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JUNE 21, 2022

Finnish shipping company ESL Shipping will become the world’s first shipping company to start utilizing new low-emission Neste Marine 0.1 co-processed marine fuel ( earlier post ) in its vessels in Finland and Sweden. Photo: ESL Shipping. ESL Shipping is the leading carrier of dry bulk cargoes in the Nordic and Baltic regions.

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JULY 15, 2023

Fortum Battery Recycling has started to examine the feasibility of installing a production facility for sustainable secondary battery materials in the industrial area of Artern, Thuringia, Germany. The industrial area of Artern/Thuringia is located in the middle of Germany, with short distances to the central battery and automobile companies.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2022

Electreon, a provider of wireless and in-road electric vehicle (EV) charging technology, signed an agreement of cooperation with Israel public transportation company Electra Afikim. As part of the agreement Electreon will provide maintenance, support and operation services for the next 12 years. million in the project.

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JUNE 16, 2023

Neste has made the final investment decision to commence construction of upgrading facilities for liquefied plastic waste at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. With the investment of €111 million, Neste will build the capacity to upgrade 150,000 tons of liquefied waste plastic per year.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

A two-year Finnish electrofuels (E-fuel) research project aims to integrate hydrogen production through high-temperature electrolysis using a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) with carbon dioxide sequestration and Fischer-Tropsch fuel synthesis. million in funding from Business Finland in January.

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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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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.

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APRIL 29, 2024

Hitachi Energy, one of the world’s largest transformer manufacturers, is increasing production to meet the massive demand for transformers driven by the EV and renewable energy transition. The company recently announced plans to invest $1.5 The company recently announced plans to invest $1.5

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AUGUST 31, 2021

SunMirror AG, an exploration company specializing in mineral resources such as gold, lithium, cobalt and other metals and minerals powering future industries, through its wholly owned subsidiary SunMirror Luxembourg S.A., Latitude 66’s business focus is exploration and mine development with its business operations located in Finland.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Umicore last week inaugurated its carbon-neutral production facility for cathode active materials (CAM) for electric vehicles in Nysa, Poland. This makes Umicore the first company in Europe with a complete circular and sustainable battery materials value chain. —Mathias Miedreich, CEO of Umicore.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The plant project will be managed by the partners’ joint venture company, of which CNGR Advanced Material will own 60% and Finnish Minerals Group 40%. The plant project will be managed by the partners’ joint venture company, of which CNGR Advanced Material will own 60% and Finnish Minerals Group 40%.

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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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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2023

The grant will be funded through the EU’s Innovation Fund (EUIF) as part of the EU’s efforts to promote localized production of battery solutions. FREYR Battery has been awarded a €100-million grant from the European Union to support development of FREYR’s Giga Arctic project in Norway.

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JULY 13, 2022

The selected projects are located in Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden. emissions coming from exhaust gases produced during lime production and store them permanently in offshore geological formations in France. A third project will capture the CO?

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AUGUST 27, 2009

is the parent company of EnerDel, a leading manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion automotive battery systems based in Indianapolis and an existing supplier to Think. will hold approximately a 31% stake in the company. Other stakeholders in the deal include Investinor, the Norwegian sovereign investment company. Ener1, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

FREYR is on track to start the initial sample production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells in its CQP in the second half of 2022. In an increasingly market-short environment both for battery cells and raw materials, a core strategic focus for the company is to secure its supply chain.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

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. Norway, as part of the European Economic Area, also participates to the IPCEI Hy2Use with two individual projects.

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JULY 16, 2022

The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Tech” was jointly prepared and notified by fifteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain. Investing in such innovative technologies can however be risky for one Member State or one company alone.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Following a detailed review and ahead of reaching a number of critical investment milestones, the company has concluded that the potential returns from the Battery Materials business will not be adequate to justify further investment. JM intended to supply eLNO to customers in Europe from two new production facilities.

