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11 November 20219 November 2021

Technical feasibility of sustainable fuels production demonstrated

ETH Zurich researchers demonstrate a mini-​solarrefinery on the roof of the Machine Laboratory in the centre of Zurich producing sustainable fuels

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5 November 202130 October 2021

New refinery to turn used tyres into advanced biofuels

The plant will be operational early next year and will be the first in Spain and the largest in Europe capable of transforming the product into advanced biofuel and other high-quality secondary raw materials

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3 November 202127 October 2021

LyondellBasell offers CirculenRenew with measured and certified C14 content worldwide

Polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) with certified renewable content

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Pyrolysis Projects on a Hot Investment Streak

Brief snapshot of some woody-biomass pyrolysis projects

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13 October 202111 October 2021

Advanced Biofuels USA’s Online Free Library Passes 40,000 Indexed Items Milestone

Offering topics from Aviation Fuel (Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)), BioChemicals/Renewable Chemicals and BioRefineries/Renewable Fuel Production to yeast, yellow grease, yields, Zambia, zeolites and Zimbabwe

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21 September 202116 September 2021

United, Honeywell Invest in New Clean Tech Venture from Alder Fuels, Powering Biggest Sustainable Fuel Agreement in Aviation History

United agrees to purchase 1.5 billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over 20 years - which is one and a half times the size of the rest of the world's airlines' publicly announced SAF commitments combined

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23 July 202120 July 2021

Exciting future prospects for biorefineries

New EU study describes development paths and outlines strategic roadmap

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21 July 202116 July 2021

Getting the maximum value out of biobased feedstock

6 July CBBD network meeting biorefinery

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20 July 202115 July 2021

Shell starts up Europe’s largest PEM green hydrogen electrolyser

The project, backed by a European consortium, will accelerate hydrogen production and contribute to Europe’s goal to achieve climate neutrality

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13 July 20218 July 2021

Microphyt announces launch of SCALE, the world’s first fully-integrated microalgae biorefinery

The 4-year 15 million Euro EU-project will address the ever-growing demand for safe and effective nutrition and wellness ingredients produced in a natural and highly sustainable way

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9 July 20217 July 2021

Agrimax formally opens two new processing facilities to create value from crop and food processing waste

Both pilot plants (biorefineries) – one in Spain and one in Italy – aim to develop and demonstrate the production of multiple, high-value bio-based products from food and farming waste

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A ‘bio-refinery’: using the chemistry of willow trees to treat Canada’s municipal wastewater

Millions of litres of primary municipal wastewater can be treated sustainably using fast-growing willow trees while also producing renewable bioenergy and ‘green’ chemicals, researchers find

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6 July 202130 June 2021

German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits UPM Biochemicals Project in Leuna

UPM will support the region's economic development and the generation of the green chemistry excellence cluster in Leuna

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5 July 202130 June 2021

Siemens Energy to electrify first-of-its-kind biorefinery in Germany

The biorefinery will be the first industrial-scale facility of its type ever built. It will apply novel process innovations to sustainably convert 100 percent wood into bio-based MEG, MPG as well as RFF

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30 June 202125 June 2021

Taaleri’s associated company Fintoil secured EUR 80 million senior debt package and reached financial close of its biorefinery investment

The proceeds from the SSGB will be used entirely on the biorefinery investment according to Fintoil’s Green Finance Framework

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24 June 202117 March 2025

Covenant Energy chooses Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ and H2bridge™ solution to produce renewable diesel with low carbon footprint

With HydroFlex™, customers can convert low value feedstocks to renewable fuels that qualify for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit

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21 June 202116 June 2021

Dan*na launches a pilot plant for biomaterials and bioplastics production in the Barcelona Science Park

Company is among the 5 TOP startups in the world that develop sustainable plastics, in a recent report by StartUs Insights

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18 June 202116 June 2021

OLEAF4VALUE: An Innovative Upcycling Project

Three-year project to develop a complete valorisation system for the olive leaf

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Bio-based chemicals capacity build-up continues

A planned 65 ktpa fermentation-based 1,4-butanediol (BDO) capacity in Iowa, USA, to be built by a newly-formed joint venture called Qore

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17 June 202116 June 2021

EU biorefinery outlook to 2030

European Commission's study presents the possible growth until 2030, provides actions required to increase the deployment of chemical and material driven biorefineries in the EU

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14 June 202116 June 2021

Lignin leads the way – World’s first lignin bio-asphalt road, lignin’s array of applications and more

In today’s Digest, all about the new bio-road, the tech behind it, lignin’s markets, applications, tech and other recent lignin news

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11 June 202116 June 2021

Avantium and Roelofs construct the world’s first test road with lignin produced in the Netherlands

The 250-metre-long lignin-based test road will be constructed in the north of the Netherlands, on the N987 between Siddeburen and Wagenborgen

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4 June 202116 June 2021

Haldor Topsoe and Preem achieve 85% co-processing of renewable feedstock

The revamp of the refinery is a significant step in a long-term plan for Preem with the goal to produce five million cubic meters of renewable fuels by 2030

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28 May 202116 June 2021

Praj’s technology breakthrough for producing “Bio-bitumen”

Eco-friendly renewable material for road construction

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21 May 20219 September 2021

Everfuel plans 300MW HySynergy Phase II electrolyser in Fredericia

The new facility can also provide oxygen for on-site carbon capture and a 25% reduction of the Fredericia refinery emissions by using the green hydrogen for production of fuels

