In the Netherlands, designer Dasha Tsapenko “grew” her wedding dress using mycelium and vintage linen lace sourced from Ukrainian flea markets. “I wanted to combine something traditional and handmade with innovative biotechnology,” she told Specialty Fabrics Review. “The growing process involved literally feeding the lace to the fungi by placing the deconstructed and sterilized lace […]
In the Netherlands, Holland America Line announced the start of a long-term biofuel test on its flagship, Rotterdam, leveraging 100% low carbon intensity biofuel while sailing within the Norwegian World Heritage Fjords. The ship bunkered the biofuel before leaving the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, April 27, 2024, and will operate one of its four […]
In the Netherlands, Avantium R&D Solutions has signed a partnership agreement with The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) for the manufacturing of PEM (proton exchange membrane) electrolyser test stations. The PEM electrolyser is the key technology for the production of green hydrogen. Under the partnership with TNO, Avantium will get access to TNO’s […]
In the Netherlands, Meatable has hosted the European Union’s first cultivated meat tasting. Michelin-starred chef Ron Blaauw; Constantijn van Oranje, Prince of the Netherlands and Special Envoy, Techleap; and entrepreneur Ira van Eelen, whose father Willem van Eelen is considered the founder of cultivated meat, all participated in tasting Meatable’s cultivated pork sausage. “At Meatable, […]
In the Netherlands, PostNL and its subsidiary Spring GDS will be adding around four million litres of HVO100 to Europe’s diesel network as of Monday. It’s an important next step towards a cleaner and more sustainable logistics sector, as it ensures some 12 kilotonnes less carbon ends up in the environment every year – equivalent […]
In the Netherlands, Spanish energy company Cepsa has signed an agreement with Evos, a leading liquid energy and chemical storage company with hubs in strategic locations across Europe, to enable the storage of green methanol to be produced by Cepsa at Evos’ storage facilities in Algeciras and Rotterdam. The partnership, which also provides for the […]
In the Netherlands, GoodShipping launched its new Decarb Desk platform, the next step forward to allow cargo owners and freight forwarders to efficiently manage their carbon insetting efforts. Decarb Desk enables cargo owners and freight forwarders to calculate transportation emissions, track the creation and journey of each inset reduction, ensuring each claim is backed by […]
In the Netherlands, Titan Clean Fuels and STX Group have successfully concluded a ship-to-ship bunkering of 2,200 metric tons of LBM to a Hapag-Lloyd container vessel in the port of Rotterdam. This transaction marks Hapag-Lloyd’s entry into using LBM as sustainable shipping fuel, representing the largest ship-to-ship bunkering operation known till date. STX Group and […]
In the Netherlands, Neste has started supplying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Emirates at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, expanding the partnership the two companies announced in October last year. Over 6,000 tons (2 million gallons) of blended SAF will be supplied into the fueling system at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol over the course of 2024. Emirates’ partnership […]
In the Netherlands, in a groundbreaking collaboration with industry giants such as maritime advisory organization Lloyd’s Register FOBAS, engine manufacturer Wartsila, and biofuel supplier ACT Group, UECC is leading the charge in critically assessing and evaluating a Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL)-based biofuel. As part of this partnership, ACT Group created a CNSL-based biofuel known […]