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MAY 19, 2022

GVB, the public transport company of Amsterdam, is further expanding its electric fleet with 84 new generation VDL Citeas. Part of this is that GVB provides completely emission-free bus transport in 2025. These vehicles, based entirely on an electric powertrain, will be deployed from 2023 onwards.

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MARCH 18, 2015

A consortium of companies in the European process industry from the areas of biotechnology, renewable resources, chemistry, process engineering, equipment supply as well as research organizations recently launched project PRODIAS (PROcessing Diluted Aqueous Systems). Project website , not yet populated.)

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

BASF has selected Harjavalta, Finland, as the first location for battery materials production serving the European automotive market. This investment is part of BASF’s €400-million multi-step investment plan announced last year and builds upon initial battery materials production started in Harjavalta in 2018.

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OCTOBER 10, 2021

Renault Group and Finland-based metals producer Terrafame have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the future supply of nickel sulfate. Low carbon footprint and traceability of battery chemicals are crucial factors to us, and Terrafame has a clear edge on sustainability through its unique production method.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 1, 2014

The new owners of the Fisker luxury car brand will resume production of the Karma range-extended electric sedan initially at a contractor''s factory in Finland--but not until the company has fixed "about 250 bugs" in the vehicle.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Chemicals company Elkem and its project partners VTT, Siemens , Stellantis and Gemmate Technologies have developed a 3D printing powder for EV motors. The development is part of the SOMA project, which aims to develop lightweight solutions for e-mobility by using additive manufacturing for soft magnetic alloys.

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JULY 6, 2022

Finland-based lithium producer Keliber has completed a four-phase pilot-scale test program and verified the behavior of the ore from the company's largest deposit, Rapasaari, at all stages of the production process. The pilot trial was conducted at Metso Outotec’s demonstration plant, located in Pori.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Umicore has signed a long-term agreement with Finland-based Terrafame Ltd. The company says that its nickel sulfate production capacity can fill the needs of around one million electric cars per year. High-quality nickel is a critical raw material for the production of cathode materials used in batteries for electric vehicles.

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JUNE 21, 2021

Porsche is investing a high double-digit-million amount in its new joint venture company Cellforce Group GmbH. Porsche and joint venture partner Customcells, a spin-off from Fraunhofer, also announced the launch of production of high-performance battery cells at Porsche’s Weissach Development Center.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2013

Finland-based forestry-industry company UPM, VTT and VV-Auto Group will start fleet tests of renewable diesel produced mainly from crude tall oil, which is a residue of chemical pulp production, UPM BioVerno. The fleet tests are a part of a larger project coordinated by VTT. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 29, 2021

Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, has joined the eFuel Alliance , an interest group dedicated to the industrial production of synthetic fuels based on hydrogen and CO 2 from renewable sources. —Ralf Diemer, Managing Director of the eFuel Alliance.

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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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules an Important Project of Common European interest (IPCEI) jointly notified by Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden to support research and innovation in the common European priority area of batteries. billion in funding.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 10, 2024

Sustainable electronics is becoming an increasingly important topic around the world, and today we’re going to be talking with Liisa Hakola , a senior scientist at VTT in Finland , about the European Union’s Sustronics program aimed at this very topic. Just go to spectrum.ieee.org/newsletters to subscribe. I’d like to welcome you to the show.

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JULY 1, 2020

Road transportation accounts for a significant part of all transportation-related emissions globally. If we are to tackle climate change and achieve the ambitious climate targets set by different countries and companies, we need to look at all available solutions to reduce emissions. —Matthias Hormuth, Head of Products at PTV.

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

Finland-based Ahlstrom, a global high-performance materials company, has signed an agreement to invest in Porous Power Technologies, LLC, a US-based developer of highly porous, laminable separator membranes for Li-ion batteries. This allows increased manufacturing throughput, higher yields and reduced production costs.

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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. Proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis is used for hydrogen production.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

Using Neste MY Renewable Diesel as our vehicle fuel is a fixed part of our emissions solutions. 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.

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