The European Union aims to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, a key factor being the reduction in the use of fossil fuels in transportation. With regard to the decarbonization of the aviation sector, the ReFuelEU Aviation initiative is within the Fit for 55 framework of measures, which aims for the European Union to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared...
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Although the situation is expected to improve by the end of the year and this will bring with it a sharp drop in prices, the olive oil market remains very tense. As the experts predicted, the 23/24 harvest was better than last year’s, but it is still well below the average of the last 10 years and far from the levels needed for prices to...
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Margarita de Gregorio, General Secretary of BIOPLAT, has been elected as the Spanish representative of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of Mission Innovation. Mission Innovation is a global initiative, in which 23 countries from around the world participate (Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United...
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On July 12, BIOPLAT members had the opportunity to share their priorities for the 2025 Work Program of Horizon Europe Cluster 6 and Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) regarding research lines, proposals or R&D needs to improve the topics raised on bioproducts and biorefineries. For this, we have had the collaboration of the Center for Technological Development and Innovation (CDTI Innovation), through the...
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In the framework of the 32nd edition of the European Biomass Congress (EUBCE), EERA Bioenergy (European Alliance for Research Excellence in Sustainable Bioenergy | European Energy Research Alliance Bioenergy) has presented on Tuesday 25th June the strategic document ‘Bioenergy, biogas and biofuels: Research and innovation gaps in the European Union’. BIOPLAT, which has held the technical secretariat of EERA Bioenergy since 2016, has contributed to...
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BIOPLAT will actively participate during the 32nd European Biomass Conference (EUBCE), which will take place next week between 24-27 June in Marseille, France. Margarita de Gregorio, Secretary General of BIOPLAT, will participate as Secretary of EERA Bioenergy in the workshop that the Joint Programme will organise on Tuesday 25th June from 11:00 to 13:00 CET. There she will moderate the colloquium dedicated to the “Challenges...
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This Monday, 20 May, Spain enters into ecological deficit, the country has consumed all the natural resources it is entitled to in 2024, including water, food, energy and raw materials. Ecological deficit refers to the fact that consumption reaches more than our planet is able to regenerate in a certain period. This day is known as Overshoot day, which in the European Union as a...
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On 6 May, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, took part in the inauguration of the first plenary session of the Coordination Body of the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (SCIA), at the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. This body was created with the aim of facilitating the cooperation of all the agents involved in the generation and...
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The Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía (IDAE), which reports to the Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico, has activated an allocation of 100 million euros to invest as a minority partner in emerging business projects involving innovative technological solutions, start-ups or business models for the global process of decarbonisation of the Spanish economy. IDAE may acquire equity stakes...
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A new plant-based plastic material releases nine times fewer microplastics than conventional plastic when exposed to sunlight and seawater, according to a new study. The research, led by experts from the University of Portsmouth in the UK and the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Belgium, analysed the decomposition of two different types of plastic under extreme conditions. A bio-based plastic material made from natural raw...
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