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15 April 202118 June 2021

Sustainable criteria for a forest based biorefinery

Practically sustainable means that we take care of at least three constituent parts: environmental, economic and social systems

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13 April 202118 June 2021

Neste Porvoo refinery is getting ready for the major turnaround

Neste secures the safe and undisrupted operations of the Porvoo refinery in Finland with major turnarounds, executed approximately every five years

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22 March 202119 March 2021

Forestry Products Market Update

Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials newsletter recently published an update from major pine chemicals producers Kraton and Ingevity

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19 March 202116 March 2021

Zelcor – Zero Waste Ligno-Cellulosic Biorefineries by Integrated Lignin Valorisation

EU project Zelcor ended after four and a half years

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17 March 202115 March 2021

Multiproduct Microalgae Biorefineries Mediated by Ionic Liquids

The multiproduct biorefinery concepts will be discussed in an outlook on future separations using IL-based systems

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11 March 20219 March 2021

Neste favours Rotterdam for new billion-euro refinery

Porvoo is another potential location for the Finnish state-owned company's new facility

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4 March 20211 March 2021

Brightplus and Origin by Ocean join forces to utilise redefined seaweed in biomaterials

Both companies share the common vision of improving the climate emissions by creating sustainable materials from biosources

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17 February 20219 September 2021

Fintoil gets green light for crude tall oil biorefinery in the Port of HaminaKotka

The 200 000 tonnes-per-annum plant has recently been granted environmental and construction permits

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11 February 20219 September 2021

More bio-based naphtha production ahead

The mass balance approach seems to be more popular in Europe at this time but it will probably catch up in the USA and Asia as well

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10 February 20215 February 2021

Avantium publishes its Sustainability Plan ‘Chain Reaction 2030’

– a pioneering roadmap for a fossil-free chemical industry

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25 January 202120 January 2021

Total and Engie partner to develop France’s largest site for the production of green hydrogen from 100% renewable electricity

40 MW electrolyser will produce 5 tonnes of green hydrogen per day to meet the needs of the biofuel production process at Total's La Mède biorefinery

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14 January 202110 January 2021

UPM Biochemicals grows lignin business with new Domtar supply agreement

This step enables UPM to expand its role in the growing lignin business and different application segments

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13 January 20218 January 2021

Creating innovative value chains from non-food biomass feedstock

AFTER-BIOCHEM project aims at creating innovative and more sustainable value chains from renewable raw materials to multiple high added-value products at industrial scale

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16 December 202011 December 2020

Zelcor Summer School 2021 – 2nd edition – Postponed to 8-11 February online

Zero waste biorefineries: value chain approach, methods, and processes for lignin upgrading

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19 November 20209 September 2021

NREL recycles biorefinery waste streams to create high-value chemical products

Thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass is a promising route to produce renewable biofuels and oxygenated biochemicals while enabling the reuse, recovery, and recycling of materials containing carbon

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13 November 20209 November 2020

Celtic Renewables Launches Crowd Fund Campaign

The new plant is expected to process around 50,000 tonnes of residues each year from the whisky industry, adding value and sustainability to one of the country’s most important sectors

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9 November 20203 November 2020

New VTT-based startup company eniferBio producing protein from biorefinery by-products received more than one million euros in funding

eniferBio has developed a new and sustainable production process for a high-quality fish feed ingredient and recently received funding for its solution

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6 November 20203 November 2020

Biorefineries and bio-based products – would you like to get to know more about it?

Recently, some major investments in new and existing biorefineries were announced and some are now moving towards implementation

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26 October 202021 October 2020

Flagship EU project aiming to replace toxic solvents with renewable alternatives launches today

The new ReSolute project is addressing the need for plant-based, higher-performing and safer chemicals in Europe

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22 October 202019 October 2020

The construction of UPM’s innovative biochemicals facility starts in Germany

The biorefinery investment of EUR 550 million is a major milestone in UPM’s strategic transformation

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19 October 202014 October 2020

Monster on the Big Muddy: REG Geismar to expand renewable hydrocarbon production to 340 million gallons

Construction should begin in mid to late 2021 with target mechanical completion date in late 2023

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28 August 202025 August 2020

Phillips 66 Plans to Transform San Francisco Refinery into World’s Largest Renewable Fuels Plant

Conversion is expected to reduce the plant’s greenhouse gas emissions by 50%

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25 August 202020 August 2020

The inside track on Futurity, the New Zealand biorefinery pioneers with a fresh approach to extracting new value from pine

First-of-its-kind commercial biorefinery in New Zealand to break down pine trees into ‘building block’ components for platform chemicals to create bio-materials

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17 August 202014 August 2020

Transitioning to the New BioRefining Era & Future Vision for Ethanol Plants

A unique and affordable bolt on technology offered by Catalyxx is available now and can offer options and opportunities to the present and post Covid ethanol infrastructure

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5 August 20201 August 2020

TechnipFMC’s Hummingbird® Ethylene Technology Selected by LanzaTech for LanzaJet Sustainable Aviation Fuel Biorefinery

New, sustainable technologies will be deployed in a LanzaJet first commercial demonstration scale integrated biorefinery to produce 10 million gallons per year of SAF and renewable diesel from sustainable ethanol sources