In France, PILI, a pioneer in decarbonizing the color industry, announced $15.8 million in Series A funding to accelerate its industrialization by producing the first tons of high-performance bio-based indigo. Bpifrance led this round through the fund Ecotechnologies 2, with participation from Famille C Participations and existing investors, such as Elaia Partners. Since its creation […]
In Toulouse, France, biotech and green chemistry company PILI has raised $15.8 million to accelerate commercialization and scale-up of its fermentation-based indigo. The funds will be used to set up a demonstration unit to complement an industrial pilot that began operations last year. PILI says several million euros of preorders for its biobased dyes and […]
In France, with new flows operated by SOGEPP (Société de Gestion de Produits Pétroliers) which use multimodality for the transport of energy products, a supply chain dedicated to biofuels is gaining momentum on the scale of the Seine axis. HAROPA PORT wishes in particular to develop river transport between the Normandy seaports and the Paris […]
In France, thirty-five academic and private partners from across Europe and China are now working together on the AgriLoop project, which will develop sustainable processes to convert agri-food residues into high-value, eco-friendly products for use in food, feed and bio-based materials. This new collaboration will find new uses for agri-food residues: currently an underexploited resource […]
In France, Faibrics, a sustainable chemical company developing a technology that converts CO2 emissions into high value polyester through a circular manufacturing approach, announced it has raised €17 M from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Program and €5 M from Partners to the Technology Upscaling Project, representing a total amount of €22 […]
In France, TotalEnergies and Air Liquide announce their decision to create an equally owned joint venture to develop a network of hydrogen stations, geared towards heavy duty vehicles on major European road corridors. This initiative will help facilitate access to hydrogen, enabling the development of its use for goods transportation and further strengthening the hydrogen […]
In France, biobased carboxylic acid maker Afyren has partnered with Mitr Phol, a Thai producer of cane sugar and cane sugar derivatives, to build a biorefinery near Bangkok. The approximately 28,000 tons per year plant will be Afyren’s second—the first is still under construction in France—and will serve markets such as food preservatives and flavorings […]
In France, since April 2021, trains on the Paris-Granville line have been powered exclusively by B100, a 100% rapeseed biofuel, representing a first in France. Over this time period, the emission of 11,000 tons of CO2 emissions were thus avoided. This innovative initiative in Normandy, France’s first, enables withdrawing the use of fossil fuels in the […]
In France, Carbios and Novozymes have announced an exclusive long-term global strategic partnership. This major agreement ensures the long-term production and supply of Carbios’ proprietary PET-degrading enzymes at an industrial scale for the world’s first biological PET-recycling plant due to start production in 2025 in Longlaville (France), as well as Carbios’ future licensee customers. Carbios […]
In France, Reuters reports that with an increase in demand for E85 in 2022, ethanol sales rose 13% to 1.47 million cubic meters compared to 1.30 million cubic meters the year prior. More than half of that volume was a result of E85 with sales of the higher blend increasing by almost 83% to 854,000 […]
