8 April 20242 April 2024 Pushing out plastic in consumer-goods packaging Cellulose fibres are emerging as a sustainable option for wrapping everything from foods to electronic
25 March 202419 March 2024 Strengthening the EU’s bioeconomy strategy with four policy recommendations From policy briefs to social media campaigns, PROMICON points the way to a sustainable bio-based economy
19 March 202419 March 2024 BioReCer’s Policy Brief Advocates for Valorisation and Use of Organic Residues to Drive European Bioeconomy BioReCer's recommendations urge policymakers to prioritise the utilisation of sustainable organic residues to reduce reliance on fossil feedstocks and mitigate associated greenhouse gas emissions
12 March 20247 March 2024 Commission welcomes political agreement on EU-wide certification scheme for carbon removals A new framework will help the EU to reach climate neutrality by certifying carbon removals and carbon farming to ensure that they are transparent and trusted, preventing greenwashing and creating new business opportunities
NENU2PHAR project: end of project after 42 months After 42 months of dedicated effort and collaboration among 17 partners, we are proud to announce the successful conclusion of the project
11 March 20245 March 2024 Insempra awarded Eurostars grant to develop fermentative biomelanin with a consortium of innovative European partners Insempra’s advanced technology platform enables the production of superior natural ingredients on an industrial scale to help the world’s leading brands transform their products
8 March 202414 March 2024 Industrial Carbon Management interactive stories: a new tool to discover EU-funded projects in the CCUS sector According to the EU’s climate targets, at least 50 million tonnes of CO2 per year (Mtpa) will need to be captured by 2030, approximately 280 Mtpa by 2040 and up to 450 Mtpa by 2050
21 February 202421 February 2024 Bio-based innovations for industrial applications: stakeholder event on 24 April 2024 in Brussels presents latest breakthroughs and key findings from research on circular bio-based solutions Organised by two EU-funded research projects, CHAMPION and PERFECOAT, this stakeholder event is dedicated to the latest developments in bio-based solutions for a variety of materials such as coatings, paints, adhesives and detergents
14 February 202417 February 2024 Faserhanf in Deutschland: Gemischte Aussichten für die Hanfindustrie Aus Sicht der stofflichen Nutzung spielt Hanf unter anderem in der Textilindustrie, im Bauwesen, sowie im Bereich der Verbundwerkstoffe eine zunehmend wichtige Rolle
7 February 20247 February 2024 Everything you ever wanted to know about sustainable paint and coatings: The PERFECOAT Webinar Series First webinar “Towards bio-based paints and coatings – Fundamentals and an introduction to the PERFECOAT project” on 5 March 2024, 13.00-14.00CET, online
31 January 202423 January 2024 BEAMING, the bioeconomy Alliance for stimulating innovative and inclusive Green Transition The initiative will follow a methodology based on the Quadruple Helix innovation ecosystem approach, which involves collaboration between HEIs, industry, government, and civil society
19 January 202411 January 2024 Making paper from grass Wageningen researchers are turning worthless grass from verges and nature areas into the raw material for paper and cardboard. That could give a boost to the local economy
12 January 202411 January 2024 Free PEFerence webinars in February: PEF in bottle applications and for textiles PEF is an aspiring new bio-based material aiming at replacing fossil PET in a variety of applications such as PEF bottles and as a new and sustainable material in the textile industry
11 January 202410 January 2024 Renewable formic acid derived from captured CO₂ as a replacement of fossil feedstock in consumer goods The Horizon Europe project WaterProof releases a catchy and informative project video describing its innovative carbon capture and utilisation process aiming at a climate-neutral Europe and a truly circular EU economy
Erneuerbare Ameisensäure aus abgeschiedenem CO₂ als Ersatz für fossile Rohstoffe in Konsumgütern Das Horizon Europe Projekt WaterProof präsentiert ein überzeugendes und informatives Projektvideo, in dem das innovative Verfahren zur Kohlenstoffabscheidung und -nutzung beschrieben wird, mit dem ein klimaneutrales Europa und eine echte Kreislaufwirtschaft in der EU erreicht werden sollen
11 December 20235 December 2023 Bill Gates-backed fund buys into Europe’s largest green hydrogen-to-methanol Project Ørsted’s Green Fuell Plant FlagshipONE gets backing from Bill Gates and the European Union
23 November 202317 November 2023 New European Bauhaus Mission: Join the Wood4Bauhaus support letter The NEB Mission could be embedded in Horizon Europe with an own work programme and substantial possibilities for R&I funding in the coming years
Fate of New European Bauhaus: Mission hangs in the balance Member states aren’t convinced that giving the project Mission status is the best way to ‘green’ neighbourhoods and bring Europe’s architectural and cultural heritage into the net-zero era
