BIOEASTsUP supports the BIOEAST initiative and aim to boost knowledge and innovation-based bioeconomies in the Central and Eastern European CEE countries. The Newsletter informs about the current developments in the project, the BIOEAST Initiative and the partner countries.
A call for papers is launched to collect contributions on good practices, methods, indicators, and data to identify and manage transboundary impacts. The selected papers will be published in a report focusing on the role of OECD Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development framework to support countries in managing the post COVID-19 by coping with Transboundary impacts and long term effects within a sustainable development context in a more resilient society.
New financing targets investments by private cooperatives and companies in the agriculture and bioeconomy sector. The EIB programme loan will amount to €700 million and is expected to back close to €1.6 billion of investment across Europe. Financing is guaranteed by the European fund for strategic investments (EFSI) and will help make the sector more resilient in light of Covid-19.
Fungi are now being transformed into durable and sustainable materials for outerwear, packaging, skincare, and, of course, incorporated into delicious, nutritious meals. A biotech company is focusing on the root structure of mushrooms—known as mycelium—to build these materials through a process known as biofabrication.
Researchers from the National Research Council in Palermo, Italy have applied green chemistry technologies to open the route to a broader and richer economy for lemons, well beyond its conventional markets.
Aquaculture contributes to a more sustainable animal protein industry, and single cell protein (SCP) is ready to play a major role in its future of aquaculture.
The conference at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Potsdam, Germany, was focused on addressing climate change impacts, as well as the needs for mitigation and adaptation.
The SIRA2030 sets out the main technological and innovation challenges to establish a sustainable and competitive bio-based industry in Europe.
These 5 new and updated factsheets provide an overview of bioenergy in Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Germany.
The world’s biogas and biomethane resources could cover 20% of global gas demand while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to new IEA report.
EU-funded project Agrimax has launched an innovative new online service which enables crop producers, food processers and agricultural cooperatives to sell their waste as feedstock for two biorefineries: one in Spain and one in Italy. This will help maximise the EU’s sustainability while providing new biobased compounds for the chemicals, food-packaging and agricultural sectors.
This spring, Nordregio runs a series of webinars focusing on rural digitalisation and more specifically on manufacturing, tourism and bioeconomy.
Six new factsheets focused on Torrefied Pellets, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil –HVO, Pyrolysis Oil, Bioenergy in Europe, Bioenergy in Slovenia and Biofuels in Bulgaria have recently been published.
A novel technology has been developed for hydrogen production from the process, which involves electron that is produced during the decomposition of biomass such as waste wood. The result produced after biomass decomposition is a high value-added compound, and it is a two-stone technology that improves the efficiency of hydrogen production.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2020 projects that U.S. biofuel production will slowly grow through 2050, primarily driven by economic and policy factors. In the Reference case, which reflects current laws and regulations, biofuels production in 2050 is 18% higher than 2019 levels.
The EU wants to deliver on the global challenges which are defined in the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. To do so it will integrate the SDG objectives into what is called the European Semester - an annual review of EU member states fiscal books. They pay special attention to economic and employment questions.
The ENEA Trisaia Research Center is experimenting with how to obtain new flours with high nutraceutical value from insects.
The third ERA CoBioTech call “Bio-based replacement products, technologies and processes” focuses on sustainability throughout the entire value chain.
Today, the European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan - one of the main building blocks of the European Green Deal, Europe's new agenda for sustainable growth.
