bp agreed to acquire Bunge’s 50% holding interest in its bp Bunge Bioenergia S.A. joint venture, one of Brazil’s leading biofuels-producing companies. Upon completion, bp will become sole owner of the industrial scale sugarcane and ethanol business, enabling bp to accelerate value creation through integration with bp’s trading and technology capabilities.
Everything is ready in Bologna to host the new edition of IFIB, the International Forum on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioeconomy. The Italian city will be the capital of circular bioeconomy from 3 to 4 October, when world bioeconomy stakeholders will gather at the Golinelli Foundation to discuss and partner.
TotalEnergies-Corbion and Japanese Bioworks joined forces: PlaX™ developed a fabric that blends cotton with plant-based PolyLactic Acid (PLA), derived from sugarcane. Bioworks is a leading Japanese innovator in sustainable textiles, stating that PLA bioplastics enhance the antimicrobial properties of fabrics.
Neste is helping ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, one of the world’s fastest-growing data center providers, to become the first data center operator in Singapore to power its backup generators with renewable diesel. The switch from fossil diesel to Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ took place at STT GDS’s facilities in Singapore in late July this year. The fuel was delivered via Neste’s distribution partner, Interion Pte Ltd.
Stora Enso teams up with Swedish startup Enkei to find a smart and sustainable packaging solution to protect Enkei’s handcrafted designer table lamp Reminder (001) – without compromising on sustainability, safety or aesthetics. Packed and protected in a combination of corrugated board and the cushioning material Papira® by Stora Enso – both materials made by Stora Enso – the Reminder (001) can make its way to customers all over the world.
Origin Materials, a US-technology company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials, and Reed City Group, a full-scale injection mold builder, injection molder, hydraulic press maker, and automation solutions company, signed a strategic partnership to mass produce PET caps and closures in North America.
The European bioeconomy takes a step forward. COPILOT – a Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking CSA project coordinated by the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant – has opened two Open Calls with the aim to select the members for two co-creation groups for the platform and its activities: Open Call 1 will select 10 Pilot and Demo Infrastructures, Open Call 2 will select 15 Bioeconomy Innovators.
Michelmersh, UK’s premium producer of clay bricks, is an industry leader in sustainability and innovation, renowned for quality clay products and bespoke services is proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership with Braskem I’m greenTM bio-based, a global pioneer in sustainable bio-based renewable materials. This collaboration was enabled by Elite Plastics, the UK’s leading manufacturer of polythylene films, bags & covers. This partnership marks a significant step towards reducing the carbon footprint in the construction industry both in the UK and across other countries where Michelmersh operates in Europe.
Jukka Kantola is the founder and CEO of World Bioeconomy Forum and also the Chair of the World Bioeconomy Association. He talks with Il Bioeconomista before the next G20 which will be held in Brazil, where the circular bioeconomy will be one of the main topics. “This G20 Summit – he says – marks a pivotal moment”
Interview by Mario Bonaccorso
LanzaTech, the Illonois-headquartered carbon recycling company, has been awarded a contract by Jackson Green, a new energy transition platform, to provide their 4G ethanol technology to India’s largest power generation utility company NTPC Limited. NTPC’s facility in Central India will use LanzaTech’s technology platform and second generation bioreactor to convert CO2 emissions and green H2 into ethanol.
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