Event - 23/03/2021 - 24/03/2021 Urban Forestry Days 2021 online, Kongress/Symposium https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de:443/en/events/urban-forestry-days-2021
Press release - 22/02/2021 Dual Yield on Arable Land: Guideline for Agrivoltaics Published Agrivoltaics enables the dual use of arable land: Photovoltaic modules, which are mounted on a structure, generate renewable electricity and underneath agricultural crops grow. The approach increases land efficiency and could mitigate conflicts over the use of arable land in the future. A new guideline provides up-to-date information on the technology, its potential and the current state of development. https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/Dual-Yield-on-Arable-Land-Guideline-for-Agrivoltaics-Published
Event - 03/03/2021 - 04/03/2021 Bioplastics Science meets Industry online, Registration deadline: 02/03/2021https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/bioplastics-science-meets-industry
Event - 24/02/2021 - 25/02/2021 Online-Kongress BIO-raffiniert XI online, Registration deadline: 17/02/2021, Kongress/Symposium https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/online-kongress-bio-raffiniert-xi
Press release - 08/02/2021 Water-repellent and more: coating textiles sustainably with chitosan Textiles can be coated with the biopolymer chitosan and thus made water-repellent by binding hydrophobic molecules. The good thing is that this can also replace toxic and petroleum-based substances that are currently used for textile finishing. In the last few years Fraunhofer IGB and partners have developed technology to provide fibers with the desired properties using biotechnological processes and chitosan.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/Water-repellent-and-more-coating-textiles-sustainably-with-chitosan
Press release - 05/02/2021 Showcase Bioeconomy: Intelligent Robot Helps Preserve Orchard Meadows University of Hohenheim project contributes to maintaining valuable biotopes: Autonomous robot to help prune fruit trees so they stay healthy.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/Showcase-Bioeconomy-Intelligent-Robot-Helps-Preserve-Orchard-Meadows
From field to socket - 03/02/2021 Energy park & Donau-Silphie: a symbiosis that benefits nature Biogas plants that produce non-fossil fuels are very much in vogue at the moment. In the Swabian hamlet of Hahnennest, four family farms have joined forces to form an energy park and operate a local biogas plant, covering everything from substrate production to the sale of energy. https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/Energy-park-Donau-Silphie-a-symbiosis-that-benefits-nature
Press release - 02/02/2021 Cyanobacteria could revolutionize the plastic industry Microbiologists at the University of Tübingen modify bacteria to produce climate-neutral and rapidly degradable bioplastics.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/Cyanobacteria-could-revolutionize-the-plastic-industry
Press release - 29/01/2021 The added value of compostable plastics for the circular economy For quite some time now, the European Commission (EC) is putting a special focus on biodegradable and compostable polymers when assessing the general role of bioplastics. https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/added-value-compostable-plastics-circular-economy
Press release - 26/01/2021 Report on the Mapping of Biomass Value Chains for Improved Sustainable Energy use in the Baltic Sea Region Countries Published The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Polish partner of the BalticBiomass4Value project, published a report which maps biomass value chains for improved sustainable energy use in the Baltic Sea Region countries. The research focuses on the 9 Baltic Sea Region (BSR) countries: Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and Norway.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/report-mapping-biomass-value-chains-improved-sustainable-energy-use-baltic-sea-region-countries-published
Event - 16/02/2021 Alpine Policy Forum online (Cisco Webex), Registration deadline: 09/02/2021, Kongress/Symposium https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/alpine-policy-forum
Paper production from plant fibres - 20/01/2021 In one cycle: ecopaper, energy and fertiliser made from Silphium perfoliatum Many consumers don't care about exactly how their paper packaging is made and what it is made of as long as it is "eco". But even producing recycled paper, trees need to be felled. An alternative could be paper made from cup plant. Together with partners, a company called Silphie Paper has developed concept for obtaining fibres for a new type of grass paper, while also producing heat, energy and nutrients for natural fertilisers.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/one-cycle-ecopaper-energy-and-fertiliser-made-silphium-perfoliatum
