Category: Biomass | Bioeconomy Consultants : Innovative Minds

Corncob Security

06.04.2019 | Cob.Trade, News, Biomass

Field Cobs

Not much has changed since the 2015 study: Corncob prices still dominate the base price of furfural

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Biomass Gallery

21.02.2019 | Biomass

Biomass Gallery

Below is a selection of different biomass types that we have evaluated as feedstock for furfural production. (more…)

Bioenergy crops could store more carbon in soil

03.03.2017 | Biomass, ReBlogged

Biomass research plots (miscanthus and switchgrass) on SoyFace plots on UI South Farms.

In addition to providing renewable energy, grass crops like switchgrass and miscanthus could store some of the carbon they pull from the atmosphere in the soil. (more…)

Two More Factsheets: Biobased Products

20.12.2016 | Biomass, ReBlogged

Image © Stefan Körber, Tropfen, Fotolia

InnProBio, the Forum for Bio-Based Innovation in Public Procurement, aims to build a community of public procurement practitioners interested in Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) of Bio-Based Products and Services (BBPS). More .. (more…)

Factsheet #1: What are biobased products?

20.12.2016 | Biomass, ReBlogged

Factsheet #1: What are biobased products?

The EU-funded InnProBio project published Factsheet #1. It offers some definitions and graphic illustrations on the type of feedstock used to make the products and of the uses for biobased products.

Factsheet #1 highlights the benefits of bio-based products, such as their potential to reduce the economy’s dependence on fossil feedstocks, to create green jobs (not only) in the European Union, and to help drive European innovation.

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Defining Moment for Bioplastic Feedstock Developments

28.08.2016 | Biobased Chemicals, Biomass, ReBlogged

The recent decline of crude oil prices during 2015 forward has hampered the growth of bioplastics, yet the remarkable technology achievements in biochemical building blocks of the past two decades will continue strong during this transition period. (Image: omnexus.specialchem.com).