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Neste providing companies in Finland a service for monitoring transport fuel emissions

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Neste is the first company in Finland to provide a service for companies and other organizations to monitor their climate emissions caused by the use of transport fuels. Road transport accounts for more than 90% of the total transport emissions in Finland. —Heidi Peltonen.

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China’s Kaidi to build €1B BTL biofuel refinery in Finland

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The second-generation biomass plant will use energy wood as the main feedstock and it will be the first of its kind, not only in Finland but globally. The plant could be operational in 2019. Kaidi’s technology is based on: Plasma gasification that converts organic matter into synthetic gas.

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Neste launches Neste MY Renewable Diesel in Belgium

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Neste MY Renewable Diesel enables customers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90% over the fuel’s life cycle compared to fossil diesel. The launch follows the successful introduction of Neste MY Renewable Diesel on the Dutch market in October 2019.

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BASF to build new cathode active materials production site in Schwarzheide

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The plant in Schwarzheide will use precursors (PCAM) from BASF’s previously announced plant in Harjavalta, Finland. The plants in Finland and Germany will offer our customers reliable access to tailored high-nickel cathode active materials in proximity to their European manufacturing facilities.

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VTT and Neste to build integrated Power-to-Liquids demo facility; CO2 capture, green hydrogen and e-fuels production

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Development of high-temperature electrolysis, CO 2 capture, and hydrocarbon synthesis technologies have been completed in a Business Finland-funded Veturi E-fuel research project; the integrated technology is now ready for implementation.

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Neste to acquire Mahoney Environmental to strengthen its growth strategy and position in renewable raw material sourcing

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In 2019, renewable products refined by Neste helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally by 9.6 Neste operates renewable product refineries in Singapore, Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and Porvoo in Finland. million tonnes—the equivalent of taking 3.5 million passenger cars off the road for one year.

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EC approves up to €5.2B of public support for second IPCEI in the hydrogen value chain

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The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Use” was jointly prepared and notified by thirteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. The Member States will provide up to €5.2

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