10 Apr 2018
BIOPLAT has elaborated its recommendations to the Update of the 2012 European Bioeconomy Strategy On February 2018, the European Commission (EC) presented a Roadmap for the Update of the 2012 Bioeconomy Strategy, which was open to receive feedback until last 20th March. Previously, in 2017 the Commission had carried out a review of its 2012 EU Bioeconomy Strategy which concluded that the Strategy is delivering...
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26 Mar 2018
Spanish BioCluster (hereinafter SBIOC) is a Spanish cluster of bioindustrial partners that have joined their efforts with the main aim of promoting a sustainable society based on bioeconomy in which BIOPLAT has actively collaborated for its launching. SBIOC has organized the Workshop: How to maximize the opportunities, synergies and competitiveness of companies in the Bioeconomy next April 27 in Madrid, where it will be analyzed...
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14 Mar 2018
BIOPLAT has elaborated its recommendations to the draft of the Spanish Circular Economy Strategy. The importance of promoting the transition towards a circular economy in the funding of Research, Development and Innovation actions, specifically through the development of biorefinieries is a key element for the Circular Economy Strategy. The European Commission has made a major commitment to move towards the circular economy by establishing a...
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21 Feb 2018
On April 2017 the Biomasa-AP project started, this project has the objective of creating a cross-border cooperation network in order to optimize the exploitation and use of biomass of pruning, scrub, vines and kiwi in the regions of Galicia and North Portugal. The project aims to improve the capacities of the R&D centers of this euroregion with the objective of applying innovative methods and technologies...
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12 Dec 2017
This publication (Technology roadmap. Delivering sustainable bioenergy) is part of the new cycle of IEA Technology Roadmaps, a series that looks at the long term vision for clean energy technologies and offers guidance on the near-term priorities and key steps to accelerating technology development and deployment. In addition to this Roadmap, the International Energy Agency has published the How2Guide for Bioenergy which was jointly developed by the...
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11 Dec 2017
BIOPLAT has collaborated with the Spanish Technology Platform on Advanced materials and Nanomaterials in the elaboration of the document Spanish Strategy of Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials’. The objective of this document is to collect and reflect the technological challenges, necessities and barriers associated to the industrial sectors that require more innovation in advanced materials, as well as, in their processes or products in order to ensure their competitiveness,...
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22 Nov 2017
El grupo de expertos de la Comisión de bioproductos pide la armonización de la estrategia de bioeconomía con el marco político de la estrategia de bioeconomía con el marco político de la UE a través del informe ‘Commission Expert Group on Bio-based Products Final Report’ que han publicado, donde se recopilan 9 pautas y 8 recomendaciones políticas para maximizar el potencial de la bioeconomía en europa. Algunas...
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20 Nov 2017
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11 Nov 2017
Detailed biorefinery list now available! The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and novaInstitute have published the detailed list of the European biorefineries. To make European bio-based activities more visible, the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and nova-Institute have developed a poster that maps the commercial biorefineries in Europe anno 2017. For the map, a biorefinery has been defined as „an integrated production plant using biomass or biomass-derived feedstocks to...
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27 Oct 2017
To access the Technological Surveillance Newsletter of the Biomass sector No.25 (3rd trimester 2017) click here. You can find in this Technological Surveillance Newsletter specific, schematic and fast-reading information about a selection of the most recently published patents in the world relating to biomass convertion technologies to produce heat, electricity and biofuels. Also, this issue includes special information about European projects related to forest biomass ongoing in 2017 and starting before January...
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