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Our discovery of the ToBRFV genome – the foundation for today’s resistant varieties
By Marco Mammella
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BASF | Nunhems opens Tomato Experience Center in The Netherlands
Today BASF | Nunhems has officially opened its Tomato Experience Center in Kwintsheul, near The Hague. The greenhouse features over 150 ToBRFV- resistant varieties. It is complemented by modern meeting facilities to showcase the company’s ToBRFV-resistant tomato varieties and exchange with customers on their needs, BASF’s innovations and trends in tomato breeding.
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Advance Notice: Half-Year Financial Report 2024 - Conference Call on July 26, 2024, at 10.00 a.m. (CEST)
We will publish BASF’s Half-Year Financial Report 2024 on July 26, 2024, at 7.00 a.m. (CEST). The results will be presented in a conference call that will be transmitted via the internet from 10.00 a.m. (CEST).
![BASF and Vattenfall to use 15 MW Vestas turbine “V236” for their 1.6 GW offshore windfarm project “Nordlicht” in the German North Sea. Copyright: Vestas Wind Systems A/S BASF and Vattenfall to use 15 MW Vestas turbine “V236” for their 1.6 GW offshore windfarm project “Nordlicht” in the German North Sea. Copyright: Vestas Wind Systems A/S](/api/imaging/focalarea/16x9/210x/dam/jcr%3A3cb15d71-ee90-3e1a-9516-70d5adc4b752/P222_Oesterild_V236-15_0MW_06_HR.jpg)
Vattenfall and BASF sign contract with Vestas for latest 15 MW offshore wind turbines in Germany
Vattenfall and BASF have signed supply and service contracts with Vestas for 112 wind turbines of the type V236-15.0 MW. The state-of-the-art turbines will be used in the Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind projects owned by Vattenfall and BASF in the German North Sea off the island of Borkum. From 2028, they will be able to produce electricity for the equivalent of 1.6 million households. Parts of the wind turbine towers will be fabricated with low-emission steel, significantly reducing the carbon footprint of the towers.
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BASF researching CO2-neutral production of bio-based fumarate using bacteria found in cow stomachs
With the bacterium Basfia succiniciproducens, BASF would like to transform sugar and carbon dioxide into fumaric acid, an important intermediate for chemical production. To this end, the company is collaborating with Saarland University, University of Marburg and the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau in a joint research project entitled FUMBIO (FUMarsäure BIObasiert). The bacterium, which was isolated in 2008 from the rumen of a Holstein cow, will be genetically modified by researchers so that it produces large quantities of bio-based fumaric acid, also known as fumarate, during fermentation. With this intermediate, BASF can make a wide range of products with a low carbon footprint, including additives for food and animal feed, starting materials for medication, or building blocks for polymers and detergents and formulators.