2 September 202028 August 2020 GO!PHA proudly looks back at the first year and looks forward to what is coming GO!PHA publishes first annual report to inform our members and wider public about our past, current and future activities
31 August 202026 August 2020 Origin Materials develops furan platform based on Chloromethyl Furfural Because of the company’s unique process technology, the carbon footprint of the CMF produced is highly negative
LANXESS launches bio-based prepolymer line Adiprene Green The new brand Adiprene Green to manufacture highly durable polyurethane (PU) elastomers
27 August 202024 August 2020 Avantium first half 2020 results: losses in Catalysis business, good progress elsewhere For the company, health and safety of their employees, partners and contractors has been their top priority throughout the coronavirus pandemic
26 August 20209 September 2021 9th Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals – Call for Papers and Posters Hybrid event on 23–24 March 2021
20 August 202017 August 2020 PEF as a multilayer barrier technology: a sustainable way to enable long shelf life in PET bottles Performance of PET/PEF/PET multilayer bottles
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
6 August 20209 September 2021 The EU chemical industry: an EU Recovery Plan aligned with the European Green Deal goals is our opportunity to create a more resilient Europe CEFIC launches bio-based chemicals sector group
27 July 20209 September 2021 Photanol in strategic partnership with Renolit SE Making polymers out of air
Towards A Greenhouse Gas Neutral German Chemistry Climate protection platform „Chemistry4Climate“ launched by the big German associations VCI und VDI
22 July 20209 September 2021 Educational Series Presents Episode 2 about Making Chemicals from Waste CO2 3-minute slide presentation shows examples of technologies used to make chemicals for the cement production, for transportation fuels, or for building block chemicals
16 July 20207 July 2020 Aufwertung von Post-Consumer-PLA-Abfällen: Ein Tor zur »Zirkulären Bio-Wirtschaft« Zusammentreffen von chemischem Recycling von PLA und nachhaltiger Produktion von Laktatestern
9 July 20202 July 2020 Dow and Shell team up to develop electric cracking technology Technology could lead to lower carbon emissions, provide a path to decarbonization as the energy grid becomes increasingly renewables-led
8 July 20207 July 2020 Dr Markus Steilemann becomes new President of PlasticsEurope In this new role Dr Steilemann will drive forwards the association and its memberships’ shared vision for greater circularity and sustainability, across the industry
7 July 202015 August 2020 BBI JU: a high-impact initiative for green recovery of Europe BBI JU launched the publication BBI JU: a high-impact initiative for green recovery of Europe highlighting the environmental, socio-economic and technological impacts of the initiative
2 July 202028 June 2020 Genomatica Celebrates Third EPA Award Win with Brontide™ Natural Butylene Glycol Award recognizes groundbreaking scientific solutions to real-world environmental problems
1 July 2020 nova-Institute supports your smart transition to renewable carbon What are future challenges, environmental benefits and successful strategies to substitute fossil carbon with biomass, direct CO2 utilisation and recycling? What are the most promising concepts and applications?
Renewable carbon is the key to a CO2 neutral circular economy The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) that will be launched in September will address this core problem. And the support for the initiative is already strong! Renowned companies have already signed up for the core advisory board, and 82 experts from industry, science and politics are convinced of the strategy and support the initiative with their names.
22 June 202017 June 2020 EUR 100 million support to create green solutions and products for the benefit of society Novo Nordisk Foundation hopes that the funding will further strengthen Denmark’s position in the field of biotechnology
19 June 202019 November 2020 nova experts introduced: Verena Bauchmüller (B.Sc. Social Sciences) Dissemination, Communication, Project Management
Green hydrogen: thyssenkrupp expands production capacities for water electrolysis to gigawatt scale Together with its joint venture partner De Nora, the company produce electrolysis cells with a total power consumption of up to one gigawatt
German chem group VCI welcomes Berlin’s hydrogen strategy Germany's Trade Group seeing a decisive step towards the country's shift to renewable energies
17 June 20209 September 2021 The Finnish chemical industry’s roadmap to carbon neutrality has been published Focus on the reduction of direct, energy-related and feedstock-related indirect greenhouse gas emissions of the chemical industry
12 June 202012 June 2020 Nouryon launches sustainable dispersant for agricultural formulations Agricultural customers in Asia provided positive feedback on Agrilan 1015 following a limited introduction of the product there, paving the way for a global launch
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
28 May 202025 May 2020 The role of biotechnology in sustainable cleaning products The evolution of biotechnologies for professional cleaning is booming. Many products using bio-surfactants while providing outstanding cleaning performance
27 May 202019 June 2020 Early summer promotion: 30% discount on all market and trend studies on the bio-based economy The latest market report “Commercialisation updates on bio-based building blocks” has been updated to include the immediate effects of the corona crisis.
