles


EBIO Concludes Bringing Electrochemical Innovations in Biorefinery Processes

Final Achievements and Integration into Existing Value Chains


3 January 202518 December 2024

Biorefinery advances waste treatment in Zaragoza

CIRCULAR BIOCARBON’s new Spanish biorefinery is set to transform organic waste and sewage sludge into valuable bio-based products


18 December 202412 December 2024

Infinited Fiber and Norbite collaborate in EU-funded TEX-INSECT project

This project aims to further strengthen feedstock versatility by improving side stream utilization including the development of a novel insect-based biorefinery that employs the larvae of Galleria mellonella to digest and transform synthetic polymers into valuable products


13 December 202410 December 2024

Godavari Biorefineries Limited Secures Exclusive License Agreement with Catalyxx Inc for manufacturing Biobutanol and Higher Alcohols in India

Pioneering partnership sets the stage for sustainable innovation in the chemical industry through Catalyxx’s bio-based chemicals technology


9 December 20245 December 2024

Renewable hydrogen production: Air Liquide strengthens its partnership with TotalEnergies through a new major project in the south of France

New project to supply green hydrogen to a TotalEnergies biorefinery - the H2 will be used to produce biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel, alongside renewable hydrogen being supplied separately by Engie


26 November 202422 November 2024

Metgen integration with NewEnergyBlue will create full Array of Biochemicals refined from agricultural Waste

NewEnergyBlue’s first U.S. biomass refinery is expected to begin operations in 2027 in Mason City, Iowa


5 November 202429 October 2024

Neste to re-evaluate its renewable hydrogen plan and withdraw from investing into a 120 MW electrolyzer at the Porvoo refinery

Evaluation of this project has been impacted by the tight limitations on the use of renewable hydrogen in the refinery’s processes in fulfilling the Finnish national distribution obligation


23 October 202417 October 2024

Zaragoza inaugurates a pioneering biorefinery in Europe

This new Biorefinery, funded by the CBE JU, owned by the Zaragoza City Council and operated by Urbaser, will enable the city to advance traditional waste treatment processes in Zaragoza and its surroundings


18 October 202414 October 2024

Chempolis Oy announces new ownership and transfer of Fortum Bio2X

Chempolis Oy, a provider of groundbreaking biorefining technologies, is pleased to announce two significant milestones in the company’s journey


1 October 202425 September 2024

NewEnergyBlue acquires Inbicon biomass conversion technology and international patent portfolio

The bioconversion technology and process have sparked global interest among leading international companies and scientists and enables the company to convert any feedstock


24 September 202420 September 2024

Lygos and CJ BIO Partner on Commercial-scale Biorefinery Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Bring High-Performing, Sustainable Solutions to Market

The partnership includes delivery of over 40,000 MT/yr of Lygos’ flagship products, Soltellus™ and Ecoteria™, with the potential for future expansion of additional sustainable innovations


9 August 20247 August 2024

PETRONAS, Enilive and Euglena reach Final Investment Decision to construct a biorefinery in Malaysia

Targeted to be operational by the second half of 2028, the biorefinery will have the capability to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other biofuels such as Renewable Diesel/ Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO)


1 August 20246 January 2025

IPCEI funding approval paves way for progress at bp’s Lingen green hydrogen project 

bp has been granted funding, provided jointly by BMWK and Lower-Saxony Government, as part of the European IPCEI Hy2Infra wave for a green hydrogen project in Germany


24 July 202423 July 2024

Advancing Circular Bioeconomy with Biomass Feedstocks

The Virtual Institute on Feedstocks of the Future or VIFF is a partnership between Schmidt Sciences and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), to enhance collaboration across scientific and technological disciplines


18 July 202416 July 2024

UPM and Nokian Tyres partner to revolutionize the tire industry by introducing the first concept tire with UPM BioMotion Renewable Functional Fillers

The partnership will launch UPM’s CO₂-negative Renewable Functional Fillers into a new market segment and highlights the possibilities to use a lighter weight, 100% renewable alternative to traditional CO₂-intensive fillers


4 July 202427 June 2024

Governor Walz Announces $213 Million to Build Sustainable Biomanufacturing Facility in Marshall Minnesota