Funding “Circularity in mixed crop and livestock farming systems, with emphasis on greenhouse gas mitigation” Competition, Funded by: European Union’s Horizon2020 Research & Innovation Programmehttps://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/databases/funding/circularity-mixed-crop-and-livestock-farming-systems-emphasis-greenhouse-gas-mitigation
Funding CORE Organic 2021 call Competition, Funded by: CORE Organic consortium, Submission deadline: 08/03/2021 https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/databases/funding/core-organic-2021-call
Biobased building materials - 14/01/2021 Chitin for the development of sustainable materials for use in the construction and other industries Pliable and robust, light and stable - it sounds like an ideal material for the construction and many other industries. A team of researchers at the University of Stuttgart is researching what purposes the naturally good properties of chitin can serve.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/Chitin-for-the-development-of-sustainable-materials-for-use-in-the-construction-and-other-industries
Event - 12/07/2021 - 14/07/2021 Future Insight Days online, Kongress/Symposium https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/future-insight-days
Press release - 04/01/2021 Fungus as a sound absorber As healthy and tasty as mushrooms might be, they are good for much more than just the dinner plate. The Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT has now teamed up with the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP to investigate the use of fungus-based materials for the fabrication of eco-friendly sound absorbers.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/Fungus-as-a-sound-absorber
Press release - 21/12/2020 How Do We Want to Run Our Economy and Production? The wastewater treatment plant is turned into a vegetable farm, bio-based substances recovered from waste are being utilized to prevent oxidative spoilage in food packaging or provide environmentally-friendly and safe water-repellent coatings on functional textiles. In the EVOBIO project coordinated by Fraunhofer IGB, 19 Fraunhofer Institutes are working on solutions for a sustainable economy.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/How-Do-We-Want-to-Run-Our-Economy-and-Production
Event - 11/02/2021 AlpBioEco final public conference online, Informationsveranstaltung https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/alpbioeco-final-public-conference
Event - 18/01/2021 - 19/01/2021 NoAW Final ONLINE Stakeholder Event Online event, Informationsveranstaltung https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/noaw-final-online-stakeholder-event
Press release - 16/12/2020 European Circular Bioeconomy Fund growing Only two and a half months after its launch, the EU bioecocomy venture capital fund ECBF has doubled the volume of its first closing.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/european-circular-bioeconomy-fund-growing
Natural substance with herbicide potential - 10/12/2020 The same but different: What makes sugar 7Sdh a better herbicide? The sugar 7-deoxy-sedoheptulose (7dSh) is produced by cyanobacteria and inhibits the same metabolic pathway as the broad-spectrum herbicide glyphosate, thus making it an excellent herbicide candidate. Despite this amazing similarity, the microbiologist who discovered 7dSh, Prof. Dr. Karl Forchhammer, believes that this sugar has clear ecological advantages over glyphosate.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/The-same-but-different-what-makes-sugar-7Sdh-a-better-herbicide
Event - 09/12/2020 Agriculture and the Green Deal: biodiversity, bio economy and digitisation - Impulses from Baden-Württemberg Online event, Informationsveranstaltung https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/Agriculture-and-the-Green-Deal-biodiversity-bio-economy-and-digitisation-Impulses-from-Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg
Event - 18/01/2021 - 22/12/2020 18th International Conference on Renewable Mobility "Fuels of the Future" Digital Congress, Kongress/Symposium https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/18th-International-Conference-on-Renewable-Mobility-Fuels-of-the-Future
Press release - 02/12/2020 Market update 2020: Bioplastics continue to become mainstream as the global bioplastics market is set to grow by 36 percent over the next 5 years The results of the European Bioplastics’ (EUBP) annual market data update confirm the continued dynamic growth of the global bioplastics industry. “Our industry has successfully weathered the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. And the outlook for bioplastics is also promising as the global market is predicted to grow by 36 percent over the next 5 years”, says François de Bie, Chairman of European Bioplastics.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/market-update-2020-bioplastics-continue-become-mainstream-global-bioplastics-market-set-grow-36-percent-over-next-5-years