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APRIL 21, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä has been granted €1 million in funding by Business Finland, a state-run public agency for funding important research projects, to support research in the field of Power-to-X (P2X) technology. —Tommi Rintamäki, Senior Manager, Power-to-X, Wärtsilä Energy Business.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

The plant is to be built by Koppö Energia Oy, a joint venture company between Germany’s Prime Green Energy Infrastructure Fund and CPC Finland Oy, in Kristinestad, Finland. Earlier this year, the project was awarded the Power-to-X Innovation Award at the Tamarindo Global Wind Investment Awards ceremony.

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Finland Hydrogen Wind Renewable 195

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MAY 17, 2023

To support its aviation customers across the globe in achieving their climate targets by reducing their emissions with SAF, Neste is also developing a global network of airports where it has the capability to supply SAF directly into aircraft. Amsterdam (AMS) in the Netherlands, and Helsinki Airport (HEL) in Finland.

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JUNE 21, 2022

co-processed marine fuel ( earlier post ) in its vessels in Finland and Sweden. We believe this is the right thing to do, and I’m convinced we in the Nordics are well-positioned to show the way for the global maritime industry. —Mikki Koskinen, Managing Director of ESL Shipping. Neste Marine 0.1

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Mariner Emissions Fuel Finland 273

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Finnish Minerals Group and Beijing Easpring Material Technology have been investigating and negotiating the possibility to establish a cathode active materials (CAM) plant in Kotka, Finland with an initial capacity of 50,000 t/a and potential for future expansion for the production of cathode active material for lithium-ion batteries.

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JULY 2, 2022

Keliber is a Finnish mining and battery chemical company which owns the Keliber project, an advanced lithium hydroxide project located in the Kaustinen region of Finland which intends to sustainably produce battery grade lithium hydroxide utilizing its own ore. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2020

The decline of the European new car market has continued throughout February. —Felipe Munoz, global analyst at JATO Dynamics. As of 29 February, JATO data has shown that the impact of COVID-19 had yet to hit the European automotive market. Their global sales totaled 18.85 This is also pre-COVID-19.

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JULY 30, 2023

In November 2021, Finnish Minerals Group announced that it was negotiating with China-based Beijing Easpring Material Technology on the possibility to establish a cathode active materials (CAM) plant in Kotka, Finland. It is actively promoting global expansion. Finnish Materials Group owns 40% of that joint venture.

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Companies Lithium Ion Finland China 195

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AUGUST 1, 2018

The European car market recorded its best H1 performance of the century, with 8.6 Despite uncertainty in the UK, where the market was down 6.3% on H1 2017, the growth recorded in Germany, France and Spain allowed the overall market to keep growing. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. of the German market.

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SUV Diesel Market Finland 236

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MARCH 7, 2021

Keliber’s wholly owned, advanced lithium project, the Keliber project, is located in Kaustinen, Kokkola and Kruunupyy municipalities in Finland, which are among the most significant lithium-bearing areas in Europe. Based on assessments by Geological Survey of Finland, there are good indications of further ore potential in the region.

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Finland Battery Batteries Financing 243

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JULY 26, 2021

The global battery market is projected to grow tenfold over the next decade as battery producers seek more sustainable materials for the electrification of mobility. To serve the fast-growing anode materials market, we are now exploring strategic partnerships to accelerate scale-up and commercialization in Europe.

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Carbon Battery Batteries Finland 221

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MARCH 11, 2020

The transaction supports Neste in its effort to build a global waste and residue raw material platform that can keep pace with the world’s growing demand for renewable products. It will also enhance Neste’s competitiveness in the global waste and residue raw material market. — Peter Vanacker, President and CEO of Neste.

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Renewable Singapore Waste Oil 243

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

Finland-based Neste has submitted three new Tier 2 Pathways for California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) for renewable diesel produced at its Porvoo, Finland refinery. The RD produced is branded and marketed as Neste My Renewable Diesel. gCO 2 e/MJ. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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APRIL 7, 2022

Swedish market pulp giant Södra launched the first pulp mill biomethanol plant at its Mönsterås mill, in collaboration with ANDRITZ, in 2020. The refinery, owned and operated by Veolia, will be adjacent and partly built into Metsä Fibre’s Äänekoski plant in Finland.

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Waste South Africa Indonesia Finland 403

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Under the new Global Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Zero-Emission Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles (ZE-MHDVs), Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales are setting an interim goal of 30% zero-emission new vehicle sales by 2030.

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United Kingdom Sale Netherlands Uruguay 210

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MAY 21, 2021

BASF and Shanshan, a leading lithium-ion battery materials supplier serving both the e-mobility and the consumer electronics (CE) market, have agreed to form a BASF majority-owned joint venture (BASF: 51%; Shanshan: 49%) to produce cathode active materials (CAM) and precursors (PCAM) in China. —Zhihua Li, President of Shanshan.

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China Lithium Ion Li-ion Asia 186

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APRIL 26, 2021

million by Business Finland, the Finnish Government’s organization for innovation funding and trade, travel and investment promotion. The common goal is to secure the Finnish powertrain industry’s position as a global technology leader by creating a common vision and sustainable business solutions.

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Mariner Clean Cleaning Transportation 170

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MAY 15, 2018

Global Bioenergies will lead a consortium including Sekab, Graanul Invest, Neste Engineering Solutions, Repsol, Peab Asfalt, SkyNRG, Ajinomoto Eurolysine, IPSB, TechnipFMC and Linz University in a 3-year project (called REWOFUEL) to demonstrate the production of isobutene-derived gasoline and jetfuel from wood residuals.