The Solugen-owned plant will utilize Minnesota grown corn to manufacture chemicals usually made from oil, to minimize the global carbon footpring


19 June 202413 June 2024

OLEAF4VALUE, sustainable tailor-made and market-ready solutions succeed at olive leaf biomass valorization

Crafting five processing routes for the smart biorefinery to yield over 40 bioproducts from olive leaves


18 June 202413 June 2024

Engineered Bacteria for Sustainable Biorefining from Sorghum Biomass

Converting lignin into valuable products is one of the keys to making plant-based products a cost-competitive alternative to fossil fuels and petrochemicals


17 June 202411 June 2024

Inauguration of Specialty Chemicals Plant at Sakarwadi by Padma Vibhushan Prof. M. M. Sharma and Hon’ble Mr. Bart De Jong, Consul General of Netherlands in Mumbai

Significant milestone in the Godavari Biorefineries journey towards innovation and excellence in the production of specialty chemicals


6 June 202431 May 2024

Expansion of South Bend Ethanol to establish Verbio’s second biorefinery in the USA

Verbio continues to follow its growth strategy in North America. Total investment of EUR 230 million US dollars


3 June 202428 May 2024

Urban biorefineries in the EU: from blueprint to implementation

The system can help both public authorities and private entities involved in waste management anticipate future sustainability laws that reward or mandate circularity


29 May 202427 May 2024

MTU to lead €9 million CBE JU Farm-based Grass Biorefinery Demonstration Initiative

Munster Technological University will lead a new first-of-its-kind decentralised green biorefinery demonstration initiative funded under the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU)


28 May 202428 May 2024

Join the first PEF World Congress in October 2024

The European project PEFerence is proud to support the Renewable Carbon Plastics Magazine in organising the very first PEF World Congress, which will take place in Düsseldorf (Germany) on 30 and 31 October 2024 (with Online Livestream)


27 May 202422 May 2024

Verbio makes the chemical industry green: groundbreaking ceremony at Bitterfeld location for manufacturing bio-based speciality chemicals 

Unique processing engineering: implementing Nobel prize-winning technology | Investment volume in the range of EUR 80 million to EUR 100 million


23 April 202418 April 2024

From wheat to bioplastics: Partnership between Tereos and Futerro boosts green chemistry in a first in Europe

Besides a large financial investment, the partnership provides a solid basis for maintaining and developing the skilled local workforce


22 April 202418 April 2024

Now the jointly owned biorefinery for biofuel has opened

The jointly owned biorefinery, owned by SCA and St1, is now inaugurated. When fully operational in Gothenburg, the refinery will contribute an annual production of around 200,000 tons of renewable fuel


9 April 20243 April 2024

Major Chinese-European collaboration begins to find high-value, eco-friendly uses for agri-food residues

Together with another 22 partners from across Europe, 13 Chinese academic and industrial organisations will develop sustainable processes to convert agri-food residues into high-value products


28 March 202425 March 2024

Commission takes action to boost biotechnology and biomanufacturing in the EU

The EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector is facing several challenges: research and technology transfer to the market, regulatory complexity, access to finance, skills, value chain obstacles, intellectual property, public acceptance and economic security


CBE JU boosting the EU’s biotech and biomanufacturing sectors

CBE JU funding supports projects developing and producing innovative, sustainable and circular bio-based solutions across many sectors spanning from bio-based chemicals to food and feed ingredients, from construction materials to packaging


27 March 202422 March 2024

The DEEP PURPLE project – deriving bioplastics out of wastewater

Different companies using wastewater as a source of biomass to make circular, eco-friendly products using Purple Phototrophic Bacteria (PPB)


Irish agribusiness group ClonBio to invest $500m in US biorefinery

Announcement just one of a number made during Enterprise Ireland’s programme of events in the US for St Patrick’s Day


19 March 202414 March 2024

Kaffe Bueno Secures €6.2 Million in Series A Round led by global biorefinery leader Borregaard 

Borregaard has shown an interest in Kaffe Bueno's unique approach to coffee biorefining and increased market demand for high-performing biobased solutions

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