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Webinar series about the potential of unexploited biobased waste streams
This summer the European BIOCIRCULARCITIES project - a CBE JU funded project - is coming behind…
Proteins fermented by fungi win the ReThink Waste Challenge
Team Afterlife won first prize in the WUR ReThink Waste Challenge, with their concept of converting…
CHAPLIN programme (bio-asphalt) now called CIRCUROAD
The CHAPLIN programme for the development of 100% fossil-free asphalt is now known as CIRCUROAD. The…
Recell opens demo plant for green cellulose
Recell has opened a green cellulose demo plant with a capacity of 50kt in Leek,Northern Netherlands.…
Battolyser makes battery that produces green hydrogen
Dutch start-up Battolyser Systems, a spin-off from TU Delft, is developing an integrated battery and electrolysis…
First CBE JU-funded projects receive €116 million
Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) has signed its first grant agreements with 21 project…
Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy (CoE BBE) becomes MNEXT
The Dutch Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy (CoE BBE) has been renamed MNEXT. Under this banner,…
Biohydrogen can decarbonise European hydrogen production
The industry body European Biogas Association (EBA) has published a white paper this week on the…
Bioenergy industries present open letter to EU Commission
Bioenergy technologies are crucial for achieving the European Union's net zero targets for 2050, say large…
US National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap released
The Biden-Harris Administration has released the U.S. National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap last week. It…
Cost-effective biotechnology processes with algae
From biofuels to bioplastics and biobased fine chemicals; biorefinery offers more and more renewable alternatives to…
Belgium second largest food waster in Europe
Flanders has wasted almost 900,000 tonnes of edible food in 2020, enough to feed over 800,000…
Scorecard for determining sustainability of circular plastic packaging
Circularity and sustainability are sometimes mentioned in the same breath, but certainly do not mean the…
‘SME village’ at EFIB 2023 Rotterdam
This year's European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology & the Bioeconomy (EFIB) will take place in Rotterdam…
Human capital indispensable for scaling up biobased production
Over the past 30 years, WUR has co-developed many new circular products. Many of these are…
Bio-based Industries Investment Programme 2023/2024 announced
Tech Tour and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) have announced the launch of the Bio-based Industries…
Eni and RINA aim to decarbonise shipping faster
RINA, an international company specialising in inspection, certification and engineering consultancy, and Eni have signed an…
€1.5 million for sustainable plastics from CO2
Avantium nv, a leading technology provider in sustainable chemistry, will receive a €1.5 million grant from…
‘Cultured meat up to 25 times less sustainable than traditional beef’
Lab-grown meat may have an up to 25 times larger carbon footprint than normal butchered beef,…
Meteorologist Helga van Leur speaks at Future Rethinkers Congress
Helga van Leur: renowned Dutch meteorologist, climate expert and former weather woman. She is speaking at…