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WUR: Identifying and implementing circular applications of agri-residues | 2022
This report describes and explains a Circular Evaluation Framework that supports the decision making process in the implementation of processes for the valorisation of agri-residues or by-products.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Mapping and Synthesis of International Biomass Supply Assessment | 2025
The report estimates that over 2,800 million dry metric tonnes of sustainable biomass supplies is currently produced from the 62 nations accounted in the assessment. Current biomass production in Brazil, the USA, China, Indonesia and India is estimated to be the highest.
Frituurvet, recycle het!
For 15 years, MVO, the chain organisation for oils and fats, has been running a communication campaign on the benefits of recycling frying oil which aims to inform municipalities about the many benefits of collecting this type of waste.
Repsol will invest more than €800 million to produce renewable methanol at the Tarragona Ecoplant
Repsol recently approved a historic investment to build the first plant in Europe to transform urban waste into renewable methanol in the Spanish region of Catalonia. Renewable methanol is a fuel that will help defossilizing the transport sector and make circular products.
Wageningen University & Research: Circularity Analysis Tool project – The circularity of residual flow utilisation | 2024
The Circularity Assessment Tool (CAT) developed by Wageningen Food and Biobased Research has recently received a budget from the “Kennis op maat” program to translate the tool into actionable projects. The Platform has made a financial contribution to this budget.
Retrospective seminar new Biofeedstock Narrative 23 January in Pulchri Studio in The Hague
The multiple benefits of the production and use of biofeedstocks have a central role in the new biofeedstock narrative that has been presented by the sector on 23 January 2025 at Pulchri Studio in The Hague.
Retrospective on Public Seminar: The new feedstock producers for a fossil free chemical industry | December 10, 2024
On Tuesday December 10, the Platform hosted its annual public seminar on the topic of the new feedstock providers for a fossil free chemical industry in Amsterdam.
Call for Demand Creation; letter to European Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra | 2024
Coalition of companies, trade associations call on EU to create market demand for clean industrial products. The Call for Demand Creation is signed by 77 branches and organisations.
EERA Bioenergy: Bioenergy, biogas and biofuels - Research and innovation gaps in the EU | 2024
The European Energy Research Alliance is the European Alliance for Excellent Research in sustainable bioenergy. They have recently presented their position paper on Research and Innovation gaps in in the EU.
Joint Statement on a European Sustainable Carbon Policy Package | 2024
The Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Ireland and France call upon the European Commission to put forward a coherent European policy package to stimulate the use of sustainable carbon in chemical industry and shift away from fossil.
Connecting the energy transition and the Dutch nitrogen crisis: Opportunities for biogas
To bring down nitrogen emissions, the Dutch government aims to buy out farmers of their agricultural lands for 15 billion euros. However, biogas production from manure may offer a more effective solution.
Platform perspective: How development of a CCU cluster can aid Tata Steel in its sustainability pathway
The Dutch cabinet is in the process of constructing customised binding agreements with large industrial emitters in the Netherlands such as Tata Steel on their sustainability pathway. The Platform offers its perspective.
SER: Evenwichtig sturen op de grondstoffentransitie en de energietransitie voor brede welvaart | 2022
In september 2022 publiceerde de Sociaal-Economische Raad (SER) haar beleidsrapport over de grondstoffen- en energietransitie. De SER analyseert hierin hoe er evenwichtig op de energietransitie én de grondstoffentransitie gestuurd kan worden.
Visie op De Nationale Technologiestrategie
Het ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat heeft onlangs De Nationale Technologiestrategie gepubliceerd. In deze blogpost licht het Platform een aantal punten uit en deelt ze haar visie.
Ministerie EZK | De Nationale Technologiestrategie | 2024
Het ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat heeft op 19 januari (2024) De Nationale Technologiestrategie gepubliceerd. Hierin identificeert het kabinet 44 sleuteltechnologieën die het de prioriteit wil geven op het gebied van investering en ontwikkeling.
McKinsey: From ambition to action - Decarbonization and beyond in the Netherlands | 2023
McKinsey Sustainability recently published a report on the Netherlands' role as a leader to accelerate decarbonization while driving economic growth and resilience. The report highlights five "forward-leaning moves" that could address the transition.
Horizon Europe projects - latest news on biomass project launches and updates
Horizon Europe, an European Union initiative to fund projects tackling climate change, announced the launch of two new projects relating to the production of biofuels and provided updates on ongoing projects.
The Nordic Biogas Model - one solution to many problems
On the 20th of September we came together for the mini-symposium Biogas, organised by the Swedish Biogas Solutions Research Centre together with the Platform Renewable Fuels, the Platform Green Gas and the Dutch Biorefinery Cluster.
Video explainer of Torrgreen's mobile torrefaction and power units | 2023
This video showcases the potential of Torrgreen's mobile torrefaction and power units. They're designed to allow for better use of agricultural residues, by converting them into compact energy carriers at the site of harvest, instead of burning them as is currently customary.
Vertoro
Vertoro is a "capital-backed and university-backed chemical startup with a novel and protected approach to transforming woody and agricultural residues into a wide range of bio-based chemicals, materials, and fuels".
