Breakthrough technologies for a sustainable mushroom industry
On March 1, BIOrescue partners celebrated their first milestone: their biorefinery project to recover used mushroom compost is now halfway to success. During the…
Smart use of renewable gas to meet climate targets in an affordable way
Renewable gas used in existing gas infrastructure could play an important role in reducing Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by mid-century, according to…
Coordination and Support Actions for Europe’s bio-based industries
The Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) has released a new report entitled “Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs) for Europe’s bio-based industries” providing a status…
Advanced bioenergy from organic waste
Bioenergy will play a key role in the EU long term energy strategy for all applications and especially the transport sector, contributing up to…
A biorefinery to turn urban waste into biobased products
The rapid population growth and its concentration in large cities has caused an important increase of urban waste, which contributes significantly to the total…
The potential of marginal lands for bioenergy
Large areas of marginal lands can be found all over Europe. However, legal and political restrictions often impede the utilization of marginal lands for…
Biogas-fired combined heat and power plant
Distributed combined heat and power has been recognized as a cost effective way to produce energy required in every-day life, allowing to minimize transmission…
LSB calls upon the EU to set an advanced biofuels mandate in 2021
Advanced biofuels coalition Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels (LSB) calls upon the EU institutions to ensure sufficient investor confidence for the sector by setting the advanced biofuels…
Standards and regulations for the bio-based industry
Regulatory stability and predictability represent an important basis for investment in almost all industries and sectors. It is particularly crucial for emerging industries and…
Chemical building blocks from municipal solid waste
Today in Europe 244 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) is generated every year. The biodegradable fraction of MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) ranges…