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APRIL 7, 2022
Black liquor is the waste byproduct from the kraft pulping process after pulping is completed. The refinery, owned and operated by Veolia, will be adjacent and partly built into Metsä Fibre’s Äänekoski plant in Finland. The €50-million investment is supported by a grant from the Finnish ministry of economy and employment.
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AUGUST 15, 2014
North European Bio Tech Oy (NEB) has made an investment decision concerning the construction of a bioethanol plant on the Renforsin Ranta industrial estate in Kajaani, Finland. million), of which 30% is covered by an investment subsidy granted by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy for biorefineries producing transport biofuels.
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MARCH 9, 2020
Fortum, BASF, and Nornickel have signed a letter of intent to plan a Li-ion battery recycling cluster in Harjavalta, Finland, serving the electric vehicle market. Additional CO 2 reduction can be achieved by using electricity from renewable sources in Finland for the recycling process. Earlier post.).
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JANUARY 24, 2017
Last Christmas, 40,000 Finnish households donated the waste fat from their Christmas hams to the charity campaign “Kinkkutemppu”—which literally translates into Ham Trick. From this waste ham fat, Neste produced 10,000 liters of Neste MY Renewable Diesel at its Porvoo refinery for sale at Neste stations. Earlier post.)
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MARCH 27, 2022
The VRP won’t have any waste streams and will set a new precedent for circular economy practices in metals processing. Vanadium is a critical raw material according to the European Commission and features superior energy density compared to other battery materials. The Vanadium Recovery Project (VRP) is targeting a 1.5
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JUNE 19, 2017
Neste began production of renewable diesel 10 years ago at the Neste Porvoo refinery in Finland. Neste has since become the leading circular economy company in biofuels and reduced GHG emissions from traffic by more than 33 million tons, based on production of the renewable bio-hydrocarbon fuel. Earlier post.)
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MARCH 27, 2019
A new solution by Nordic clean energy company Fortum makes more than 80% of an electric vehicle (EV) battery recyclable, returns the scarce metals back into circulation and resolves the sustainability gap by reducing the need to mine cobalt, nickel, and other scarce metals. —Kalle Saarimaa, Vice President, Fortum Recycling and Waste.
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