Replacing fossil-based products with sustainable biomass residues is one of the keys to a sustainable future. Besides reducing our environmental impact, it may also reduce geostrategic dependencies on fossil resources. TNO has developed a Next-generation Biorefinery process with the flexibility to turn a wide variety of biomass into high-quality building blocks for an even wider variety of applications.
High Tech Binders replaces bitumen, the sticky material that holds road surfaces together with a biopolymer derived from wastewater. The solution is designed to make roads stronger while also enabling CO₂ to be stored within the road surface itself. (Dutch podcast)
Today, this outdated technology is causing substantial economic damage. AI chips, with their exceptionally high number of connections, have become especially difficult to assemble reliably using these legacy manufacturing methods. (Dutch article)
