Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2021

The project is being carried out by the Swedish chemical group Perstorp in cooperation with partners Uniper (Germany) and Fortum (Finland), and the aim is to reduce carbon emissions by up to half million tons annually. If completed, Project AIR will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 500,000 tons annually.

Climate 284

Climate Energy Finland Carbon 284

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2017

The SOLETAIR project ( earlier post ) has produced its first 200 liters of synthetic fuel from solar energy and the air’s carbon dioxide via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The mobile chemical pilot plant produces gasoline, diesel, and kerosene from regenerative hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The SOLETAIR project started in 2016.

Solar 386

Solar Finland Fuel CO2 386

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2013

Forest BtL Oy, owned by Vapo, A Finnish bioenergy, peat and sawmill company, awarded Technip a contract, worth approximately €5 million, for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a new biomass-to-liquid (BTL) plant to be built on Ajos island, Finland. Principal off-takers are expected to be diesel and gasoline retailers.

Finland 170

Finland Hydrogen Netherlands Sweden 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

BIOFOREVER (BIO-based products from FORestry via Economically Viable European Routes)—a consortium of 14 European companies—has started a demonstration project for the conversion of woody biomass to value-adding chemical building blocks such as butanol, ethanol, and 2,5–furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) on an industrial scale.

Conversion 150

Conversion Netherlands Greece Norway 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In countries with a large forestry sector, such as Finland or Sweden, there is a high potential for the production of SNG from waste wood. A synthesis gas consisting mainly of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide is produced by biomass gasification. The technology can also be applied to power-to-gas systems.

Kits 262

Kits Gas Waste Sweden 262

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) are beginning testing of the Soletair demo plant, which uses air-captured carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. Phase 2: Hydrogen production. Direct air capture (DAC) is the carbon source of the SOLETAIR project.

Renewable 244

Renewable Fuel CO2 Hydrogen 244

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2013

Summary of levelized production cost estimates of fuel (LCOF) for the examined plant designs. A study by researchers at Finland’s VTT has concluded that it is possible to produce sustainable low-carbon fuels from lignocellulosic biomass for as estimated gasoline-equivalent production cost of 0.5–0.7 Source: VTT.

Carbon 218

Carbon Fuel Finland Gasoline 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The EU-funded COMSYN project aims to develop a production concept for competitive bio-based fuels by means of a compact gasification and synthesis process. The target reduction of the biofuel production cost is up to 35% compared to alternative routes, which translates to less than €0.80/l gallon US) production cost for diesel.

Fuel 150

Fuel Conversion Finland Concept 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2013

Finland-based Forest BtL Oy has licensed Carbo-V biomass gasification technology from Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH. The Carbo-V technology will be implemented in a new Biomass–to-Liquid (BtL) plant in Kemi, Northern Finland. million tons of wood, a second-generation feedstock not competing with food production. Earlier post.).

Finland 225

Finland Carbon Gas Grant 225

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Mika Järvinen (Aalto University, Finland): Resonate Award recipient for pioneering a CO 2 sequestration process that converts a low-value steel-manufacturing by-product into a valuable resource for industry.

Batteries 150

Batteries Battery USA Finland 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2010

Dimitris Argyropoulos, Finland Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, and Dr. Elon Ison, assistant professor of chemistry and a green chemistry specialist, received the grant via the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) for their research "Catalytic Oxidation Chemistry Aimed at Upgrading Lignin.”. Approximately 1.3 —Dimitris Argyropoulos.

Grant 218

Grant Convert Finland Universal 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Neste Oil—the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel—has launched the commercial production and sales of renewable naphtha for corporate customers; the company is one of the first to supply bio-naphtha on a commercial scale. In a 2012 report on the hydroconversion of triglycerides (e.g.,

Renewable 262

Renewable Oil Gasoline Sale 262

Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Lithium-ion battery production. The production of a battery cell will need as many as 20 different materials from around the world. The analysis focuses on the material production and the manufacturing of the battery but not the actual use, nor a second life or the effect of recycling. Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries.

Lithium Ion 82

Lithium Ion Climate Batteries Battery 82

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2017

Key challenges such as high costs, production at scale and capital investment have hampered widespread deployment of SOFCs. Cell dimensions were also increased and Elcogen developed a highly reproducible route to increase mass production rates. With hydrocarbon fuels, these are hydrogen (H 2 ) and carbon monoxide (CO).

Fuel 186

Fuel Hydrogen Estonia Water 186

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2012

The NER300 program is in effect a “Robin Hood” mechanism that makes polluters pay for large-scale demonstration of new low-carbon technologies. billion] of private investment in the 23 selected low-carbon demonstration projects. No carbon capture and storage (CCS) project was awarded funding under the decision. million (US$836.5

Renewable 239

Renewable Energy Poland Carbon 239