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Pyrolysis oil better applicable due to lower acidity
Pyrolysis oil from biomass has the potential to replace fossil transport fuels. This sustainable transition has…
Greek students win BISC-E 2020
Team Citrion from the University of Athens has won the 2020 BISC-E student competition today (October…
Critical voices about the European Green Deal
The European Green Deal (EGD) is a mega-project to ensure that the EU is "zero-carbon" by…
Replacing toxic solvents with renewable alternatives
ReSolute, the Flagship EU project focused on creating a new, sustainably-sourced, safer alternative to traditional, fossil-based…
Working together on a green future for the Northern Netherlands
Greening and local production are indispensable for a sustainable recovery after corona. Businesses in the Northern…
Nobel Prize for Genome Editing Pioneers
Genome editing pioneers Emmanuelle Charpentier (Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany) and…
TotalCorbion to launch rPLA commercially in 2021
TotalCorbion will bring chemically recycled PLA (rPLA) as part of the Luminy® PLA portfolio to the…
“Good time for investments in biobased”
“It is the right time to invest in biobased innovation,” says Michael Brandkamp, general partner of…
Prize winner Better Nature grows 4,500% in one year
"I wasn't aware it was a competition." Christopher Kong of the UK based start-up Better Nature…
Modern biotechnology should become faster cheaper and better
Modern biotechnology still has many hurdles to overcome in order to become truly sustainable and competitive.…
“Avoid political decision making on GMO regulations”
A European label for food products developed with genome editing (such as CRISPR) is undesirable and…
The Protein Cluster supports sustainable protein ambitions
Helping entrepreneurs to increase their national and international impact on the way to a future-proof protein…
€ 2.5 Million reward for fungal strain
The Dutch/Belgian company Those Vegan Cowboys (TVC) is awarding € 2.5 million for the perfect fungal…
Biopheromones are going to replace insecticides (except in Europe)
The European objective within the Farm to Fork strategy to use 50% less insecticides in farming…
BioVoice 2020: eight new innovation contracts
No one could have foreseen that the second round of BioVoice would be held in such…
New European Circular Bioeconomy Fund launched
ECBF Management GmbH today announces the first closing of the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF). ECBF…
DSM sells resins & functional materials businesses
Royal DSM has reached an agreement to sell its Resins & Functional Materials and associated businesses…
How to measure the bio-based sector’s contribution to UN SDGs
The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) has commissioned guidance produced by the Institute of European Environmental Policy…
Webinar about the value of bio-based innovation for the industry
Recent industry figures reflect the enormous growth and economic potential of the European bioeconomy. In the…
António Guterres and the UN 10-Member group visit the G-STIC conference
Five years ago, 25 September 2015, world leaders adopted the 17 SDGs at the UN Sustainable…