Archive for ‘News’

• Avantium and Origin Materials to Accelerate the Mass Production of FDCA and PEF for Advanced Chemicals and Plastics

  Feb 2023

  Avantium 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 […]

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• Recent biorefinery developments in the US

  Feb 2023

  An 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 […]

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• Biorefineries in Ireland

  Oct 2022

  As 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 […]

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• Mission Innovation launches Integrated Biorefineries Mission in New Delhi

  Apr 2022

  Dr. 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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• Task 42 Biorefinery Atlas Portal officially launched at the IEA Bioenergy Conference 2021

  Dec 2021

  On the 6th of December the Task 42 Biorefinery Atlas Portal was officially launched at the ‘Industrial symbiosis and biorefineries in a circular economy’ session of the IEA Bioenergy Conference 2021. The Task 42 Biorefinery Atlas Portal gives an overview of the world-wide biorefinery deployment status and can be found here. Biorefinery data can be […]

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• Media release: Advancing Australia’s Bioenergy Sector

  Nov 2021

  The Morrison Government has welcomed the release of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) Bioenergy Roadmap, which sets out opportunities that all levels of government, research institutions and industry can collaborate to grow Australia’s bioenergy sector. At the request of Government, ARENA developed the Bioenergy Roadmap to identify the barriers and key opportunities to build […]

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• Life Cycle Assessment Seminar “Ökobilanzwerkstatt 2021” hosted from Vienna by Wood K plus and supported by IEA Bioenergy Task 42

  Oct 2021

  The Life Cycle Assessment seminar “Ökobilanzwerkstatt” is an event for young researchers in the field of life cycle analysis and offers a forum for scientific discussion, networking and exchange of experience. From September 22nd to 24th, Wood K plus organized an excellent seminar program with 22 scientific presentations and two keynote lectures in eight thematic […]

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• LignoCOST newsletter July 2021 online

  Sep 2021

  The LignoCOST network (CA17128 -Establishment of a Pan- European Network on the Sustainable Valorisation of Lignin) is pleased to announce the launch of the 2nd LignoCost Newsletter, which describes who they are, their working groups, an overview of achievements and upcoming network activities. The LignoCOST network is closely working together with IEA Bioenergy Task 42 […]

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• Final report EU Biorefinery Outlook to 2030 available

  Jul 2021

  In 2020 the European Commission DG RTD awarded a E4tech (Lead), Wageningen Research, BTG, FNR and iCons the “EU Biorefinery Outlook to 2030” study. The executive summary and study report is now available here. The report presents scenarios on how demand and supply for bio-based chemicals and materials could grow to 2030, and provides roadmaps […]

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