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RWE gets permit for electrolyser in Eemshaven, Northern Netherlands
The Dutch province of Groningen has granted RWE a complete environmental permit for the construction of…
Power to the protein transition
The Province of South Holland in The Netherlands aims to become one of the core regions…
Gas and nuclear power ‘green’ after all
Natural gas and nuclear power are now considered 'sustainable energy' in the EU after all. The…
Fruitful CCC Spring Symposium
The CCC spring symposium this year was organized live and was attended by approximately 100 researchers…
Breakthrough in safe and circular performance materials
Researchers in the European CHAMPION project have succeeded in developing new biobased materials for coatings, glues…
Alteqo produces biobased solvents in Delfzijl
Alteqo has opened a production facility in Chemical Park Delfzijl (the Northern Netherlands) that can produce…
Floating solar farm on Amer power plant put into operation
Energy company RWE has put its first floating solar farm into operation. The farm has a…
New Neste biofuel factory definitely located in Rotterdam
Neste, the Finnish manufacturer of renewable fuels, has made a final investment decision to build a…
‘More sustainable and synthetic fuels in European aviation’
The EU should start blending more sustainable and synthetic aviation fuel (SAF or eFuel) with fossil…
Roof-mounted hydrogen panels on the market within four years
Solar power panels are already commonplace, but soon we will be having hydrogen panels on the…
European Inventor Award for metal-eating plants that make green chemistry
French researcher Claude Grison has developed a method of using plants to extract metal elements from…
CBE JU publishes first call for project proposals
The Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) has published its first call for project proposals.…
Carlsberg signs off-take agreement for PEF
Carlsberg Group and Avantium have signed an agreement to purchase a fixed quantity of PEF (polyethylene…
Avantium forms PEF textile community with five companies
Renewable chemical company Avantium has formed the PEF Textile Community with five renowned textile companies. Together…
Ingredient Maps finds new ingredients for the food industry using AI
Processes and products in the food industry must be constantly adapted to the latest tastes and…
EU-project BIO4Africa helps African farmers advance with biobased technology
Small farmers in Africa will soon have a valuable use for crop and livestock waste that…
Shell and Dow put experimental E-Cracker furnace into operation
In the Netherlands, Shell and Dow have started up an experimental unit to electrically heat steam…
World’s first green hydrogen-powered plane ‘made in Holland’
The Dutch consortium HAPSS wants to build a commercial passenger aircraft that uses liquid green hydrogen…
‘Biobased industries should be part of European geopolitical strategy’
The biobased industries should become an indispensable part of the EU's geopolitical strategy, according to Dirk…
AlgaePARC expansion: more capacity for SMEs and start-ups
The micro-algae pilot plant AlgaePARC in Wageningen (Netherland) is to expand its capacity to meet the…