The 3rd webinar of the BIOCOGEN 2030 stakeholder platform will be held on 3 December, focusing on the market perspectives for small-medium scale cogeneration plants utilising biomass. Four distinguished guests from industry will present their data and insights regarding the CHP market during the transition towards a decarbonised society. AGENDA 12:00-12:05 Introduction and BIOCOGEN 2030…
The RUBIZMO project has studied hundreds of high potential business models and the conditions to make them successful. Partners are now making their insights available for authorities, associations, businesses and entrepreneurs – with an extensive program of online “café talks” and virtual visits open to all. A first series of quick and easy to access…
The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance. This year’s edition will be an entirely virtual event spread over three…
The 2020 European Research and Innovation Days – the Commission’s annual flagship R&I event – will be held online from 22-24 September. The R&I days bring together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and citizens to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond. In the context of the ‘green recovery’, and just…
Brussels – Education, training and awareness raising were identified as key factors to unlock the potential of 62 million tonnes of agricultural residues available annually in Europe during a policy conference organised by eco-innovation expert group Greenovate! Europe, where innovative examples of circular economy in the agro-food sector were presented. Rural areas cover more than 50% of Europe’s surface, and…
Brussels – Construction industry stakeholders and policy makers gathered on 29 January in Brussels to discuss the potential of natural bio-based materials to help Europe meet its climate obligations. The event was organised by the Horizon 2020 project ISOBIO, which hopes its innovations will be a game changer for bio-based construction. “We have known for a long…
Brussels – Energy experts came together today in Brussels at the final conference of the EU project Best Paths to discuss with policy makers how to upgrade and improve the European electricity grid. The conference, which was organised by Greenovate! Europe, brought together around 120 experts from all over the continent. “The technologies developed in Best Paths will…
Brussels – Sustainable biomass can be used in a wide variety of applications, including heating, transport fuel, or bio-based products, and present an area with strong growth potential in the European economy. Making products and energy from renewable, local bio-resources instead of fossil fuels will stimulate the creation of new jobs and economic growth in Europe,…
Brussels – An analysis by the Horizon 2020 ProBIO project has found that less than 5% of bioeconomy projects funded by the EU’s 7th Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP7) have results with the potential to be introduced to market. ProBIO has screened more than 400 projects funded by FP7’s Knowledge-Based Bioeconomy (KBBE) Programme and found that whilst…
Brussels – Buildings account for around half of the EU’s total energy consumption. As a result, energy efficiency of buildings is a major theme in the European Commission’s Clean Energy for All Europeans package of proposals and a focus of this year’s EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), which takes place from 19-25 June. During the EUSEW, Greenovate!…
Brussels – Small scale wind energy has significant potential in urban, suburban and industrial areas, but numerous challenges currently stand in the way to wide-scale uptake of this decentralised energy resource. The SWIP project has explored current technological, economic and social barriers to their uptake, and has recently outlined how to overcome them to European policy-makers….
London – A range of breakthrough eco-building solutions which tackle the emerging problem of indoor air quality have been presented by the ECO-SEE project at the Ecobuild construction fair in London. The solutions include novel insulation, coating and panel products which improve air quality by passively regulating humidity, capturing VOCs, and removing indoor organic pollutants through photocatalysis. External…
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