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Rubber from yeast, activated carbon from plums and insoles from mycelium
The 2022 Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge Europe (BISC-E) Finals were a close call. Student teams competed…
The future of marine and aquatic biomass in Europe
When the Bio-based Industries Consortium was launched in 2012, marine and aquatic biomass was barely discussed.…
“The most sustainable biomass comes from the sea”
The world's oceans, rivers and lakes are a promising renewable source of biomass. Fish and shellfish…
“Combining science with a business case is a valuable experience”
A leather-like material from wastewater, packing peanuts from bread and cleaning swimming water with duckweed: participants…
Live event in Brussels brings biobased value chains together
The biobased community in Europe must grow into a lively ecosystem, where parties find each other…
BISC-E stimulates biobased entrepreneurship among students
Some invent grand theoretical concepts, such as cultivating seaweed around offshore wind parks to produce biogas.…
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CBE JU grants €120 million funding for first 21 projects
The CBE JU Programme Office has selected 21 proposals to receive a total of nearly €120…
New brochure provides insight into Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)
What kind of organisation is the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)? What does BIC do and who…
Biomass economy helps stabilise inflation
The world is not the same as it was a year ago. A series of unexpected…
Italian student team wins BISC-E 2022 with rubber from yeast
Team GENAB from Italy has won the 2022 edition of BIC’s European Biobased Student Innovation Challenge…
Dutch protein plant ENOUGH starts production in October
ENOUGH will open a production facility in Sas van Gent, Zeeland, from October, adding additional capacity…
First ‘CBE JU call’: 125 project proposals submitted totalling €600 million
The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking, CBE JU has received 125 project proposals by the 22…
