28 January 201427 January 2014 Getreideforschung: Elf Projekte sollen ertragreiche und umweltstabile Weizensorten liefern BMEL fördert Forschung zur Nutzbarmachung von Heterosis, Verbesserung von Resistenzen, Implementierung innovativer Verfahren sowie Ertragssicherung und verbesserter Ressourceneffizienz
An environmental choice of material when Coop updated its packaging Coop chose Invercote Bio for its own-brand frozen berries because it wanted a packaging that is 100 per cent compostable
27 January 201426 January 2014 More consumption not necessary for human well-being, says UN report Greater food system efficiency and curbs to the expansion of cropland are necessary to prevent the collapse of global ecosystems, says a report presented by the UN at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
UT Austin Engineer Converts Yeast Cells into ‘Sweet Crude’ Biofuel Researchers’ platform to show the highest reported oils and fats concentration through fermentation
Die Zuckerseite der Biotechnologie Süßkraft, UV-Schutz und mehr: Zucker gegen das Verderben von Lebensmitteln oder gar gegen Krebs – EU-Forschungspartnerschaft rund um den Zucker setzt auf Wissen im Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib). 800.000 Euro für die Biotech-Forschung im EU-Forschungsprojekt SUSY gehen nach Graz
Indian court bans plastic flags Flag Code of India specifies that Tricolor to be made of natural cloth or paper
2030 climate and energy goals for a competitive, secure and low-carbon EU economy European Commission explains key points of the energy policy framework 2030
Focusing on customers and regional markets: Novozymes Household Care business grows 9% in 2013 During recent years, Novozymes has worked to develop the business based on innovation, closer customer collaboration, and focus on regional markets
Global Bioenergies, Audi partner on drop-in biofuel Global Bioenergies announces the signature of a collaboration with the German car-manufacturer Audi on the development of isobutene-derived isooctane, a high performance biofuel for gasoline engines
24 January 201423 January 2014 Production of biodiesel from crude palm oil (cpo) and waste cooking oil (wco) through transesterification method Palm oil can be changed to biofuel through several ways, the simplest and most widely used is transesterification
Efficiency and renewables make Europe competitive, EU study says Savings were “still too low”, apparently indicating need for further renewable energy deployment
EU proposal sets renewable energy targets, ignores biofuels New clean energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction objectives
BioAmber Signs BDO Take-or-Pay Contract for Planned 100,000 Ton Plant Master off-take agreement with Vinmar International Ltd
Braskem included in the Carbon Efficient Index (ICO2) for the third straight time Company also considered the best Brazilian company, achieving highest scores in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
Poison-breathing bacteria may be boon to industry, environment Researchers from the University of Georgia discovered the bacteria on a recent field expedition to Mono Lake
Environmentally friendly, energy-dense sugar battery developed to power the world’s gadgets A Virginia Tech research team has developed a battery that runs on sugar and has an unmatched energy density, a development that could replace conventional batteries with ones that are cheaper, refillable, and biodegradable
Welternährung im 21. Jahrhundert: Wir müssen weg von dieser ressourcenfressenden Form der Landwirtschaft Wie können wir in Zeiten von Klimawandel und wachsender Weltbevölkerung die Ernährung sichern?
23 January 201412 May 2014 Fossil fuel subsidies: a tour of the data Fossil fuels are subsidised in much of the world, causing billions of tonnes of addition CO2 emissions
Mit „grüner Chemie“ Energie gewinnen Hassan Abul-Futouh aus Jordanien forscht mit einem DAAD-Stipendium in Jena
Global food markets: Climate impacts would be more costly than bioenergy effects Agriculture to be in the spotlight of climate change and its need to adapt to climate impacts and its potential to mitigate global warming
UW researchers: Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up GVL from biomass as solvent for conversion to furan chemicals
Up to 10% compostable plastic do not affect mechanical properties of recyclates European Bioplastics publishing new metastudy
Kunststoff ohne Auswirkung auf mechanische Eigenschaften von Rezyklaten European Bioplastics veröffentlicht neue Meta-Studie
22 January 201418 February 2014 Bioeconomy Coalition of Minnesota Announces 2014 Policy Agenda to Expand Minnesota’s Renewable Chemical and Advanced Biofuel Industry Coalition presents new production incentive program to promote renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels
Erste Eckpunkte für die Reform des Erneuerbare Energien Gesetzes (EEG) sichtbar Während die Reformpläne von Vizekanzler Gabriel (SPD) noch nicht auf dem Tisch liegen, hat die Bundestagsfraktion von Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen ihr EEG-Papier bereits publiziert
Global trade of softwood lumber in 2013 to reach its highest level in five years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly Global Timber and Wood Products Market Update
Neste Oil’s sustainability verification system approved by the European Commission Company's new, own system, to be a useful addition for verifying sustainability of renewable inputs, particularly waste and residue
Jolt! Bioeconomy Coalition of Minnesota aims to boost Chems and Advanced Biofuels industries with new policy initiatives Minnesota Green Chemistry Conference proposing new production incentive program for renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels
Ethanol: The Next Generation These are the voyages of the ethanol fleet. Their continuing mission: to explore strange new fuels, seek out new biologies and re-power our civilization, to affordably go where no technology has gone before.
