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Sustainability assessment of the CARBIOW value chain that converts food waste into aviation and maritime fuels

By Dr. Svetlana Obydenkova Researcher, Faculty of Science and Engineering, AMIBM – Sust. of Chemicals & Material Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials   In the CARBIOW project, Maastricht University is conducting a sustainability assessment of a novel value chain that converts food waste into aviation and maritime fuels. Decarbonizing these transport sectors remains one of […]

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Trump urges new talks on biofuels policy in the US

US President Donald Trump has urged oil and biofuels producers to negotiate a compromise on the future of US biofuels policy, aiming to avoid the political clashes that defined his first term in office. The oil industry and biofuel producers have long competed for a share of the multi-billion dollar US gasoline market, often clashing […]

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CARBIOW boosts liaison with EU’s entities and projects

With one year to go, the CARBIOW project is intensifying liaison with European organisations and projects by attending high-level stakeholder events. In the last six months, CARBIOW partners have represented the project at major meetings focused on biocircularity and the circular economy, at a cluster meeting on ‘Biomethane for marine and aviation fuels’, and at […]

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CARBIOW shows its videos at the Basque Circular Summit 2025

The CARBIOW project was present at the Basque Circular Summit 2025, held from 2 to 4 April in Bilbao, Spain, where our partner and project coordinator, TECNALIA, had a stand. There, the CARBIOW videos were played continuously, bringing them closer to an audience of more than 1,300 stakeholders. The Basque Circular Summit 2025 is a […]

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CARBIOW held its M30 General Assembly in Darmstadt (Germany)

The entire CARBIOW project consortium went to Darmstadt (Germany) to hold the M30 General Assembly meeting on 2-3 April, at the Technische Universität Darmstadt facilities. The project has entered a critical phase, with only one year left, and this led all the work packages, as well as reviewing the actions carried out during the last […]

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5th scientific report: drying biomass prior to torrefaction

CARBIOW project is celebrating the publication in the Renewable Energy Journal of its fifth report, entitled ‘Batch rolling-bed dryer applicability for drying biomass prior to torrefaction‘. The study, written by NIC’s representatives Szymon Szufa, Blaž Likozar and Andrii Kostyniuk, among other authors, investigates the suitability of a pilot-scale batch rolling-bed dryer for drying pine wood […]

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Study finds significant biomass available for the maritime sector

The international shipping community has been setting decarbonisation targets to keep in line with global climate ambitions since the 2015 Paris Agreement. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), for example, has declared aggressive targets, with a 100 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or thereabouts compared to the base year (2008). To achieve this, […]

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