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European forest growing faster that it is harvested
Despite the increasing use of biomass for energy and materials, Europe’s forests are still steadily growing,…
Demo location Fieldlab Industrial Electrification at Plant One Rotterdam
The Fieldlab Industrial Electrification (FLIE) is opening a demo location at Plant One Rotterdam in The…
Circular Bio-based Europe now launched
Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) is now launched and will advance a competitive bioeconomy…
Stora Enso makes bio-based packaging foam from wood
Stora Enso is extending its packaging offering with a new portfolio of bio-based foams from wood.…
Creating a sustainable PU value chain
The PROMIS project in Flanders aims at making polyurethane (PU) more sustainable, by developing a new…
Bright Beet Book: more than 130 sugar beet applications
From pastries to vegan hamburgers, from sports clothes to cosmetics, from antifreeze agents in vaccines to…
‘Investments in nuclear power and natural gas are green too’
France wants to include nuclear energy in the EU Taxonomy framework of sustainable investments. Germany is…
World’s largest cross-border CCS planned in Antwerp
Air Liquide and BASF are planning to develop the world’s largest cross-border Carbon Capture and Storage…
Transition to timber building unstoppable
Contractor BAM is going to build a factory for wooden houses in The Netherlands. From 2025…
Positive EFSA opinion on methane reducing feed additive Bovaer
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) of the European Union has published its opinion on DSM`s…
CBE JU to be launched at the end of November
The Council of the EU has adopted today (19 November) the regulation establishing Circular Bio-based Europe…
Growing interest of chemical industry in bio-based feedstocks
With the increasing attention for green chemistry, chemical sectors will sooner or later have to deal…
EFIB 2021 Vienna Statement will be relaunched
At the European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and the Bioeconomy (EFIB) last October, the ‘EFIB 2021…
Electricity grid in the Northern Netherlands to reach limits soon
The process of making industry in the Northern Netherlands more sustainable through electrification will soon create…
Wind turbine blades made more sustainable with textile
Wind turbines generate green electricity, but are themselves anything but sustainable. There is room for improvement,…
Pure Nature: 100% Biobased project shows tangible results
On Thursday 2 December, the Textielmuseum Tilburg will host the closing event of the Pure Nature:…
Glasgow concluded with razor-thin results
After two weeks of negotiations, the Glasgow Climate Summit (COP26) has ended with a razor-thin agreement.…
CHAPLIN wins WOW 2021 Jury Award
CHAPLIN has won the WOW Jury Award for Best Collaboration 2021. The prize was awarded during…
€ 1.5 billion more for low carbon technologies
Last week (26 October), the European Commission has launched the second call for large-scale projects under…
Netherlands country of the year at Bio360 Expo 2022
The Netherlands will be country of the year during the Bio360Expo in Nantes, France on 26…