In Germany, a new BirdLife Europe report released reveals that the increasing reliance on biomass for heating and cooling in Europe is harming the climate more than helping it. The report highlights how bioenergy, particularly wood combustion, is far from carbon-neutral and poses serious environmental, economic, and health risks. Biomass – organic material like wood, […]
In Germany, researchers at Hof University of Applied Sciences are working with the RuhBio research project to create biobased nonwoven materials for noise protection in rail transport. “Up to now, soundproofing components in rail transport have mostly been made of conventional foams or polyester fleeces. While functionally proven, these materials are neither biobased nor biodegradable,” […]
In Germany, Lufthansa Group is introducing an Environmental Cost Surcharge. The surcharge is intended to cover part of the steadily rising additional costs due to regulatory environmental requirements. These include the statutory blending quota of initially two percent for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for departures from European Union (EU) countries from January 1, 2025, adjustments […]
In Germany, outdoor brand VAUDE has partnered with BASF to unveil the TRAILCONTROL ZERO 20+, the first bike backpack made using Ultramid® ZeroPCF, a polyamide 6 with biobased, mass-balanced material. The biobased content comes from used cooking oil. The carbon footprint of the material is further reduced by BASF’s use of the Hollandse Kust Zuid […]
In Germany, after the ADAC has withdrawn from the THG quota trading year 2024 at the end of the quota year, another company is leaving this trading business with the opening of the insolvency proceedings of EMOVY GmbH. The Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants e. V. (UFOP) assesses this and earlier […]
In Germany, GreenSinnergy GmbH and Axens have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects in Argentina and across Latin America. This strategic collaboration aims to leverage Axens’s advanced technologies and GreenSinnergy’s project leadership to address the growing demand for sustainable energy solutions in the aviation sector, […]
In Germany, the carbon cycle can be closed with the help of electrochemical CO2 reduction: Unavoidable emissions from concrete production or waste incineration become CO – and thus the starting point for chemicals or fuels. However, there is a hurdle lurking in the industrial application of this technology: It is not (yet) compatible with the […]
In Germany, Gerolsteiner Brunnen together with its partner E.ON has broken ground on a new biomass cogeneration plant. E.ON is responsible for the planning, construction, and process engineering of the plant, which, once commissioned, will make an important contribution to independence from fossil fuels. The major investment at the site is further evidence that Gerolsteiner […]
In Germany, researchers at the University of Bayreuth’s Biomaterials research group have used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology to create spiders that produce red fluorescent silk. Spider silk has long been of interest for numerous applications because it is extremely tear-resistant, elastic, lightweight, and biodegradable. In what may be the first work applying CRISPR-Cas9 to spiders, […]
In Germany, INERATEC has produced the first liters of synthetic e-fuels and e-waxes at its pioneering plant in Frankfurt. The first INERATEC system on a commercial scale, the largest power-to-liquid plant (PtL) of its kind in Europe – and worldwide – is located there. This is an important milestone in the scaling of power-to-liquid (PtL) […]
