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Incorrect judgment on green plastics in lifecycle analyses

23 March 2025 by Diederik van der Hoeven
Climate strike in Pittsburgh

Yuki Kabe, Technical Advocacy Specialist at Braskem, signals an incorrect judgement of ‘biobased’ or green plastics in lifecycle analyses. As a chemical engineer, he has more than 20 years of … Read more

23 March 2025 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Bidirectional charging, solution for grid congestion

1 August 2024 by Diederik van der Hoeven
Loading dock

Bidirectional charging, or possible charging from both sides, is a smart solution for grid overcharging. Bidirectional charging means that the current can go both ways. It is useful in particular … Read more

1 August 2024 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Phosphorus depletion

8 January 20248 January 2024 by Diederik van der Hoeven
phosphorus mine

Phosphorus is essential for life on Earth, says Chris Slootweg on his profile page of the University of Amsterdam. It is an essential element in global agriculture. It plays a … Read more

8 January 20248 January 2024 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Food security under threat

2 December 2023 by Diederik van der Hoeven
food security

The threat to global food security is back. The COVID pandemic has had a huge impact.  The UN estimate that as many as 811 million people were undernourished in 2020 … Read more

2 December 2023 by Diederik van der Hoeven

The protein challenge

12 October 2023 by Diederik van der Hoeven
protein

Proteins are essential to feeding the world. Malnutrition from protein shortage is widespread; ca. 10% of the global population suffers from it. Whereas the world produces more than enough proteins … Read more

12 October 2023 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Carbon capture and utilization (CCU)

30 July 202330 July 2023 by Diederik van der Hoeven
CO2 as a feedstock

In a recent report, nova-Institute made a powerful plea for ‘much more political recognition and support for CCU’. For, as they argue, carbon capture and utilization (CCU) will enable the … Read more

30 July 202330 July 2023 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Digitisation and energy transition

10 July 2023 by Diederik van der Hoeven
digitisation

The sun doesn’t always shine. Sometimes there is not a breath of wind, sometimes it storms. As we move forward towards sustainable sources in the energy transition, we need to … Read more

10 July 2023 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Perspectives for agriculture – the new farming

11 July 2022 by Alle Bruggink
agriculture

The Dutch farmers manifest themselves. They block highways and distribution centres. They pay a visit to the homes of ministers. They oppose plans to reduce appreciably manure production and ammonia … Read more

11 July 2022 by Alle Bruggink

Strong climate policy or freedom to consumers?

13 May 2022 by Diederik van der Hoeven
climate policy

A recent article in The Conversation shows the undesirable results of a climate policy that lends its ears to public opinion. For consumers are at odds with themselves – in … Read more

13 May 2022 by Diederik van der Hoeven

A Marshall plan for European solar PV production capacity

23 January 2022 by Michael Carus
European solar PV production

More European solar PV production capacity, a better alternative to the expensive, slow, risky and misguided path of nuclear energy. This article was first published on Renewable Carbon News of … Read more

23 January 2022 by Michael Carus

Integration of PV into the economy

15 September 2021 by Diederik van der Hoeven
integration of PV

Integration of PV into the economy will become the main task in the years to come. Sustainability in the production chain is becoming more important all the time. The advantage … Read more

15 September 2021 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Carbon Take Back Obligation: make sure fossil fuels producers take responsibility for cleaning up CO2

18 August 202118 August 2021 by Diederik van der Hoeven
Carbon take back obligation

This summer, the world has been shocked by disasters, probably caused by climate change. When will the global community take upon it in earnest the task of reducing greenhouse gas … Read more

18 August 202118 August 2021 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Sustainable materials policy? Try bans and taxes

15 August 202115 August 2021 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Lux Research, an international research policy company based in Boston, published a report on sustainable materials policy. What are the most effective policy instruments in this area? Sustainab-ility is growing … Read more

15 August 202115 August 2021 by Diederik van der Hoeven

A transition that makes use of existing energy infrastructure

21 March 2021 by Diederik van der Hoeven
energy infrastructure

We need to move through the energy transition fast. Because continuous carbon dioxide emissions will result in unacceptable climate changes. That’s why we need transition paths that meet with little … Read more

21 March 2021 by Diederik van der Hoeven

European generic medicines production after corona

4 June 202020 May 2020 by Alle Bruggink

By the end of 2019, both USA and EU became aware of their dependence on China and India in generic medicines supply. Particularly the dependence on China was judged to … Read more

4 June 202020 May 2020 by Alle Bruggink

Manifesto ‘Waltzing with Nature’

9 May 20201 May 2020 by Biobased Press
waltzing with nature

  Biobased Press published its manifesto ‘Waltzing with Nature’ on May 1, 2020. In this manifesto, we testify to the importance of science for solving mankind’s major global problems. Like … Read more

9 May 20201 May 2020 by Biobased Press

Don’t waste the corona crisis

2 April 2020 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Crises are an opportunity to review our present structures and habits; and to create new ones. Many observers judge that we wasted the 2008 financial crisis: the mechanisms that caused … Read more

2 April 2020 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Let’s have a better look at job quality, says Dutch WRR

19 January 2020 by Diederik van der Hoeven
Job quality

The report The better job (in Dutch) by the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) is ground-breaking. For the first time in forty (!) years, there is attention for … Read more

19 January 2020 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Education on strike

5 November 2019 by Wijnand Schonewille

Dutch primary education has a huge problem, that also affects bio-economy developments. There’s a substantial shortage of teachers, the teaching profession is not appreciated much, and the pay gap with … Read more

5 November 2019 by Wijnand Schonewille

Introspection and innovation don’t easily match: ‘In the Netherlands we tend to think we are pretty good.’

