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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.…
Student competition BISC-E: digital kick-off on 15 April
Corona does not stop the student competition BISC-E. On the contrary, the crisis gives students extra…
New research program to develop circular plastics packaging
A new Brightlands Materials Center research program aims to accelerate the development of new circular packaging…
BBI JU published clear booklet about Call 2020
The Bio-based Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) has published a booklet about the Call 2020. It contains…
BBI JU is looking for expert evaluators
The Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) is looking for experts to evaluate the 2020 Call…
Six nominations for Bio-based Material of the Year 2020
Six new materials and products out of 17 applications have been nominated for the innovation award…