13 February 20244 February 2024 Paques Biomaterials: New funding round closed today, raising €14 million We closed a new funding round today, raising €14 million to produce a biopolymer with the advantages of plastic but not the disadvantages. Among the investors are impact investor Invest-NL and the NOM
5 January 202421 December 2023 M2ARE: Maritime Methanol – Adaptable, Renewable and Environmentally friendly: Reducing marine fuel CO2 emissions by more than 80% In response to the high demand for maritime decarbonized fuel, M²ARE project will deliver a methanol synthesis demonstration plant by mid-2027, using the existing pilot plant located at the Air Liquide Innovation Campus Frankfurt, Germany
5 December 202230 November 2022 Circularise secures €11M in funding from Brightlands Venture Partners, Asahi Kasei, Neste, 4impact and others Over the last six years, the company grew to 40 people, expanded to international markets such as Japan and partnered with multinational companies
25 April 202219 April 2022 TU Delft and TNO prepare industry for scale-up phase of clean factory TU Delft and TNO prepare industry for scale-up phase of clean factory
Saubere Produktionsprozesse in der chemischen Industrie TU Delft und TNO bereiten die Industrie auf die Scale-up-Phase der sauberen Fabrik vor
4 April 202229 March 2022 The race to upcycle CO2 into fuels, concrete and more Companies are scrambling to turn the greenhouse gas into useful products — but will that slow climate change?
28 September 202127 September 2021 Dutch ‘living coffin’ proves popular, new factory opened to meet demand Nearly 100 people have opted for a burial in a ‘living coffin’ one year after the sustainable way of dealing with the dead was introduced
10 May 202115 October 2021 PHA2Use: Test plant for biodegradable bioplastic from organic waste streams Partnership between five Netherlands water boards has now been started to produce a high-quality natural polyester made by using bacteria that purify wastewater
11 February 20219 September 2021 CO2 removal from the atmosphere using sustainable energy TU Delft research group together with Wetsus and Caltech analysed sustainable technologies for CO2 removal, and compared them for the first time
27 October 202022 October 2020 African Bamboo Selects Delft for Applied R&D Center Dutch-Ethiopian company African Bamboo expands R&D activities in the Netherlands
23 October 202020 October 2020 Larger scale production unit for uniquely degradable bioplastic Parties sign cooperation agreement
6 October 20201 October 2020 This fungus-based coffin doesn’t preserve your corpse. It decomposes it Delft University of Technology researcher has come up with what is surely one of the most original startup ideas of 2020
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.