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More biofuels needed to make Netherlands climate neutral
The Netherlands can be climate neutral by 2050 without adjusting its economic structure, according to new…
Tech Tour Launches Circular 2024 Programme
Tech Tour is announcing the launch of the first edition of the Tech Tour Circular 2024…
Romania provides untapped opportunities for Europe’s bio-based sector and green growth
The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) has published an updated version of its Country Report on Romania,…
Dutch Parliament pushes pause button for National Growth Fund
The Dutch Lower House this month chose to postpone the fourth round of the National Growth…
GreenLab and Ginkgo to design enzymes that biodegrade PFAS
GreenLab, a US-based plant-biotechnology company producing complex proteins in corn, announced a new partnership with Ginkgo…
EU reviews energy and climate plans of member states
The Commission has published its assessment of EU Member States' draft National Energy and Climate Plans…
VITO expands pilot line for bioaromatics to industrial scale
Roughly a year ago, VITO, a Biorizon partner, inaugurated the first and only pilot line for…
€213 Million for advancing circular biobased industries in Europe
The Circular Biobased Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) has dedicated €213 Million for new projects to…
Circular Biobased Delta lives on in 2024 and beyond
With the arrival of the new year, the Circular Biobased Delta Foundation in the Netherland will…
Relement demonstrates first biobased industrial coating on Giant wheelloader
Biorizon-spinoff Relement has achieved a major milestone: the successful demonstration of bio MPA in industrial coatings.…
Avantium focuses on FDCA and PEF, discontinues plantMEG and plantMPG
Dutch green chemicals company Avantium announced yesterday (13 December) that it is going to focus entirely…
Carbon credits trade for biobased building started in the Netherlands
Ballast Nedam Development in the Netherlands is the first construction and development company in the world…
Toyota Hydrogen Factory is scaling up European activities
Toyota Motor Europe (TME) will establish a local business operation, the Hydrogen Factory Europe. It will…
Biorizon-technology available for SME’s
Working with advanced bioaromatics from the Biorizon project is not only a privilege for large companies.…
‘€1 Billion venture fund needed for gamechangers in green chemistry’
The Dutch government should set up a €1 billion venture fund to support high-potential companies ('gamechangers')…
Tine Schaerlaekens new Managing Director of Catalisti
Tine Schaerlaekens will become the new Managing Director of Catalisti, the Flemish spearhead cluster for innovation…
PANGAIA and Avantium to launch sustainable clothing collection from PEF
PANGAIA and Avantium partner to bring sustainable apparel collection based on Avantium’s 100% plant-based PEF to…
Paques Biomaterials and Looop to jointly produce PHA
The Dutch companies Paques Biomaterials and Looop will collaborate in the production of PHA (Polyhydroxyalkanoates) from…
More port capacity needed for European offshore wind targets 2030
The European Commission and 9 countries in the North Sea region (together the North Seas Energy…
ChemistryNL funds 11 new Biobased Economy projects
ChemistryNL provides financial support to 11 research projects at the intersection of biobased and chemistry. A…