News and events

Promising initial LCA results

Bio4Products aims to develop a new generation of products that are more sustainable than their fossil based predecessors. To check the sustainability risks and environmental performance of the bio-based products under development, BTG Biomass Technology Group is conducting a number of studies within the project.

Bio4Products biomass study published

An extensive study into the availability and quality of biomass resources in Europe has shown the potential for new lignocellulosic biorefineries to be opened in France, Finland, Romania and the Netherlands. The study was conducted within the Bio4Products Horizon 2020 project, which is testing the feasibility of a fast pyrolysis based biorefinery concept.

New EU Bioeconomy Strategy launched

The European Commission has published a new Bioeconomy Strategy including a set of 14 concrete actions to be launched by 2019.

Get acquainted with Bio4Products at NWBC

The Bio4Products concept and early results will be presented during the Nordic Wood Biorefeinery Conference at the Scandic Marina Congress Center in Helsinki, Finland on 23-25 October 2018.

Meet the team #2: Capax

Capax Biobased Development (also known as Capax Environmental services) is an SME that specialises in turning biobased projects into success. Capax uses novel business development strategies combined with biobased design thinking to challenge assumptions and identify the underlying potential of projects. Based in the vicinity of Brussels, a versatile team uses disruptive approaches to facilitate investors, technology providers and project developers, in order to take the right decisions, answer to real market demands, find new market opportunities and boost their sales.

Bio-based boost in United States

Demand for bio-based products – including those being developed in Bio4Products – looks set to grow in the United States following changes to government procurement rules.

Bio4Products presented to IEA Bioenergy Task 34

The Bio4Products concept was presented to international experts during the biannual meeting of IEA Bioenergy Task 34: Direct Thermochemical Liquefaction in the Netherlands last week.

Discover Bio4Products at RRB conference

Some of the first results of the Bio4Products project will be presented at the RRB conference on 31 May 2018 in Gent, Belgium.

Defining ‘waste and residues’

As part of the revision of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive, the European Commission proposed a gradual phase-out of crop-based biofuels, which should be replaced by more “advanced biofuels” that do not compete with food crops.