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CO2 Conferences nova Institute go digital
The nova Institute reports that the two major CO2 Conferences scheduled for next week will be…
Vaccine candidate for COVID-19 developed using plant-based technology
Canadian biopharmaceutical company Medicago announced that it has successfully produced a Virus-Like Particle (VLP) of the…
DSM honors Professor Marc Hillmyer with 2020 Bright Science Award in materials sciences
Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, has awarded Professor Marc…
Coal-fired power plant in Utah to be converted to green hydrogen
The coal-fired Intermountain Power Plant in Delta, Utah (US) will be converted to run on 100%…
GET H2 builds first publicly accessible hydrogen network in Germany
GET H2 members BP, Evonik, Nowega, OGE and RWE Generation signed a Letter of Intent to…
European industry should become frontrunner in clean technology
The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) is ready to take the New Industrial Strategy for Europe forward.
Core role for bio-based industries in EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan
The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), Europe’s leading industry association putting innovation, circularity and sustainability at the…
DSM, SABIC and UPM Biofuels to create biobased Dyneema
Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, SABIC, a global leader…
BBI JU presents first Virtual Info Day
Due to the COVID-19 threat, the annual information day of the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking will…
Chemport Expo Emmen moved to september
Due to growing concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19), the organization of the Sustainable Plastics & Materials…
Biobased industry contributes to a future-fit Europe
The ambitious Green Deal of the new European Commission aims at a cleaner, circular future for…
Fourth edition of Natural Fibertastic in Bergen op Zoom
From Biobased Safari to a very first introduction to biobased options for the construction and infrastructure…
Rubisco opens plant-based protein production facility
On Thursday March 5th , Province Overijssel representative Tijs de Bree opened the new Rubisco Foods…
Ubuntoo talks about bioplastics during the Sustainable Plastics & Materials Expo in Emmen
Ubuntoo believes that the world’s biggest environmental issues can be solved, not by large hierarchical institutions,…
Researchers create biobased superglue
An international research team developed a powerful adhesive with comparable strength to Superglue, made of plant-based…
Europe’s largest green hydrogen project starts in Groningen
A consortium of Gasunie, Groningen Seaports and Shell Nederland announces that they intend to launch the…
CLIB joins European bioeconomy intercluster 3Bi
At BIOKET2020 in Lille, France, the German industrial biotechnology cluster, CLIB will formally join Europe’s leading…
Avantium sells bioaromatics patents to TNO
Avantium has sold its bioaromatics patent portfolio to The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, TNO.…
Compostable plastic breaks down faster than banana peel
A recent study by Wageningen University & Research (WUR) shows that some biodegradable plastics such as…
Market for bioplastics growing fast
Polylactic acids, starch blends, cellulose, and other bioplastics achieve significantly higher growth rates than conventional standard…