Frühsommer-Aktion: 30% Rabatt auf alle Markt- und Trendstudien zur Bio-basierten Ökonomie Der neueste Markt-Report "Commercialisation updates on bio-based building blocks" wurde aktualisiert, um die unmittelbaren Auswirkungen der Corona-Krise mit einzubeziehen.
20 May 202015 May 2020 Sulzer launches new Global Bio-based and Renewables application development team Aim is the conversion of renewable feedstocks into oleo-chemicals, biofuels, bio-chemicals and bio-polymers
19 May 202019 May 2020 New method shows promise for the design of more robust microbial strains in biotechnology From sourdough starters to biotechnological bugs, micro-organisms make the products society wants and needs. The new European Green Deal is dependent on engineered microbes to make biochemicals to replace oil and synthetic chemicals as building blocks for consumer goods.
13 May 20207 May 2020 Bio-based sector offers new opportunities for green growth in EU-13 Read the first three reports in a series of country bioeconomy reports that will cover Central and Eastern Europe
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to ethanol Influx of CO molecules, provided by silver (Ag) co-catalysts, activates an otherwise-locked mechanistic pathway on Cu which converts CO2 gas to ethanol
6 May 20201 May 2020 Varden Raises $2.2 million To Replace Single-Use Plastic Packaging Varden develops deep-tech plastic alternative to curb waste, improve sustainability of consumer packaging industry
4 May 202029 April 2020 Directed evolution: a Nobel prize winning innovation With high-throughput screening scientists have produced many useful enzymes, which are used in the production of pharmaceuticals, biofuels, or chemicals like isobutanol
22 April 202017 April 2020 From weeds to wealth – Researchers discover simple method to make valuable levulinic acid and cement additive from hemp waste Results from two studies show the way to opportunities to upgrade hemp waste by making valuable chemicals and materials
17 April 20209 September 2021 NASA CO2 Conversion Challenge Competitor Pitches in to Help COVID-19 Efforts Air Co. is making hand sanitizer with a technology that coverts carbon dioxide into ethanol and donates the supplies to local hospitals, doctors’ offices, and police stations
16 April 20209 April 2020 Lux Research predicts electrification of chemical manufacturing platforms Electrolysis technologies will enable renewable electricity as an alternative to fossil feedstock, as opportunity for the chemical sector to decarbonise its supply chain
15 April 20209 September 2021 How the chemical industry can meet the climate goals ETH researchers analysed various possibilities for reducing the net CO2 emissions of the chemical industry to zero. Their conclusion? The chemical industry can in fact have a carbon-neutral future
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
6 April 20201 April 2020 NC Partnering Newsletter 03/2020 How does bio-based achieve higher impact in environmental policy?
31 March 202026 March 2020 Avantium announces 2019 results Company advances its lead technologies towards commercialisation
27 March 20209 September 2021 Innovative and sustainable ideas can’t be stopped by the Corona crisis! The winners of the innovation award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2020” are Air Vodka made from CO2, a biological methanation process as grid-scale energy storage solution and a direct air capture solution for CO2 At nova-Institute’s first online conferences on PtX and Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU), 50 speakers presented and discussed the future of aviation fuels and carbon dioxide as feedstock!
26 March 202021 April 2020 Verbundprojekt EvaChem – ONLINE Stakeholder-Workshop am 14. Mai 2020 Aufgrund der aktuellen Situation und zum Schutz der Gesundheit aller haben wir beschlossen, den EvaChem Stakeholder-Workshop am 14. Mai von 14:00– 17:00 Uhr als Online-Veranstaltung über ZOOM anzubieten. Das Workshop-Programm finden Sie unter: www.nova-institute.eu/evachem/workshop/programm.
In stressful times, some good news This legislation to help Maine compete for a market share in the growing global bioeconomy
25 March 202019 March 2020 Building a lemon bioeconomy with green technology Italy wants to open the route to a broader and richer economy for lemons, well beyond its conventional markets
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
Methanol as Fuel, Chemical Feedstock and Liquid Hydrogen Carrier The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Methanol as Fuel and Feedstock
18 March 20209 September 2021 b.fab receives funding from BMBF for CO2 utilization in biopolymers The project “TRANSFORMATE” has set the goal to convert CO2 emissions from industrial parks into valuable biopolymers
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
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