The 46th Task 42 Progress Meeting was recently held in the US at the facilities of NREL in Golden from 6-8 November 2023. The third day of the meeting consisted of a short introduction on Task 42: Task 42 Biorefining in a circular economy – Overview – Bert Annevelink Followed by several very informative introductions by […]
read moreOn the 13th of July 2023 Natural Resources Canada hosted a webinar on Biorefineries efficiency improvement. Following the publication of the Mission Innovation’s roadmap, Natural Resources Canada, in collaboration with representatives of other member countries, the webinar focused on Action 3 of the roadmap: “Energy & Conversion Process Efficiency Program to reduce production cost”. The webinar […]
read moreIn 2022, the Integrated Biorefineries Mission presented its roadmap, which defined key actions such as organizing workshops and webinars on the topic of integrated biorefineries. The inaugural webinar, held on 1 June 2023, was hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, with representatives from the Netherlands, and other Mission countries participating. […]
read moreRecently Isabella De Bari has been elected General Chair of the EUBCE 2023 conference. For more than 10 years she has acted as the Italian delegate in the IEA bioenergy Task 42 on biorefineries in the circular bioeconomy. Task 42 congratulates her on this appointment. More information can be found here in the newsletter EUBCE […]
read moreCBE JU is launching its “Biorefineries” social media campaign on Monday 13 March. The campaign will run until Friday 24 March. It will feature the latest publication, “A competitive bioeconomy for a sustainable future”, showing how the 14 first-of-their-kind commercial-scale biorefineries funded by the joint undertaking tackle the challenge of replacing traditional industrial processes. These […]
read moreAvantium N.V. (“Avantium”), a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, and Origin Materials, Inc. (“Origin” and “Origin Materials”), a leading sustainable materials company based in the USA, today announced a partnership to accelerate the mass production of FDCA and PEF for use in advanced chemicals and plastics. The partnership aims to bring the technology platforms […]
read moreAn announcement came from the Department of Energy (DOE) in the US on the 26th of January regarding Energy Awards of $118 Million in support of domestic biofuel production. This includes 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels several of them including biorefinery technologies. One major project is an $80M award to construct […]
read moreAs part of the Bioeconomy Ireland Week 2022 (17th to 21st October) Teagasc, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM), Munster Technological University, BiOrbic, the Marine Institute, and the Irish Bioeconomy Foundation has presented information on Biorefineries in Ireland to highlight their relevance for a wide range of stakeholders across many […]
read moreDr. Jitendra Singh, Indian Minister of Science, Technology and Earth Sciences, and Rob Jetten, Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy Policy, have today announced the launch of the Integrated Biorefineries Mission with the goal of replacing 10% of fossil-based fuels, chemicals, and materials with biobased alternatives by 2030. Co-led by India and the Netherlands, the […]
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