This summer, the European BIOCIRCULARCITIES project – a CBE JU-funded project – will offer a look behind the screen with a series of three exclusive webinars. The BIOCIRCULARCITIES project aims to unlock the potential of the circular economy of unused biobased waste streams and stimulate the green and sustainable transition. Do you want the…
Avans University of Applied Sciences wants to expand its master's offering with at least 4 new courses. The Master's degree in Material & Energy Transition (MET) should start in 2024. Why will Avans University of Applied Sciences offer more master's degrees? And why this one in particular? Avans had an interview with Milou van Harsel (masters project team member) and Han van Osch (masters project leader…
A first at Provada. BAM Wonen, Staatsbosbeheer and IBI2 present the first 100% biobased and recycled panel material. The agreement was previously signed for joint production, processing and processing. In this special collaboration, residual wood flows from Dutch forests, BAM construction sites and the sawing sheds of the TABS Group are processed into biobased chipboards...
Minister Hugo de Jonge (Public Housing and Spatial Planning) wants to reach agreements with parties in the construction sector about setting up new supply chains for bio-based and circular construction. These agreements must be recorded in a so-called Building Materials Agreement. “The use of more biobased and secondary materials, more sustainable concrete or other construction materials such as more sustainable steel, glass and ceramics, must…
Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport in southwestern Sweden will be the first airport in the world to offer only blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to fuel all aircraft at the airport, which will significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from departing flights . Neste will deliver its Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to…
Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport in the southwestern part of Sweden, will be the first airport in the world to offer only blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for all aircraft refueling at the airport, which will significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of departing flights . Neste will supply its Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ to the Trollhättan airport in…
From biofuels to bioplastics and biobased fine chemicals; biorefinery offers more and more renewable alternatives to fossil raw materials. But low yields and complex purification steps limit the economic profitability of industrial biotechnological production processes. The EPI-CES research project has now developed an improved process to overcome these challenges. In EPI-CES, the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology…
Netherlands-based OCI Global has announced it is fueling the first-ever green methanol-powered container ship in a new partnership with AP Moller-Maersk. OCI will supply ISCC-certified biomethanol for the maiden voyage of Maersk's first dual-fuel container ship, in a groundbreaking step towards decarbonizing global shipping. The trip showcases OCI's…
The Center of Expertise Biobased Economy is expanding their focus from solely biobased to multiple themes within the materials and energy transition. That calls for a new name… MNEXT! The materials and energy transition are two major challenges that we will face as a society in the coming years. Both transitions focus on a sustainable future and are…
A consortium consisting of area developer AM, ELGRA, the Miscanthus Group and Impact Hub has been awarded the Circular Chain Projects subsidy from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. The subsidy will be used for the further development of Elephant Grass (also known as Miscanthus) into a biobased construction product. After an innovation process that AM set up with Impact Hub,…
Bioenergy Europe's 2023 report on bioelectricity reveals the role of bioelectricity for the energy transition and provides the reader with detailed data analyzes on the current dynamics of electricity, renewable or not, with a focus on electricity produced from biomass (bioelectricity) . Most of the figures in the report are filtered by country, representing industry leaders, decision makers, investors and…
Bioenergy Europe's 2022 Report on Bioelectricity unveils the role of bioelectricity for energy transition, providing the reader with detailed data analysis on current dynamics of electricity, renewable and not, with a focus on electricity produced from biomass (bioelectricity). Most of the figures included in the report are filtered by country, helping policy makers and investors to better calibrate their…
Uniper wants to develop a factory for the production of syngas at Chemelot. This sustainable gas can replace natural gas in chemical production processes. Biomass is torrefied via a scalable process and then converted into syngas. This process produces biogenic CO2, which is used to produce sustainable chemicals. This makes syngas an important element in the green...
Four international startups have won the Seaweed Innovation Challenge by presenting their seaweed-based food and packaging innovations. The pitch competition, which took place on Thursday, June 8 in the Oude Kerk in Scheveningen, was part of the first edition of North Sea Seaweed, an event of the seaweed trade organization North Sea Farmers. The winners…
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, together with Platform Green Chemistry, New Economy and TKI Agri & Food, has submitted the BioBased Circular Growth Fund proposal. With an efficient agri-food sector and a strong chemical sector, the Netherlands seems ideally suited for the transition from fossil to biobased. “We have a super-efficient fossil olefin-based (petro)chemical industry, with hundreds of years of optimization,…
In 2022, the share of renewable energy will be 15 percent of total energy consumption in the Netherlands. A year earlier this was 13 percent. The consumption of solar and wind energy in particular has increased in recent years. Energy consumption from biomass has decreased slightly. This is evident from preliminary figures from Statistics Netherlands. The Netherlands has agreed within the EU to…
In its annual report, the NEa looks back on an intense year. The war in Ukraine, the energy crisis and inflation leave deep scars. At the same time, the effect of pricing CO2 emissions became more than clear. The increased costs of energy resulted in a reduction in CO2 emissions of more than 8%. A decline that has occurred in recent…
Researchers from the German Biomass Research Center (DBFZ) and the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) looked at the role of biomass in Germany's national energy transition and the priority target market for bioenergy sources. Their findings were presented in the completed project entitled “SoBio – Scenarios for optimal use of biomass for energy in 2030 and in 2050.” From the…
Mark your calendar, because the 22th Circular Biobased Products (CBP) Symposium, formerly known as CBPM, will take place in Wageningen on Thursday, June 10. Just like previous editions, it promises to be an exciting program. Expect insights into R&D strategies from key industrial players across the value chain and the latest updates from Wageningen University & Research…
