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Evonik and Beiersdorf turn CO2 and sunlight into care products
Beiersdorf and Evonik have reached an agreement on a research partnership, aiming to develop sustainable raw…
Biotechnology indispensable for sustainable food system
Biotechnology will be indispensable to preserve biodiversity and accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable food…
Plastics recyclers cease production
European Plastics recycling industry is closing production due to the current market developments caused by the…
Northern Lights project: large CO2 storage to be realized in Norway
Equinor, Shell, and Total have decided to invest in the Northern Lights project in Norway’s first…
BIC launches Bioeconomy Partnering Platform
The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) has partnered with the European Committee of Regions (CoR) to develop…
Big companies support plant-based beer and soft drinks bottles
The Dutch renewable polymers company Avantium hopes to make an investment decision towards the end of…
Neste takes over Count Terminal Rotterdam
At the beginning of May, biofuel producer Neste took over Count Terminal Rotterdam to strengthen its…
BBI JU launches 22 projects to support green recovery of Europe
The Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) has signed grant agreements with 22 new projects selected…
Urgent stakeholder action needed to rescue clean energy
The coronavirus pandemic risks cancelling out recent progress in transitioning to clean energy, with unprecedented falls…
Plan for wind energy to power Rotterdam green hydrogen plant
Shell Nederland is working together with partners to create a green hydrogen hub in the port…
nova Institute launches global renewable carbon campaign
The nova Institute is looking for 100 experts from the chemical and plastics industry, as well…
Bio-based sector offers new opportunities for green growth in EU-13
The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), Europe’s leading industry association putting circularity, innovation and sustainability at the…
New pilot plant for chemical recycling of plastics at Brightlands Chemelot Campus
Recycling Technologies has signed an agreement with Brightlands Chemelot Campus for the installation of the company's…
DSM firmly on course to achieve 75% renewable electricity
Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, announced that it will…
TNO Energy Transition joins Biorizon at Green Chemistry Campus
TNO’s Energy Transition Unit (formerly ECN) is joining Shared Research Center Biorizon at the Green Chemistry…
Half a million euros for lignin production for biobased asphalt
Chemical company Avantium announces today that it has received a € 0.5 million grant for its…
New enzyme recycles PET in hours
A bacterial enzyme that depolymerises plastic bottles in hours has been created by scientists from the…
Superior bio-coatings from seaweed residues
The new ZCORE project has started at Biorizon last week. The project aims to demonstrate that…
“Plants can function as factories for Corona vaccine”
Researchers at the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) in Barcelona, Spain are proposing to…
2020 BBI JU Call is open
he 2020 BBI JU Call for proposals is now open until 3 September 2020, 17:00 CET.…