Empyro, a unique plant for the production of sustainable pyrolysis oil, to remain in the hands of Twente Hengelo, 12 December 2018 Today, Gerhard Muggen, Director of BTG-BTL and Empyro, passed the proverbial baton to Marc Kapteijn, Director of Twence. The parties will continue working closely together to further develop the plant and explore new…
The words of UN Secretary General António Guterres at COP24 leave no room for misunderstanding: choices on climate change can no longer be postponed. The UN Secretary General came back to Katowice (PL), where the fate of the Paris Agreement and the future of the whole world are being decided. “Talanoa’s spirit is exactly how we can…
Katowice, 12 December 2018 – T The organizations will measure their greenhouse gas emissions, reduce them as much as possible and compensate the currently unavoidable ones with credible carbon credits. Representing over 2 million tons of CO2 per year in emissions, and more than 50,000 staff, the aggregate action by these organizations sets an important…
EMBRIC Horizon 2020 project promotes new bioeconomy applications related to drug discovery, novel foods and food ingredients, aquaculture selective breeding, bioremediation, cosmetics and bioenergy. The marine environment accounts for over 90% of the biosphere and harbours a wide biodiversity. Marine organisms have historically been difficult to access and study, but thanks to the recent development of marine…
The Yearbook of Global Climate Action 2018 provides some good examples of climate action initatives all over the world. To share best practices as well as to foster dialogue amongst a wide range of stakeholders is one of the main challenge within the Katowice Climate Change Conference and Conference of the Parties envisaged by the Paris…
Today, on December 6 2018 at 13:15 in Room Warmia, the UNFCCC will present a new report at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP24). UN Climate Change News, Katowice, 6 December 2018 – The UNFCCC will present a new report at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP24) that highlights both progress and gaps as developed…
27th EUBCE, European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, signs Partnership with JIE, The Japan Institute of Energy, to strengthen their collaboration and commitment in the biomass energy field, and to build up the conditions for new opportunities to establish research cooperation networks. Florence, 29 November 2018 The 27th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition signed an agreement…
The Horizon 2020 FLEDGED project aims at producing DME (Flexible Dimethyl Ether) from biomass with an efficient and low-cost process. CO2 emissions reduction in the transportation sector is one of the main pillars of the environmental policies of the European Union. Fuels production from biomass or waste is one of the most promising solutions to…
Today December 4, in a speech given in the context of COP24 (Katowice, Poland), the UN Secretary-General highlighted the need for ambition and commitment by national governments and a wide range of relevant stakeholders in climate change fight and adaptation. “The Paris Agreement is not a piece of paper. It is a historic compact among nations,…
The Horizon 2020 EUCALIVA aims at developing a fully-integrated, energy-efficient, scalable, innovative processing chain based on the valorisation of Lignin from paper industry. The aim is to produce Carbon fibres and other carbon-based materials, mainly for functional applications. The use of waste components from industrial activities as raw materials to obtain high value-added products is worth being…