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JULY 28, 2019

The pilot plant will be located at Stora Enso’s Sunila Mill in Finland. This lignin will be converted into hard carbon anode materials for lithium-ion batteries with properties similar to graphite. Stora Enso has been producing lignin industrially at its Sunila Mill in Finland since 2015.

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JULY 26, 2021

By converting lignin separated from wood into carbon-based anode materials, the synthetic and non-renewable graphite material can be replaced. The pilot plant for bio-based carbon materials is located at Stora Enso’s Sunila production site in Finland, where lignin has been industrially produced since 2015.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Woody biomass, including waste wood, will be converted to lignin, (nano-) cellulose and (hemi-) cellulosic sugars, and further converted to lignin derivatives and chemicals. The overall budget is €16.2 million (US$18 million) with a €9.9-million million (US$11-million) contribution from BBI JU.

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

Neste Oil celebrated the official opening of Europe’s first pilot plant for producing microbial oil from waste and residues at its site in Porvoo, Finland. Agriculture in Finland and elsewhere, for example, produces large quantities of straw, but little of this straw is put to effective use. Earlier post.)

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JULY 29, 2015

Bio-based feedstocks from fats, plant oils and waste residues are converted to renewable diesel using advanced refining technologies. Neste, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel. The UPS plan includes: Network and mode optimization to minimize the miles traveled and energy consumed.

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