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Dirk Carrez

Validating and unlocking the potential of Europe’s bioeconomy needs a great monitoring tool

20 / 03 / 2023

With the right kind of legislation in place, the bioeconomy can bring circularity, sustainability and competitive…

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Dirk Carrez

Getting the public invested in the bio-based industries by raising awareness

22 / 08 / 2022

With record-breaking heatwaves across Europe this summer, the focus on climate change and the need to…

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Dirk Carrez

‘Biobased Industry in Europe delivers economic growth and employment’

03 / 04 / 2018

The German nova-Institute is conducting on behalf of the Biobased Industries Consortium (BIC) on an annual…

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Lambert van Nistelrooij

Biobased: from niche to norm

15 / 12 / 2016

I was a guest speaker at the EU conference ‘The Role of the Regions in the…


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Rubber
05:30

Rubber from yeast, activated carbon from plums and insoles from mycelium

The 2022 Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge Europe (BISC-E) Finals were a close call. Student teams competed…

Pierre Gielen

Ducks swimming in duckweed
01:54:18

“Combining science with a business case is a valuable experience”

A leather-like material from wastewater, packing peanuts from bread and cleaning swimming water with duckweed: participants…

Pierre Gielen

Interconnected Europe
03:03

Live event in Brussels brings biobased value chains together

The biobased community in Europe must grow into a lively ecosystem, where parties find each other…

Pierre Gielen

Vidzeme Latvia
07:30

Regions and Green Growth: BIC Platform to connect regions and the bio-based industry launched

The Bio-Based Industries Consortium (BIC) has launched a new digital bioeconomy partnering platform in cooperation with…

Pierre Gielen

Tractor plowing a field
05:59

“Agriculture: a fully-fledged partner in biobased value chains”

The bio-economy starts on the fields. That is where the agricultural biomass originates. Active participation of…

Pierre Gielen

Pilots4U Final Event
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Final Event marks a next phase for Pilots4u

With more than 450 registered open access pilot research facilities and more than 100 participating organizations…

Pierre Gielen


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Toyota Hydrogen Truck
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Toyota Hydrogen Factory is scaling up European activities

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) will establish a local business operation, the Hydrogen Factory Europe. It will…

Editorial office / Brussels

The BIC team, ltr. Patricia Vanderplasschen, Marco Rupp, Sophia De Smet, Dirk Carrez, Samule Ambrosetti, Nelo Emerencia, Rob Beekers.
01:54

‘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…

Editorial office / Brussels

Polish countryside
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New Country Report about Poland released

Poland’s strong industries in the primary and chemical sectors, combined with its well-organised innovation support infrastructure…

Editorial office / Brussels

Europa
01:05

First CBE JU-funded projects receive €116 million

Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) has signed its first grant agreements with 21 project…

Editorial office / Brussels

Bioenergy from biomass
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‘Recognition of biomass as 100% renewable remains in REDIII’

Woody biomass remains recognised as a renewable energy source in the EU in the European REDIII…

Editorial office / Brussels

Europe seen from space
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CBE JU grants €120 million funding for first 21 projects

The CBE JU Programme Office has selected 21 proposals to receive a total of nearly €120…

Editorial office / Brussels