20 November 202317 November 2023 CATCO2NVERS, CO2SMOS and VIVALDI to support the green transition towards a low-carbon circular economy by turning CO2 emissions into essential products The use of carbon dioxide to produce essential carbon-containing products like chemicals, but also fuels and building materials can allow various processes to reach net zero or even negative CO2 emissions
27 October 202329 October 2023 Free PEFerence webinar on 22 November: The Use of Food and Feed Crops for Bio-based Materials and the Related Effects on Food Security – new insights from recent research Is there a farmland competition between food and non-food? How can we achieve food security? These and more questions will be answered in the free PEFerence webinar by Lara Dammer on 22 November at 10:00 CET
25 September 202321 September 2023 Adapting Certification Schemes for Biomass and Biowaste Resources The BioReCer Project aims to adapt the certification schemes for bio-based products to boost market confidence and use by the bio-based industries
31 August 202328 August 2023 Avantium awarded €0.76 million EU funding for its participation in the Rebiolution project This programme aims to design and synthetize biobased and biodegradable polyester blends based on FDCA to be used as plastic coating for food packaging and for mulch films for agricultural applications
18 August 202314 August 2023 The success of the INITIATE project using carbon capture and utilisation technology Antonio La Mantia, Director of Communications and Events, and Anastasios Perimenis, Secretary General at CO2 Value Europe, explore the INITIATE project that uses carbon capture and utilisation to contribute to a climate-neutral and circular economy
17 August 202314 August 2023 Bacteria as Blacksmiths ISTA scientists use a bath of swimming bacteria to assemble unconventional materials
Bakterien als Schmiede ISTA Wissenschafter:innen nutzen ein Bad mit schwimmenden Bakterien um unkonventionelle Materialien zu formen
11 August 20237 August 2023 Transforming Organic Waste into Valuable Biobased Succinic Acid – Project LUCRA kicked off Unique process to convert underutilized organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and wood waste into bio-based succinic acid is supposed to be demonstrated
8 August 202315 November 2023 Stockholm University leads Bio-LUSH for development of new sustainable bio-based fibers for a circular bioeconomy The four-year Bio-LUSH project, launched in May 2023, supports the establishment of a sustainable bio-fibrous economy and manufacturing sector in Europe
4 August 20232 August 2023 9th EBRN Event- Marine-friendly biopolymers: characteristics and challenges More than 120 participants proactively contributed in the different thematic sessions and policy makers to further explore this topic
Contaminated Plastic Waste Finds New Life via Dissolution Recycling In April of this year, Trinseo inaugurated its dissolution recycling pilot plant for polycarbonate in the Netherlands. In this article, Trinseo’s Ben Porter explains how the technology works and the role it can play in furthering the circularity of plastics
7 July 202316 February 2024 World’s tallest wooden wind turbine tower being built in Sweden The company’s first commercial installation is being built for the energy company Varberg Energi
19 June 202314 June 2023 Successful LIGNOFLAG project completion: EU-funded large-scale commercial plant produces bioethanol from agricultural residues Clariant’s sunliquid® technology converts unused agricultural residues into cellulosic ethanol, an advanced, highly sustainable biofuel that can already be used as a drop-in solution in fuel blending
Erfolgreicher LIGNOFLAG-Projektabschluss: EU-geförderte kommerzielle Großanlage produziert Bioethanol aus Agrarreststoffen Die von Clariant entwickelte sunliquid®-Technologie wandelt landwirtschaftliche Reststoffe in Zellulose-Ethanol um, einen fortschrittlichen und nachhaltigen Biokraftstoff, der bereits als Drop-in-Lösung bei der Treibstoffmischung eingesetzt werden kann
16 May 202310 May 2023 Senbis: Marine degradable fishing net protection A conclusion after 20 years of monitoring showed the fishing nets as the biggest source of waste found on the Dutch shores
3 March 202328 February 2023 Protecting the climate during textile production – polyester fibers bind CO2 Under the new collaborative EU-project with leadership of the French company Fairbrics are 17 project partners from 7 European countries will contribute their special expertise and further develop the process technologically and make it suitable for industrial use
Klimaschutz bei der Textilproduktion: Polyesterfasern binden CO2 Unter dem neuen EU-Verbundprojekt ‚Threading CO2‘ arbeiten unter der Leitung des Unternehmens Fairbrics 17 Projektpartner aus sieben europäischen Ländern zusammen, die mit ihrem speziellen Fachwissen den Prozess technologisch weiterentwickeln und industriefähig machen wollen
28 February 202328 February 2023 Free PEFerence Webinar on 21 March: From bio-based feedstocks to FDCA and PEF – And how can we keep PEF in the loop? Ed de Jong and Roy Visser (Avantium) will give a deep insight into the PEFerence project on 21 March 2023, 10:00 CET.
