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Porvoo using Neste MY Renewable Diesel in all its diesel-fueled vehicles

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Porvoo is the first city in Finland to start using Neste MY Renewable Diesel, produced 100% from waste and residues, in all of its diesel-fueled vehicles during this year. Neste MY Renewable Diesel is an excellent solution for many cities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Finnish NGO UFF to use Neste Renewable Diesel in trucks

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UFF (U-landshjälp från Folk till Folk i Finland rf), a Finnish non-profit environmental and development organization, will use Neste MY Renewable Diesel, produced entirely from waste and residues, to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced in UFF’s logistics chain. —UFF’s CEO Virve Kivi.

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Wärtsilä and partners to cooperate in wind-to-hydrogen-to-electricity project; other power-to-X fuels

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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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Helsinki Airport buses to use Neste MY Renewable Diesel

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It is an excellent addition to our energy portfolio, as the product offers up to 90 percent lower greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional fossil diesel. Another goal for Finavia is that all airports in Finland will be carbon-neutral by 2020.

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Researchers successfully engineer E. coli to produce renewable propane; proof-of-concept

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Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. coli bacteria. an aldehyde-deformylating oxygenase (ADO) to form the final product, propane.

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Neste Oil to launch the first diesel complying with Category 4 WWFC diesel specification; reduces fuel consumption by 5% and emissions

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Neste Oil will launch a completely new grade of diesel fuel in Finland this fall: Neste Pro Diesel. Neste Pro Diesel will be produced at Neste Oil’s Porvoo refinery and will be available at Neste Oil’s service stations across Finland beginning this fall.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. It is a daunting question that a startup called Polar Night Energy, in the small and chilly nation of Finland (Figure 1), is attempting to answer.

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