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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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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07 Mar 2018
BIOPLAT participated in the 7th European Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation, TRANSFIERE , in Malaga the 14th and 15th of February. BIOPLAT, as member of the organization committee has participated in the organization of the round table “Energy and climate. The rol of the innovation for the acceleration of the transition towards a zero emissions scenario”. The roundtable was promoted by the Coordination Committee of the Energy Technology Platforms,...
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22 Feb 2018
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28 Nov 2017
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17 Nov 2017
The European Commission (EC) has published two reports that show the economic value of the bioeconomy in the European Union and provide a horizontal view of the bioeconomy in Europe in different economic sectors, academics and political areas: Estimating jobs and wealth in the Bioeconomy (2017). The bioeconomy generates 4.1% of the EU GDP and employs 8.2% of the EU labour force. Concomitant growth in value added...
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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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10 Nov 2017
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13 Oct 2017
In September, the Spanish Inter-Platforms Group on Circular Economy, in which BIOPLAT is actively involved, participated in two workshops about circular economy in Madrid. These workshops highlighted the importance of the circular economy strategies for achieving a transition towards a more sustainable use of resources. The Spanish Inter-Platforms Group on Circular Economy contributed to propose actions to ‘closing the loop strategies’ and the R&D as...
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19 Sep 2017
BIOPLAT, the Spanish Biomass Technology Platform and SusChem-Spain, the Sustainable Chemistry Technology Platform presented yesterday the Spanish Biorefineries Manual that have jointly prepared. The presentation took place in the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness. Ms. Carmen Vela, Secretary of the Spanish State for Research, Development and Innovation highlighted the importance of the bioenergy in the bioeconomy of Spain, as well as in the circular economy. In...
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