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Marco Rupp

The buzz on bio: is it the new hydrogen?

30 / 03 / 2024

Not so long ago, only hydrogen experts were convinced about the potential to decarbonize the energy…

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Dirk Carrez

Helping society understand the bioeconomy is part of the change needed

28 / 03 / 2023

The message about the urgent need for action to deal with the threats to the environment…

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Dirk Carrez

Getting the public invested in the bio-based industries by raising awareness

22 / 08 / 2022

With record-breaking heatwaves across Europe this summer, the focus on climate change and the need to…

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Dirk Carrez

EU Bioeconomy Strategy Progress Report outlines the contribution of the bio-based industry

15 / 06 / 2022

The European Commission recently published the Bioeconomy Strategy Progress Report (09/06/22) to track the progress of…

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Marco Rupp

Making it easier to find regional funding for bio-based businesses

30 / 05 / 2022

Regions play an important role in further developing the bio-based economy in Europe, as they can…

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Marco Rupp

The bio-economy has all the ingredients

01 / 04 / 2022

The war in Ukraine has sharpened European leaders’ focus on finding the best way to build…


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Award Ceremony BISC-E 2024
06:38

‘A completely different perspective than from the lab’

Once again, a French student team has won European finals of BISC-E. In this annual competition,…

Pierre Gielen

Tech Tour Bio Based Industries: panel led by Dirk Carrez (2)
10:56

‘New functionalities, new benefits and new solutions’

Wuppertal in Germany hosted the Tech Tour Bio Based Industries 2024 Programme in November, one day…

Pierre Gielen

AI human interaction
08:08

AI as a game changer for the bio-based industries

The recent popularity of tools like ChatGPT has led to hype around the use of AI…

Pierre Gielen

TechTour Circular dag 1 Stadhuis Gent, pitches
08:51

TechTour Circular links entrepreneurs in the biobased economy to investors

Some 40 entrepreneurs and almost twice as many investors attended the two-day Tech Tour Circular event…

Pierre Gielen

Romanian landscape
03:18

BIC Country Reports boost development of biobased industries in Europe

The demand for sustainable and circular alternatives to fossil raw materials offers opportunities for the European…

Pierre Gielen

CIrcular Valley Forum 2023
12:24

“Industries play a key role in the circular economy”

More than 1,000 visitors attended the second Circular Valley Forum held at Wuppertal's Historic Stadthalle (Germany)…

Pierre Gielen


News

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BIC Trend Report cover
02:36

Biomanufacturing engine for sustainable European industry

Biomanufacturing - the production of materials and chemicals from renewable biological raw materials - can play…

Editorial office / Brussels

Test tubes in coloured light
01:09

Key role for biomass in defossilising chemicals and materials by 2050

A new study commissioned by the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI)…

Editorial office / Brussels

Brussel by night
00:58

CBE JU presents €165M for the bioeconomy at Info Day 2025 in Brussels

The CBE JU Info Day 2025, scheduled for 3 April in Brussels, will showcase the recently…

Editorial office / Brussels

Tech Tour Bio Based Industries: panel led by Dirk Carrez (1)
01:16

Accelerating investments in the European bio-economy

How can we facilitate and accelerate investments in the European Bio Economy? This was the topic…

Editorial office / Wuppertal

Queen Máxima opens FDCA Flagship Plant in Delfzijl next to Avantium CEO Tom van Aken
01:43

Queen Máxima opens Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant in Delfzijl

Avantium NV, a leading company in renewable and circular polymers, celebrated the official opening ceremony of…

Editorial office / Delfzijl

Go for Biobased campaign
1:08

Go for bio-based! launched

To promote the use of bio-based products, the Circular Biobased Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) launched…

Editorial office / Brussels


Agenda

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BIC Matchmaking Event 2025

09:00
Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel, Brussel

Tech Tour Circular 2025

Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent

EUBCE 2025

09:00
Palau de Congressos, València

Tech Tour Bio-based Industries 2024

09:00
Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal GmbH, Wuppertal

Tech Tour Circular 2024

Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent