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JULY 4, 2023

million tonnes per annum blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Raahe, Finland; its main products are hot-rolled plate and strip. The FEED study will explore the possibilities of making fossil-free sponge iron at an industrial-scale in Raahe and of building a hydrogen production plant. Earlier post.)

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Delays in getting electrical service hooked up represent one of the biggest roadblocks to building more EV charging hubs, and several industry insiders have told Charged that a major reason for those delays is a shortage of transformers. Source: Hitachi Energy , Electrek The post Hitachi Energy invests $1.5

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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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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

million) MORSE (Model-based optimization for efficient use of resources and energy) project to improve the products, business operations and competitiveness, as well as the energy and raw material efficiency, of the European steel industry. The European Union has launched the €5.7-million million (US$6.9-million)

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JUNE 28, 2022

Separately, Neste announced it has acquired the European rights to Alterra Energy’s thermochemical liquefaction technology. Alterra Energy is a US-based company that has developed a proprietary thermochemical solution for liquefaction of hard-to-recycle plastic. In 2020, Neste acquired a minority stake in Alterra Energy.

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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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JUNE 22, 2021

The ultimate goal is to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from the process by fully using fossil-free inputs and fossil-free energy in all parts of the value chain. This means that we can meet the climate goals in Sweden, Finland and contribute to reducing emissions throughout Europe. The potential cannot be underestimated.

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APRIL 20, 2021

Johnson Matthey (JM) is partnering with Finnish Minerals Group to support development of its previously announced second eLNO cathode materials ( earlier post ) commercial plant, which will be in Finland, powered solely by renewable energy and incorporating an innovative effluent treatment solution.

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JULY 28, 2019

Wood-based carbon can be utilized as a crucial component in batteries typically used in consumer electronics, the automotive industry and large-scale energy storage systems. The pilot plant will be located at Stora Enso’s Sunila Mill in Finland.

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APRIL 7, 2022

Veolia has been a major supplier to the pulp and paper industry since the 1960s for HPD black liquor evaporation systems. The Veolia black liquor evaporation systems for the pulp and paper industry feature methanol rectification and handling systems, among other characteristics. —Estelle Brachlianoff, COO of Veolia.

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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. It gives us a brilliant opportunity to speed up the move to a 100 percent renewable energy future.

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OCTOBER 15, 2011

Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, signed a memorandum of understanding with Finland’s Green Fuel Nordic Oy under which the two companies would collaborate on projects to. convert biomass to renewable fuel for use in district heating systems in Finland using Envergent’s RTP rapid thermal processing technology.

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JULY 24, 2022

The planned facility would be the first of its kind in North America, combining cathode and precursor materials manufacturing at a large industrial scale and thereby completing the missing link in Canada’s battery value chain, from natural resources to electric mobility.

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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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JANUARY 18, 2023

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. When you ask people about cleaner energy, they think of electricity,” says Tommi Eronen, CEO of Polar Night Energy. The apparent contradictions do not end there.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The consortium of companies will, together with SINTEF and the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), initiate the project “Sustainable Materials for the Battery Value Chain” (SUMBAT). The Green Platform provides companies and research institutes with support for research- and innovation-driven energy transformation.

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JULY 13, 2022

Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. captured at a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

million in funding from Business Finland in January. The development work is also augmented by a group of companies of which some have their own parallel Business-Finland-funded projects. Altogether, €6 million is invested in the development of the production of e-fuels in Finland.

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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. —Niko Paaso, Director at EPV Energia.

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MARCH 27, 2022

Vanadium is a critical raw material according to the European Commission and features superior energy density compared to other battery materials. We see a lot of parallels on where the vanadium industry is now versus where the lithium industry was 10 years ago. —Darren Townsend, Chief Development Officer at Neometals.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The project, called “European Battery Innovation” (EuBatIn) was jointly prepared and notified by Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. The twelve Member States will provide up to €2.9 billion (US$3.5 billion) in funding in the coming years.

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JULY 26, 2021

Applications include electric vehicles and consumer electronics as well as large-scale energy storage systems. Since sustainability is becoming a top priority for the automotive industry, car manufacturers and battery producers are focusing heavily on reducing carbon emissions in electric cars. Stora Enso Lignode carbon powder.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has executed its inaugural offtake agreement for at least 31 GWh of low-carbon battery cells with an undisclosed, leading global publicly listed manufacturer and provider of energy storage systems (ESS). —Tom Jensen, the CEO of FREYR.

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JULY 27, 2022

The aim is to develop the world’s first industrialized battery featuring anode sourced entirely from European raw materials, lowering both the carbon footprint and the cost. The Group is also evaluating its first industrial production of Lignode at the Sunila site through a feasibility study.

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JULY 15, 2023

FREYR has commenced building the first of its planned factories in Mo i Rana, Norway and announced potential development of industrial scale battery cell production in the United States and Vaasa, Finland. The projected emissions mitigation corresponds to almost twice the total amount of CO 2 emitted in Norway annually.

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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. The carbon footprint of nickel sulfate produced by Terrafame is more than 60 % smaller than industry average. Bioleaching is an energy-efficient way of producing nickel.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2020

The new plant is part of BASF’s multi-step investment plan in the European battery materials market and will use precursors (PCAM) from the company’s previously announced plant in Harjavalta, Finland. —Peter Altmaier, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy. At the ceremony, European Commission Vice President Maroš Šef?ovi?

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AUGUST 23, 2022

FREYR’s progress to date in the US includes previously announced conditional offtake agreements with Honeywell and Powin Energy, advancing a rigorous Gigafactory site selection process, and appointments of key personnel including Group CFO, Oscar Brown, and Vice President of Investor Relations, Jeffrey Spittel.

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JULY 15, 2021

Full-scale engine tests have been recently carried out in Wärtsilä’s engine laboratory in Vaasa, Finland, to assess the optimum engine parameters for running on these fuels. For the energy market, Wärtsilä expects to have an engine and plant concept for pure hydrogen operation ready by 2025.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

FREYR Battery and Nidec Corporation, a globally leading producer of high-efficiency electric motors and a leader in the energy storage systems (ESS) space, have established a downstream joint venture, now called Nidec Energy AS.

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MAY 21, 2021

BASF will contribute its strength as a leading global CAM supplier to the automotive industry with strong technology and development capabilities, global operations footprint, as well as strategic partnerships for raw materials supply. In Europe, BASF is investing in CAM capacities in Germany and PCAM capacities in Finland.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Neste Oil, the world’s largest producer of premium-quality renewable fuels, is working with DONG Energy, one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe, to develop an integrated process to produce renewable diesel and aviation fuel derived from agricultural residues. —Henrik Maimann, Vice President at DONG Energy.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Johnson Matthey (JM) has been working to commercialize its eLNO range of high-nickel cathode materials ( earlier post ), principally for the automotive industry. Wh/kg cell energy density for a total 47kWh capacity, and an electrical output of 585 volts. A second eLNO plant is also planned in Finland.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Hydrogenious uses the thermal oil benzyl toluene as its liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC-BT; benzyl toluene is already well-established in the industry as a heat transfer medium and has ideal properties for safe handling in ports. The hydrogen can be released on demand, assuring hydrogen purity according to ISO-14687.

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APRIL 30, 2021

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have discovered that Li-ion battery electrodes containing cobalt (LiCoO 2 ) can be reused as is after being newly saturated with lithium. Kallio believes that with further development the method would also work on an industrial scale. The research is published in the journal ChemSusChem.

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JUNE 21, 2021

The new chemistry reduces the battery’s internal resistance, allowing it to absorb more energy during energy recuperation and at the same time offering improved performance for fast charging. From the automotive industry Porsche got involved as a project partner.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Finland-based Keliber’s long-planned lithium project is progressing into the construction phase, as preparatory work on the lot of the lithium hydroxide refinery will be kicked off before Christmas. The refinery will be built in Kokkola Industrial Park (KIP), and it will produce lithium hydroxide.

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