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Key role for biomass in climate plans
The draft Climate Accord relies heavily on biomass. Too heavily? In any case, it means that…
Source B to the next phase?
A period of reflection started in Limburg after the black gold disappeared from this southern province…
Five years of Source B, too brief for an anniversary
“Five years is really far too brief for an anniversary. Especially for a transition that takes…
Chemelot InSciTe’s success is just a foretaste
The Chemelot InSciTe pilot plant is currently buzzing with activity. Mechanics are working daily on the…
Naphtha cracker links petrochemicals with the agricultural and waste sectors
It’s the link between sectors that worked separately until recently, which is seriously helping the bio-based…
PHA, the new niche market for the Northern Netherlands
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are a niche market with great promise. The share of materials in the total…
New training courses for professionals of the future
The bio-based economy needs well-trained professionals, researchers and scientists with a solid foundation. That’s why educational…
IP ideal for bio-based and circular companies
Holding a patent lets you share innovations and strengthen collaboration, without others inadvertently taking advantage of…
Smart golf balls measure the reactor process from the inside out
Chemical processes that work flawlessly in the lab can suddenly behave very differently when transposed to…
Search for potential agricultural waste streams
Limburg and the surrounding border regions have plenty of agricultural land at their disposal. Potentially the…
GBO digital platform a ‘lifeline’ to the future
The end of the Interreg project Borderless Biobased Education (GBO), is looming; this October it will…
Cooperation: the foundation for success
Limburg has always been an outward-looking province, with intensive border traffic. No wonder: no other Dutch…
BioVoice: 13 new innovation contracts
Thirteen new contracts and a total of almost € 125,000 in innovation vouchers for researching, developing…
BIC launches joint Vision for a European circular bio-society
‘In the circular bio-society, informed citizens choose more sustainable means to live and acknowledge and benefit…
Growing interest in natural fibers
Natural fibers are getting more and more attention. For example as an insulation material, as a…
Bio-economy connects the Ems-Dollart Region
‘The bio-economy doesn’t stop at national borders, and neither does climate change.’ That was what Henk…
‘Calimero effect biobased industry misplaced’
The circular bioeconomy in Europe is bigger than we think, says Alain Dufait, managing director of…
Weak links threaten biobased and circular chains
If the circular and biobased economy are to be successful on a large scale, then everything…
Dare2Cross: Beauty and the Biobased
Getting the biobased and circular economy off the ground is not only a technological problem. The…
North Netherlands aims to close green cycles
The northern region of the Netherlands is the region where green chemistry is most clearly anchored…