08 Apr 2024
Margarita de Gregorio gives a session on bioenergy at the ERMA Master (UPM)
Margarita de Gregorio, general secretary of BIOPLAT, is part of the panel of experts teaching the 18th edition of the Máster en Energías Renovables y Medio Ambiente (ERMA) de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), coordinated by Julio Amador Guerra and in which BIOPLAT is a collaborating entity. On 4 April, de Gregorio gave a session dedicated to ‘Thermosolar Energy and Bioenergy’, a module led...
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05 Apr 2024
Whey remaining from the production of ‘Philadelphia’ cheese will be used to produce biogas
The infinite (and surprising) applications of biocircularity. Mondelēz International will reuse the whey left over from the production of ‘Philadelphia’ to produce biogas. In this way, they are seeking to reuse one of the by-products of cheese production to cover part of the electricity supply required at their plant in Hospital de Órbigo (León), where 32,000 tonnes are produced each year, 61% of which is...
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25 Mar 2024
Margarita de Gregorio, new president of the Alianza para la Sostenibilidad del Transporte Aéreo (AST)
The Alianza para la Sostenibilidad del Transporte Aéreo (AST) has appointed Margarita de Gregorio as President of the organisation. The secretary general of BIOPLAT has been ratified by the Executive Committee of the Alliance, both for her extensive professional career in the renewable and sustainability fields, as well as for her broad and extensive experience in public-private partnerships, which will play a central role in...
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22 Mar 2024
Large participation in the online course on biogas and biomethane
BIOPLAT and CIEMAT, with the collaboration of BIOCIRC, once again held the online course on biogas and biomethane from 18 to 22 March, this time with more than 150 participants. The course addressed the keys for the Spanish sector to take advantage of the enormous potential for the generation of these renewable gases. A booming sector, called to play a key role in meeting the...
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13 Mar 2024
BIOPLAT participates in the BioTheRos EU Project Technical Workshop: ‘Scaling Biofuels: Into Thermochemical Futures’
BIOPLAT’s Secretary General, Margarita de Gregorio, participated as a speaker at the first Technical Workshop organised by BioTheRos EU Project: ‘Scaling Biofuels: Into Thermochemical Futures’. Margarita de Gregorio joined a Round Table on feedstocks, which also included CIRCE, Ence, Magnon, COGERSA and FCC Medio Ambiente. De Gregorio emphasised the differences that exist between biomass in southern European countries (where 60% comes from the agro-industrial sector),...
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04 Mar 2024
Welcome BIOCIRC, Spanish Association of Biocircularity
Margarita de Gregorio, General Secretary of BIOPLAT, has participated in the latest issue of the magazine Energía (elEconomista), to present BIOCIRC, the Spanish Biocircularity Association, the spin-off of BIOPLAT. “The BIOPLAT-BIOCIRC tandem will provide 360º services to the Spanish biocircularity sector, complementing BIOPLAT’s own scientific-technological activity with that of BIOCIRC, focused on regulation and market issues. The purpose of BIOCIRC is to lead the development...
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01 Mar 2024
BIOPLAT, CIEMAT and BIOCIRC will give an online course on biogas and biomethane
After a successful first edition in 2020, BIOPLAT and CIEMAT, with the collaboration of BIOCIRC, the recently created Spanish Association of Biocircularity, are once again offering the online course on biogas and biomethane. This is a unique course in Spain, with the most up-to-date information and the most relevant contents, taught in a rigorous and synthetic way, with outstanding speakers in each field. The course...
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29 Feb 2024
HYFUELUP, shaping a better tomorrow with renewable natural gas
HYFUELUP(Hybrid Biomethane Production from Integrated Biomass Conversion) is a pioneering project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme that aims to develop and advance biomethane production technology through gasification and methanisation. The biomethane produced will be liquefied and used for the decarbonisation of long-distance road freight and maritime transport. BIOPLAT is part of the HYFUELUP consortium as responsible for communication and...
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20 Feb 2024
Spain is the first EU country to attract researchers in the Marie Sklodowska Curie Call for Proposals
Spain maintains its leadership, for the fifth consecutive year, in being the first country in the European Union to attract talent in the Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 call. 175 postdoctoral researchers will join Spanish universities and research centres. This call finances the recruitment of research staff, of any nationality, with a maximum of 8 years of research experience, seeking advanced training and...
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12 Feb 2024
Biofuels, protagonists of the new Technology Watch Bulletin
The Technology Watch Newsletter of the Biomass for the Bioeconomy sector for the fourth quarter of 2023 is now available and, in this case, offers timely, schematic and quick-reading information on the latest patents published in the field of biofuels, developed within the framework of the Horizon Europe programme from the year 2023. EU countries are committed to ensuring that, by 2030, at least 14%...
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