25 October 201925 October 2019 by Wijnand Schonewille

The Dutch Cabinet has determined missions to tackle major societal issues, and Dutch knowledge sectors are currently drawing up Knowledge and Innovation Agendas on how to support the realisation of … Read more

25 October 201925 October 2019 by Wijnand Schonewille

IPBES and after: do we need to fear global ecosystem decline?

28 June 201914 June 2019 by Diederik van der Hoeven

A month ago, May 2019, a UN agency with the awkward acronym IPBES published a report on nature decline. It tells us: ‘nature and its vital contributions to people, which … Read more

28 June 201914 June 2019 by Diederik van der Hoeven

When upcycling, reach for the moon

30 June 20195 June 2019 by Wijnand Schonewille
Mushroom upcycling

In September 2016, Henk Kamp, then Minister of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands, opened Upcycling Gemert, a plant that processes mushroom waste into compost, fuel and heat. Only two weeks … Read more

30 June 20195 June 2019 by Wijnand Schonewille

Séralini disproven – what will the EU do now?

5 August 20185 August 2018 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Anyone who opposes genetically modified (GM) food can tell you that ‘in France’ they found that GM maize causes cancer in rats. This study was conducted under leadership of Gilles-Éric … Read more

5 August 20185 August 2018 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Doing Dutch biobased business in Midwest USA

17 April 201815 April 2018 by Marieke Kil

One month ago me and my two fellow interns arrived in Chicago and started our work here at the Consulate-General of the Netherlands. The focus of my specific project is … Read more

17 April 201815 April 2018 by Marieke Kil

Geopolitics of information, the next conflict zone

14 January 201820 December 2017 by Alle Bruggink
geopolitics of information

In four earlier articles we came to the conclusion that geopolitics of fossil, mineral and agricultural resources will become less important. But a new geopolitical dimension quickly rises to the … Read more

14 January 201820 December 2017 by Alle Bruggink

Young farmers and the lack of large-scale agricultural innovation projects

14 January 201810 December 2017 by Wijnand Schonewille

Last week I visited a network meeting focusing on rural development. This focus area lies at a somewhat greater distance from direct bio-based developments, but nevertheless will be impacted by … Read more

14 January 201810 December 2017 by Wijnand Schonewille

Plastic waste: let’s put an end to it in 10 to 15 years

27 July 20203 December 2017 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Mankind needs to set a clear goal: plastic waste should no longer exist in ten to fifteen years from now. This ambitious goal needs to be tackled from two sides: … Read more

27 July 20203 December 2017 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Food and water as geopolitical assets

14 January 201816 November 2017 by Alle Bruggink

Can food supply and access to clean water develop into geopolitical weapons, like fossil energy has been for many years? If so, we should see a structural imbalance between food … Read more

14 January 201816 November 2017 by Alle Bruggink

Many bio-based strategies, national bio-economy strategies look old-fashioned

14 January 201812 November 2017 by Wijnand Schonewille
bio-economy strateges

At the last EFIB, October 2017, in Brussels, there were indications that national bio-economy strategies are beginning to lag behind market developments and vision. Current company bio-based strategies move towards … Read more

14 January 201812 November 2017 by Wijnand Schonewille

First generation bioethanol deserves revaluation, says nova-Institute

14 January 20189 September 2017 by Diederik van der Hoeven

European biofuel policy is being revised. November last year, the new draft renewable energy directive (RED II) has been proposed, and decisions on it will be taken in the coming … Read more

14 January 20189 September 2017 by Diederik van der Hoeven

No neonics? And then what?

14 January 201811 July 2017 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Another major study on neonicotinoids (neonics) was published in Science, last month. It sparked vehement comments from groups like Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth who want no neonics, as … Read more

14 January 201811 July 2017 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Biologists need to know about programming

14 January 201820 June 2017 by Wijnand Schonewille

In an interview about digitization of education, Onderwijs moet de voordelen van ICT gebruiken, published in the Dutch newspaper NRC, May 8th, 2017, the president of the Dutch Education Council, … Read more

14 January 201820 June 2017 by Wijnand Schonewille

Biobased economy strategy: through specialty chemicals and materials

14 January 201827 October 2016 by Diederik van der Hoeven
PLA basis biobased economy strategy

The European biobased economy strategy should not lead through drop-in chemicals. The key is in Smart, Small and Clever. This is the second of two columns on the European biobased … Read more

14 January 201827 October 2016 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Plastic litter: strict regulation is the only remedy

14 January 201820 October 2016 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Plastic litter is a curse. According to Joan Hanegraaf, the only solution to this problem is strict regulation and enforcement. Look at Japan, Canada, Singapore. No plastic litter there. One … Read more

