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Yara Sluiskil first company in the world to export COâ‚‚
Ammonia fertiliser producer Yara in Sluiskil (The Netherlands) plans to capture, liquefy and export 800kt of…
Successful Sustainable Innovation Week in the Northern Netherlands
The Sustainable Innovation Week, organised by Greenwise Circular Plastics and Chemport Europe, concluded successfully after four…
Biodegradable biobased mulch film more pollutant than expected
Biodegradable mulch film made from bioplastic degrades much slower in soil than expected, according to a…
CO2 from wastewater sludge becomes new feedstock for biobased polymers
Twelve partners from seven European countries will demonstrate the full value chain from biogenic CO2 from…
Broad political support for greening the chemical industry in The Netherlands
Parties in the Dutch Parliament want to help the chemical industry in the Netherlands go green…
Annick Meerschmann of Cefic to speak at Future of Chemical Recycling 2024
Annick Meerschman, Director of Innovation at Cefic is a confirmed speaker at ACI's Future of Chemical…
European biomanufacturing needs more room to grow
Europe has a critical shortage of growth capacity for biomanufacturing new biobased products. "There is a…
Roadmap helps plastics industry reach zero emissions and circularity targets
Plastics Europe released the Plastics Roadmap last week. This roadmap outlines a plan of action for…
Flemish economy already 34% biobased and growing
The greening of the Flemish economy is accelerating. In 2020, 34% of the physical Flemish economy…
Patents and trademarks boost success of European start-ups
Start-ups with patents and trademarks are more than 10 times more successful in obtaining funding, according…
Call for a strategic perspective for European Biomanufacturing
Biotechnology is being recognised in Europe as an important factor in achieving economic leadership, greening society…
Call for papers EUBCE 2024
As usual, EUBCE is planning to make a number of high quality publications based on the…
French artist creates temple out of mycelium
Artist Côme Di Meglio and his team from the French Studio La Succulente has designed the…
Investment decision made for €1.3 billion Porthos CCS project in The Netherlands
Porthos has made the final investment decision. Construction of the first major CO2 transport and storage…
BioBTX gets €2.8 JTF grant for green chemicals from biomass and plastic waste
Dutch BioBTX, Technical University Eindhoven and Groningen University have received a €2.8 million grant from the…
German energy company LEAG turns coal-fired power plant back on
German energy company LEAG has reactivated a coal-fired power plant shut down five years ago as…
Visit the Fintoil advanced biorefinery in Finland
Visitors to the Lignofuels 2024 conference in Helsinki will have the opportunity to pay a unique…
TNO-Brightlands Materials Center develops smart thermocoating
The energy costs of existing homes can quickly be reduced by hundreds of euros a year…
‘Take action to unleash the power of the European bio-economy’
For the first time, the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) has published a Trend Report on how…
Car makers push for solid state batteries
Electric cars are known for their comparatively large carbon footprint. Culprits are the lithium-ion batteries. They…