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Arcadis to join KLM’s Corporate BioFuel Programme
The Dutch design and consultancy organisation Arcadis announced that it will join the KLM Corporate BioFuel…
Flanders to develop new technology platform for sugar valorisation
Cancellation of the EU Sugar quota, together with the disappearance of export limitations, will generate new…
Electrolux builds bioplastic concept fridge
Electrolux has developed a refrigerator prototype where all the visible plastic parts are made of bioplastics…
Positive image drives premium prices for biobased products
Market analysis shows that a relevant number of customers are willing to pay a GreenPremium price…
Succesful start-up of Total-Corbion PLA pilot plant in Thailand
Total Corbion PLA announces that it has successfully started up its 1 kTpa PLA pilot plant…
EU produces 1.5 bn tons, but is a net importer of biomass
In the European Union, about 1.500 Million tons of dry matter biomass is produced annually and…
ABC Conference focuses on biobased fibre applications
For the third international Applied Biobased materials Conference (ABC) on April 20, the Aachen Maastricht Institute for Biobased…
‘Tangible action needed to scale-up the bio-economy’
The EU should champion the bio-economy. The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) therefore calls on the European…
Tetra Pak delivers more than half a billion fully biobased packages
Tetra Pak has delivered more than half a billion packs of Tetra Rex Bio-based, the company…
ZAP biobased research to open new innovation lab in june
In June of 2018 the Zernike Advanced Processing (ZAP) facility in Groningen will open the doors…
Quarter of turnover in the bioeconomy created by biobased industries
The contribution of bio-based industries to the bio-economy is underrated. These industries show a considerable turnover…
Scientists Ghent increase both sugar yield and biomass production in plants
To ease the industrial processing of plant biomass into energy, plants are engineered to contain less…
Kick off waste-to-chemistry project in Rotterdam
Air Liquide, AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals, Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam have signed a project development…
New facilities inaugurated at Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Ghent
Loudly encouraged by 700 attendees, Flemish Minister for Innovation Philippe Muyters, Ghent's Alderman for Innovation Christophe…
New MOOC Biobased Economy Introduction
The Center of Expertise Biobased Economy will start a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on…
Six new joint biobased projects from Dutch and Brazilian researchers
Together with its Brazilian sister organization FAPESP, NWO awards grants to six collaborative projects in the…
Biorizon launches Lignin Application Center
For companies that would like to introduce lignin-derived chemicals into their biobased products, Biorizon launches its…
DSM and Evonik establish Veramaris, build $200 mio plant
DSM and Evonik have established a new company, Veramaris V.O.F., for the production of omega-3 fatty…
Turning waste into biobased building materials
The Spanish startup Rehap is making biobased materials from agroforestry waste, and using them to build…
EU generates more electricity from renewables than coal
In 2017, wind, sun and biomass, in the European Union have for the first time generated…