Ghent University to launch new biobased business platform

Ghent University will soon launch the new End-of-Waste Business Development Unit which aims at setting up an academic-industrial collaborations in the field of reprocessing organic-biological bypass flows into valuable chemicals, energy, materials and products which can be re-used in a range of sectors. The platform will bring together a multidisciplinary consortium of 32 driven professors and […]

Supporting start-ups and SMEs in the energy transition 21st February 2018, Brussels.

The event ‘Supporting start-ups and SMEs in the energy transition’ is taking place the 21st of February in Brussels. This event constitutes an unique opportunity for entrepreneurs, investors, policy-makers and change-makers to build new collaborations and share thoughts on how to boost innovation. It will be organised between the International Climate Show and the Jacques Delors Institute, […]

ECO-BIO 2018: Team up to accelerate the global bioeconomy, 4-7 March in Dublin

ECO-BIO 2018 will bring together all concerned with the bioeconomy – including delegates from academia, industry, government and NGOs –  to share the latest in scientific and technological advances, impact assessment, innovation and valorisation in biobased products and processes. A comprehensive programme includes more than 20 plenary and invited speakers, forum discussions, contributed short talks […]

EP Plenary: Clean Energy Innovation

On Tuesday 6th of February, during the EP Plenary session, the MEPs voted on the following topics: pesticides, CO2 emissions and clean energy innovation.   On Clean Energy Innovation it has been stated that citizens have to be a central part to promote the energy transition and engaging them in the change will need to […]

EP Plenary vote: CO2 emissions

On Tuesday 6th of February, during the EP Plenary session, the MEPs voted on the following topics: pesticides, CO2 emissions and clean energy innovation. The Parliament has approved a new law that provides: -increase on the reduction of CO2 emissions allowances on the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) on the market (the linear reduction factor) by 2.2 […]

EP Plenary vote: Pesticides

On Tuesday 6th of February, during the EP Plenary session, the MEPs voted on the following topics: pesticides, CO2 emissions and clean energy innovation. A special committee has been designated to examine EU’s authorisation procedure for pesticides, more specifically on the role of the European Commission on renewing glyphosate licence, process of approval, possible failures on […]

Global Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance – Report

IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency has published a report named ‘Global Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance’. The report focuses on the finance flows worldwide in 2013-2016, classified according to the technology, financial instrument and region. Some of the findings consists on: the growth of the renewable energy capacity; growth of private investments, especially on the domestic […]