14 January 201820 October 2016 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Biobased markets need standardization

14 January 201815 June 2016 by Wijnand Schonewille
Standardization

Everybody involved in the bioeconomy should understand that standardization is a requirement for a successful institutionalisation of biobased markets. Standardization is a prerequisite for trade One of the basic assumptions … Read more

14 January 201815 June 2016 by Wijnand Schonewille

Avantium: investment climate in Europe has much improved

14 January 201811 May 2016 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Less than a year ago, at the Biobased Economy network conference in Amsterdam, we heard Avantium’s Ed de Jong tell the audience that the long-awaited first commercial FDCA plant would … Read more

14 January 201811 May 2016 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Biobased economy is progressing quite well, says Annita Westenbroek

14 January 201818 January 2016 by Diederik van der Hoeven

‘The biobased economy might not seem to make much progress right now, because very few major developments are being announced. But behind the scenes, companies make spectacular progress, they will … Read more

14 January 201818 January 2016 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Universities of Applied Sciences important for the biobased economy, says Han van Osch

14 January 201821 September 2015 by Diederik van der Hoeven
Han van Osch

Universities of Applied Sciences have undergone a major transformation in the past few years, says Avans University’s Han van Osch. They orient themselves much more towards practical results, and try … Read more

14 January 201821 September 2015 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Sustainability needs green growth

14 January 201829 July 2015 by Diederik van der Hoeven
Climate change

Long ago, in the seventies of the last century, environmentalists like myself were faced with a dilemma, in short: pollution or frugality. Wealth brought along pollution, and in the last … Read more

14 January 201829 July 2015 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Green Growth, much too optimistic?

14 January 201815 May 2015 by Paul Reinshagen

Those who do not believe in the future, might be advised not to go there at all. All too often I have heard readers of our book ‘Groene Groei’ (Green … Read more

14 January 201815 May 2015 by Paul Reinshagen

Waiting patiently (until the biobased economy has passed away)!?

15 January 20186 May 2015 by Paul Reinshagen
Groningen platteland

Sorry, we publish this review of Dutch innovation policy in Dutch only.

15 January 20186 May 2015 by Paul Reinshagen

Now is the moment for a carbon tax, says Paul Ekins

14 January 20189 February 2015 by Diederik van der Hoeven

We should create a carbon tax now, as energy prices are low, said the British economist Paul Ekins last week in The Hague, at a conference on green growth. That … Read more

14 January 20189 February 2015 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Bioenergy: the ambitions are the problem

14 January 201826 January 2015 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Nothing is wrong with bioenergy; something is wrong with the ambitions that its proponents have: bioenergy should save the climate. Because that ambition would require the production of biomass in … Read more

14 January 201826 January 2015 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Green Deal, lubricant in the system

14 January 201828 December 2014 by Paul Reinshagen
Charging point in Amsterdam

‘Let a thousand flowers blossom,’ chairman Mao said long ago. This concept could be appropriate to the number and diversity of the unusual phenomenon of the Green Deal, a mechanism … Read more

14 January 201828 December 2014 by Paul Reinshagen

New opportunities, Green Growth and Naomi Klein

14 January 201828 November 2014 by Paul Reinshagen
Sugar beet field

It is tempting to compare them: Naomi Klein’s new book This Changes Everything on the disasters that threaten the old order, and our own book Green Growth (in Dutch) in … Read more

14 January 201828 November 2014 by Paul Reinshagen

Book Green Growth presented to Dutch parliament

14 January 201820 November 2014 by Paul Reinshagen

Sorry, we publish this article in Dutch only.

14 January 201820 November 2014 by Paul Reinshagen

Panarchy, for a transition with less disruption

14 January 201819 November 2014 by Diederik van der Hoeven
Derk Loorbach

Resistance towards innovative changes is a well-known problem. It troubles many researchers and entrepreneurs, also those who venture into the biobased economy. The science of systems innovation deals with the … Read more

14 January 201819 November 2014 by Diederik van der Hoeven

Naomi Klein: everyone will be affected

14 January 201816 November 2014 by Paul Reinshagen

Would there still be safe havens if the sea level starts rising as a result of the greenhouse effect? For the time being, people will be relatively safe in industrialised … Read more

14 January 201816 November 2014 by Paul Reinshagen

Biobased transition in Europe: how fast?

14 January 20186 October 2014 by Paul Reinshagen
Marcel Wubbolts

At the conference where the report ‘Opportunities for the fermentation-based chemical industry’ was published, we also talked to Marcel Wubbolts, DSM’s CTO and president of BIC (the Biobased Industry Consortium). … Read more

14 January 20186 October 2014 by Paul Reinshagen

Cooperatives essential for the biobased economy, says Yvon Le Henaff

14 January 201819 June 2014 by Diederik van der Hoeven
Yvon Le Henaff

‘It is logical that farmers’ cooperatives invest in the subsequent industrial transformation of their feedstock,’ says Yvon Le Henaff, general manager of ARD, the major research company owned by French … Read more

14 January 201819 June 2014 by Diederik van der Hoeven
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