On Saturday, 9 May 2026, LUCRA was at the Klima- und Energiefestival in Karlsruhe – a local public event for citizens, families, and children to raise awareness of climate challenges and European innovations. The festival took place on Karlsruhe’s Marktplatz, alongside the city’s Europe Day celebrations. This year’s guiding theme: “Shaping Europe’s energy transition regionally”…

At the beginning of the year, LUCRA participated in the #CBEScaleUp Photo Competition, highlighting how CBE JU-funded projects are bridging the gap between innovation and real-world market deployment. With over 300 submissions from 50 projects across five categories, this edition saw record participation. We are thrilled to share that a LUCRA submission was selected as the winner…

From December 2-3, the LUCRA partners came together to share project updates and challenges during the second half of the project. With 2026 marking the last full year of LUCRA, the discussions placed a stronger focus on exploitation, scale-up strategies, and business models. During an internal workshop, partners worked on these key topics, aligning on…

The LUCRA project is featured in the latest bioeconomy-focused edition of Insight Media’s Projects Magazine. The article, titled “LUCRA: Scaling bio-based succinic acid from side streams and waste for drop-in polymers”, was developed together with project coordinator Tanja Meyer from Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and highlights key insights and results. Europe’s bioeconomy is at…

On 29 October 2025, the BioReCer project invited stakeholder from the bio-based industries, research, certification and standardisation, and (consumer) organisations to its final event at the Ciudad de la Cultura in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In various presentations BioReCer partners showcased key results, explained the sustainability and circularity framework (University of Santiago de Compostela), discussed…