Biosolutions represent the fusion of biology and technology, offering powerful tools to address climate change, enhance biodiversity preservation and environmental protection, and ensure food security.
Leveraging natural microorganisms and processes, like fermentation, to accelerate Europe’s Green Deal targets, biosolution innovation is catalysing a new economy and a vital generation of engineers.
In essence, biosolutions work by inputting a compound like an organic carbon (such as sugar) or biomass (from crops or waste); and then adding microorganisms such as bacteria and yeast, which process the input through fermentation.
There may be an enhancement such as genetic engineering which boosts the microorganisms’ capabilities for precision and output. Finally, an output is achieved resulting in valuable products like proteins (for human or animal consumption), ethanol (for energy), sustainable enzymes, new materials, and biodegradable sidestreams (used as feed or fertilizers) emerge.
This series looks at the innovators, the science and the economics behind the biosolution, biotech and biomanufacturing sector ecosystem.
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Fix biosolutions legislative landscape or lose talent and scale-ups, says strategist
Est. 6minInvestors champion biotechnology with AI as the engine of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, but despite Europe’s strong ambitions biotech analysts say legislation designed for chemicals is not fit for the biological. The result is an exodus of talent and investment.
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Europe’s biosolutions sector is leveraging nature to strengthen sustainability and resilience
Est. 7minBiosolutions are nature's tools, offering a powerful pathway to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable and greener future, while potentially strengthening Europe’s resilience, supply chain sovereignty and competitiveness.
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EU needs an ambitious Bio Act, says MEP Weiss
Est. 6minEurope needs a Bio Act according to MEP Pernille Weiss (EPP). Weiss and other expert speakers at the European High-Level Summit on Biosolutions said failing to develop an effective biosolutions framework will lead to a stifling of innovation and growth.
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Stop regulating biosolutions as chemicals, requests Novonesis CEO
Est. 8minFresh from a company merger, Novonesis CEO Ester Baiget came to Brussels with an important ask – to create a level playing field for biosolutions; arguing it makes no sense to treat enzymes and proteins as if they were manmade.
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The Bio-Revolution, European biosolutions boosting the EU Green Deal
Est. 7minEurope is on the cusp of a technological revolution. Unlike the Industrial Revolution’s massive factories, the bio-revolution centres around micro-factories. Biosolutions represent the fusion of biology and technology, offering powerful tools to address climate change.
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Biosolutions: Strengthening Europe’s sustainability, resilience, and competitiveness
Est. 6minAs Europe gears up for the forthcoming European Parliament elections, the European Biosolutions Coalition calls upon the EP candidates to make biosolutions a priority – they are nature’s own tools to enhance Europe’s sustainability, resilience, and competitiveness.
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Harnessing biosolutions for a sustainable and prosperous future: A call to action for the new European Parliament and upcoming Commission
Est. 5minWith the European Parliament elections concluded, 720 MEPs have been entrusted by European citizens to deliver on critical issues such as Co2 reductions, food security, job creation, and the overall well-being and security of Europeans in an increasingly unstable world