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Brazilian-Dutch call for sustainable biomass production
Consortia of research institutes and other organisations in the Netherlands and Brazil can now apply for…
EFIB 2021 Kick-off webinar at Biotech Campus Delft
The EFIB 2021 kick-off webinar āHow to accelerate biotech innovation for a sustainable futureā will take…
Ginkgo Bioworks closes mega SPAC deal
US biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks has raised $2.5 billion in a mega SPAC deal aimed at…
Rethinking Materials: scaling bio-based and circular solutions
The Rethinking Materials summit on May 19-20 will uncover new opportunities for partnerships and investment in…
Energy transition causes skyrocketing demand for critical minerals
The Paris climate agreement will lead to a skyrocketing demand for critical metals for the production…
Circular economy ambitions contradictory
The European and Dutch ambitions of realising a fully circular economy by 2050 are in danger…
Opportunities for major emission reductions in the chemical industry
The chemical industry is a major consumer of carbon and its demand will increase in the…
Nouryon announces intention to spin-out Nobian
Nouryon, a global specialty chemicals leader, announced today its intention to spin-out its base chemicals business,…
China leads in renewable energy capacity at 895 GW
The worldās total installed renewable energy amounted to almost 2,800 Gigawatts in 2020. According to data…
Stora Enso launches biobased binder for building materials
This week Stora Enso launches NeoLignoĀ®, an a completely biobased binder system on the basis of…
Neste invests ā¬190 million in Rotterdam production of sustainable aviation fuel
Neste will modify its existing renewables production capacity in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to enable production of…
2020 Top Year for Hempflax
HempFlax, Europe's largest independent hemp grower and processor, has had a banner year. The annual results…
Cures for cancer and Parkinson’s will probably come from the ocean
The world's oceans contain a great diversity of life forms that are still little known, but…
IEA expects CO2 emissions to rise sharply in 2021
Global energy-related CO2 emissions are heading for their second largest annual increase ever, the IEA expects.…
European Parliament approved Horizon Europe
On 26 April, the European Parliament voted definitively in favour of Horizon Europe, the ā¬95.5 billion…
Cefic launches Future Chemistry Network
Cefic has taken the initiative to launch a multi-stakeholder platform for supporters of sustainable chemistry to…
European chemical industry wants to boost the bioeconomy
āSustainable bioeconomy activities are a pre-requisite to remain below the 1.5Ā°C limit of global temperature rise,…
BioSAPS develops biobased and biodegradable superabsorbing polymers
In the last decades, rapid progress was made in the field of superabsorbent polymers/hydrogels (SAP) because…
LIBERTY wants to make PU greener with lignin
The Belgian innovation agency Catalisti is looking for industrial and scientific partners for the LIBERTY consortium,…
Cosun and Avantium join forces in biobased glycol production
Cosun Beet Company and Avantium join forces to produce plant-based glycols (plantMEGā¢ and plantMPGā¢) from beet…