The European Commission held its Bioeconomy Conference on 6-7 October, with G!E present to represent its projects such as CEE2ACT, HOOP and GO-GRASS. Speakers noted that in the past years, Bioeconomy has gone from an abstract, high-level concept, to a reality on the ground, with developing awareness amongst policy-makers, farmers, investors and innovators. Many countries…
The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced the creation of a European Hydrogen Bank within her State of the Union address. The proposed Bank will be able to invest 3 billion euros to help build the future market for hydrogen. With REPowerEU – the European Commission’s plan to make Europe independent from…
By Maria Beatriz Rosell and Dora Leitner, GEONARDO “Bioeconomy promises to foster the transition from a fossil-based linear economy to a more sustainable yet competitive bio-based economy, addressing environmental, social and economic issues alike. “Indeed the bioeconomy transition is high on the EU’s political agenda, as reflected in a number of documents, such as the…
The University of the Basque Country and Greenovate! Europe are glad to announce the launch of the SYMBIOREM project aiming to curb environmental pollution with innovative bioremediation processes. The presence of pollution in water and soil poses multiple risks to human, animal, and ecosystem health, contributing to diseases and biodiversity loss. The SYMBIOREM project (full…
On 13-14 September 2022, representatives of 17 European organisations from 17 countries gathered in Budapest at the kick-off meeting of the CEE2ACT project, funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme. The European Green Deal has set Europe on its path to being the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and achieving a…
The SUINK project aims to develop innovative green solutions to supply power to a wide range of sensors for the automotive sector. Tekniker and Greenovate! Europe are glad to announce the launch of a new European project on functional electronics: the SUINK project (SUstainable self-charging power systems developed by INKjet printing). The main objective of…
The European Commission has announced the 100 EU cities that will participate in the EU Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030. The 100 cities come from all 27 Member States, and there will also be an additional 12 cities from countries associated or with the potential of being associated to Horizon Europe….
By Yannis Fallas, CluBE “EU Missions are a new way to bring concrete solutions to some of our greatest challenges. They have ambitious goals and will deliver concrete results by 2030. The EU Missions are part of the Horizon Europe research and innovation program for the years 2021-2027, tackling five major challenges: Adaptation to Climate Change,…
Member States reached agreement on a raft of climate laws in the EU’s Environment Council this week, including a phase-out of internal combustion engine cars by 2035, and an extension of the EU Emission Trading System. Environment ministers from the European Union’s 27 member states agreed their joint positions on five laws within the Fit…
Greenovate! Europe member ATLANTIS Environment & Innovation last week signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop and test a Geographical Information System (GIS) based platform to assess and map desertification and land degradation risk. The development of the ‘EDAFOS’ platform will be based on the evolution of the DWEIS and Medalus…
The HEART project consortium invites you to its final conference on 11 July 2022 at 11:00-17:00 CET at Residence Palace in Brussels. Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 program, the HEART project combines different components and technologies to transform existing buildings into smart ones. The retrofit toolkit developed by the HEART project can reduce energy consumption, with…
6 July – 11:00-12:15 CET – Registration The current energy crisis represents a major challenge for Europe but also an opportunity to increase necessary efforts to accelerate the green transition and secure its energy autonomy. To face this unprecedented challenge, the European Commission has recently published its plan to accelerate the energy transition and lower…
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