Internationaler Agrarministergipfel in Berlin: 69 Staaten vereint im Kampf gegen weltweiten Hunger und Mangelernährung Friedrich: "Nur eine widerstandsfähige Landwirtschaft sichert Ernährung"
New study: Carbon Intensity of Marginal Petroleum and Corn Ethanol Fuels Corn Ethanol Reduces GHG Emissions by 37-40% Compared to Fracking and Tar Sands
New bio-plastic wins award nomination New full recyclable and biodegradable Polymer Floreon requires less energy to produce and transforms packaging around the world
21 January 201420 January 2014 Turning up the heat on enzyme design Team of Yale engineers developed method for designing temperature adaptive enzymes
Carbon dioxide tamed Using a copper catalyst to unite carbon dioxide with organic molecules under mild conditions could make this ubiquitous gas industrially useful
Clean energy investment falls for second year – correction to press release Investment in renewable energy and energy smart technologies dropped 11% in 2013, after falling 10% in 2012
Roboter in der Landwirtschaft: Die Revolution hat gerade erst begonnen Sense und Spitzhacke haben bereits länger ausgedient: Damit der Hunger der Welt gestillt werden kann, werden Drohnen, Roboter und vollautonome Landmaschinen den modernen Ackerbau grundlegend umpflügen
Grundsteinlegung für Pilotanlage zu Speicherung von Erneuerbaren Energien Anlagenteil „Biogene Methanisierung“ mit rund 1,3 Millionen Euro gefördert
Flachsbarth: “Mit dem Internationalen Saatgutvertrag stärken wir die nachhaltige Landwirtschaft weltweit” Das Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft will die Förderung der Nutzpflanzenvielfalt durch den Internationalen Saatgutvertrag weiterhin kräftig unterstützen
Sicherer Halt durch einen zuverlässigen Verschluss Masterbatch für ein umweltfreundliches und stabiles Zugband vom Müllbeuteln
New bioplastics venture to use fisheries waste stream Sierra Resins, Inc. announces venture with Dr. Jason Bolton, Food Safety Expert, to Develop Next-Generation Bioplastics used in Food Packaging and Processing Industries
EU could cut emissions by 40 percent at moderate cost Upscaling greenhouse-gas emissions reduction from the current 20 percent by 2020 to 40 percent by 2030 would be likely to cost less than an additional 0.7 percent of economic activity
Butamax, Iogen, OPX Bio, Green Biologics C-Level execs commit to ABLC 2014 Addressing Building Fermentation Technologies into great companies
20 January 201417 January 2014 2014 set to be a bumper year for biobased industry as funding pours in from the EU Bio-based Industries Initiative to help Europe compete in the global bioeconomy market
Brazil Sugar Mills Use Most of Record Cane Crop to Make Ethanol Output jumped 19 percent to 25.4 billion liters (6.7 billion gallons), while sugar production rose 0.6 percent to 34.3 million metric tons
A Replacement for Man Is succinic acid’s path to success right through Maleic Anhydride (MAN)? And can it change the narrative for every biobased molecule replacing a fossil-based one? And what does this exactly have to do with the poet Alexander Pope? We investigate
Plastic waste: Parliament sounds the alarm MEPs claiming ban of the most hazardous plastics, review of the current EU directive on packaging waste
First plastic cell with working organelle Nijmegen researchers created organelles by placing tiny chemicals-filled spheres inside a water drople