21 February 202316 February 2023 Global Bioenergies: First significant sales in 2022 Trade payables increased as a result of the negotiation of more favourable payment terms for the Company in connection with the initiation of production activities
9 February 20237 February 2023 Fairbrics Raises €22 M to Bring to Market its CO2-Based Polyester Fiber and Reduce the Textile Industry’s Carbon Footprint €17 M come from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Program and 5 M€ from Partners to the Technology Upscaling Project
Fairbrics beschafft 22 Millionen €, um seine CO2-basierte Polyesterfaser auf den Markt zu bringen und die Kohlenstoffbilanz der Textilindustrie zu reduzieren 17 Millionen € kommen aus dem Horizon 2020 Forschungs- und Innovationsprogramm der Europäischen Union und 5 Millionen € von Partnern des Technology Upscaling Projects
1 December 202230 November 2022 Monitoring the Bioeconomy – The BioMonitor Project BioMonitor addresses the information gap in bioeconomy research by re-structuring existing data and modelling framework. After more than four years of great scientific collaboration, the 17 partners share their results
8 November 20222 November 2022 Möbel, Dielen, Verpackungen – wie Pappel-Produkte den Einsatz fossiler Rohstoffe reduzieren Forscher der TU Dresden haben Möglichkeiten erarbeitet, wie der Einsatz fossiler Rohstoffe durch die Nutzung umweltfreundlicherer, bio-basierter Materialen aus Pappeln reduziert werden kann
26 October 202221 October 2022 Improved itaconic acid production by using synthetic biology New metabolic pathway produces itaconic acid and enables the development of a microbial cell factory capable of producing itaconic acid in E. coli using low-cost raw materials
30 September 20225 October 2022 Making the most of sustainable biomass – certification schemes and labels developed in new EU research projects nova-Institut GmbH announces its participation in two new HORIZON Europe projects – STAR4BBS and BIORECER – which both focus on the development of innovative certification schemes and labels for bio-based feedstock
Nachhaltige Biomasse optimal nutzen – neue EU- Forschungsprojekte entwickeln Zertifizierungssysteme und Labels Die nova-Institut GmbH gibt ihre Beteiligung an zwei neuen Horizon Europe-Projekten – STAR4BBS und BIORECER – bekannt. Beide Projekte beschäftigen sich mit der Entwicklung innovativer Zertifizierungssysteme und Labels für bio-basierte Rohstoffe
16 September 202215 September 2022 BIORECER – Guidelines to strengthen current certification schemes for bio-based feedstock The research consortium is also going to assess the acceptance of new bio-value chains from biological feedstocks, including residual feedstock and waste
BIORECER – Leitlinien zur Stärkung aktueller Zertifizierungssysteme für biobasierte Rohstoffe Forschungskonsortium will auch die Verbraucherakzeptanz neuer Bio-Wertschöpfungsketten aus biologischen Rohstoffen, einschließlich Restrohstoffen und Abfällen bewerten
29 June 20225 September 2022 Tech4Biowaste co-organises the ‘Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2022’ event in Brussels this September A one-day event of intense cross-border pitching, matchmaking and networking in the heart of Europe: 26 September 2022, 10 am – 5 pm, Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel
29 April 202226 April 2022 Avantium celebrates the First Piling Ceremony for its FDCA Flagship Plant Construction is planned to be completed by the end of 2023, enabling the commercial launch of PEF from 2024 onwards
7 February 202228 January 2022 CHAMPION consortium reaches milestone in safe and circular material development Researchers of the CHAMPION project have successfully prepared a first set of innovative bio-based materials with promising properties for coatings, adhesives and home care ingredients
14 October 202111 October 2021 Converting CO2 emissions into products – European Green Deal project PyroCO2 kicks off A new innovation project will demonstrate large-scale conversion of industrial carbon emissions into value- added chemicals and materials