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Gasoline Global France Production 170

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The gigafactory will supply battery materials to Umicore’s car and battery cell customers in Europe and marks an important step in achieving the European Union’s ambition of having its own battery ecosystem that is both sustainable and competitive on a global scale.

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Poland Europe Battery Batteries 273

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The increase in US LNG exports mainly resulted from Freeport LNG’s return to service as global LNG demand remained strong with continuing growth, particularly in Europe. Includes annual liquefied natural gas exports by country for 2018–2022 and 1H23 average exports for 2023. Chart: EIA. Bcf/d) of total US exports.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Building on its capability of proactive transformation, Neste has initiated a strategic study on transitioning its refinery in Porvoo, Finland to non-crude oil refining and into a globally leading renewable and circular solutions site. Porvoo refinery. Neste’s growth strategy is centered on renewable and circular solutions.

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Oil Renewable Finland Mariner 259

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JULY 24, 2022

For Umicore this investment represents the final step in establishing a global production presence with battery material value chains that are regionally fully integrated to support its customers in their fast transformation towards sustainable electric mobility.

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Canada North America Building Poland 384

Teslarati

APRIL 1, 2024

Notably, the report points out that some of the BEV markets that have grown most quickly were in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe, for the first time ever. More EVs popping up means more people seeing them as mainstream, automakers more willing to invest in the market, and the charging infrastructure expanding on a good trajectory.”

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JANUARY 16, 2021

Wärtsilä Finland, the energy companies Vaasan Sähkö and EPV Energia, and the City of Vaasa, Finland have signed a letter of intent to cooperate in a project aimed at utilizing emissions-free hydrogen in power generation, industry and transportation applications.

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Hydrogen Wind Power Powered 290

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JANUARY 31, 2017

China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), a leading global provider of battery and energy storage solutions, has taken a 22% stake in Finland-based Valmet Automotive as part of a new strategic partnership in electric automotive solutions. At the end of 2016, CATL employed more than 10,000 employees worldwide.

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Chinese Companies Finland Li-ion 150

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel, has opened a new office in Hoofddorp, in greater Amsterdam which will serve as the global hub for the growing Renewable Aviation business. The opening of our new office in the Netherlands marks an important step in the execution of our growth strategy for renewable aviation globally.

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Netherlands Renewable Diesel Lithuania 186

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JANUARY 13, 2022

In the company’s home market, one in four Volkswagen vehicles was a plug-in vehicle. This brought Volkswagen up to fourth place among BEV manufacturers in that market. if the brand’s global BEV sales in 2021. 4, which lived up to its name as a world car in its first year on the market. 3 (around 76,000), the e-up!

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

The decision is based on a growing global market demand for low-carbon solutions in transport and cities, aviation, polymers and chemicals. The investment will strengthen our competitive advantages which are based on the global optimization of our production and waste and residue raw material usage. Singapore expansion.

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Singapore Renewable Production Fuel 191

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MARCH 10, 2020

After a large increase of new vehicle registrations in Europe in December 2019, volumes for January decreased, marking another month of transition for the complex new car market. The European market is still showing signs of strength despite a tough environment. —Felipe Munoz, global analyst at JATO Dynamics.

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2020 Europe Vehicles Land Rover 243

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JULY 13, 2022

Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. residue streams, renewable hydrogen and biogas to methanol.

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JULY 15, 2021

Full-scale engine tests have been recently carried out in Wärtsilä’s engine laboratory in Vaasa, Finland, to assess the optimum engine parameters for running on these fuels. For the energy market, Wärtsilä expects to have an engine and plant concept for pure hydrogen operation ready by 2025.

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Hydrogen Carbon Mariner Norway 259

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MAY 25, 2018

In 126 “mystery shopper” experiences at 82 car dealerships across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the team found that that dealers were dismissive of EVs; misinformed shoppers on vehicle specifications; omitted EVs from the sales conversation; and strongly oriented customers towards gasoline and diesel vehicle options.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

Japan is a global center for battery development, and consequently home to some of the most experienced and capable lithium-ion battery cell experts in the world. FREYR intends to deliver a minimum of 50 GWh of battery cell capacity by 2025, more than 100 GWh of annual capacity by 2028, and more than 200 GWh of annual capacity by 2030.

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Japan Battery Batteries Lithium Ion 150

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released three new reports showcasing strong growth across the US fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market. According to these reports, the US continues to be one of the world’s largest and fastest growing markets for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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Hydrogen Market Fuel 2012 284

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OCTOBER 25, 2020

Researchers at the University of Turku in Finland have developed a thin-layer artificial biofilm technology for sustainable and long-term ethylene photoproduction. Ethylene ( earlier post ) is one of the most important organic commodity chemicals with an annual global demand of more than 150 million tons. —Vajravel et al.

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JULY 1, 2020

Road transportation accounts for a significant part of all transportation-related emissions globally. —Mika Hyötyläinen, Vice President for Marketing & Digitalization, Marketing & Services at Neste. The experiment was conducted in Finland in the Helsinki region. —Juhani Laurikko, Principal Scientist at VTT.

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CO2 Finland Emissions Climate Change 186

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Visedo’s head office is located in Lappeenranta, Finland, and the company has a subsidiary in the Netherlands. With increasing migration from petroleum to electric-power, the electric powertrain market is expected to grow rapidly to around €11 billion by 2020.

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