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DECEMBER 5, 2014

Finland-based bio and forest industries company UPM and WWF Finland have engaged in a dialogue on the status of wood-based liquid biofuels in Finland and present a list of joint measures to be carried out to promote sustainability. —Liisa Rohweder, CEO of WWF Finland. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Co-processed marine fuel to Swedish market. Separately, Neste announced that it and ScanOcean have brought Neste’s co-processed marine fuel enabling lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the Swedish market. In the production of the fuel, crude oil is partly replaced with renewable raw materials. Neste Marine 0.1

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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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MARCH 6, 2020

Finnair and Neste have signed a new agreement which will “gradually and considerably” increase Finnair’s use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its operations. The partnership will not only increase Finnair’s use of sustainable aviation fuel, but it will also boost the production of sustainable aviation fuel in Finland.

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JUNE 23, 2022

E-fuels offer a way to expand the carbon-neutral transport fuel pool beyond biomass-based renewable fuels to replace fossil fuels in existing internal combustion engines. The end product is a transportation fuel suited for aircraft, ships as well as heavy and light road vehicles.

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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 “Direct Air Capture” Unit developed by the Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT) captures carbon dioxide from air.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

The product enables up to 90% lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the life cycle of the fuel compared to conventional fossil diesel. Sales of Neste MY will begin at Neste service stations in Finland, namely Espoo Piispanmäki, Vantaa Ilmakehä, Helsinki Konala, Espoo Otaniemi, Espoo Olari and Vantaa Varisto.

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Finland Waste Renewable Diesel 150

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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. NEOT, sister company to NEB, is the most significant independent fuel procurement company in the Baltic Sea region. —NEOT CEO Henrikki Talvitie.

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JANUARY 30, 2017

The distribution of Neste MY Renewable Diesel, produced entirely from waste and residues, has expanded to the Neste Truck network for heavy vehicles in Finland. The product enables up to 90% lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the life cycle of the fuel compared to conventional fossil diesel.

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Finland Renewable Diesel Vehicles 150

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JULY 21, 2022

Toyota’s toughest, body-on-frame models in Europe are to be made compatible with HVO100 diesel, a non-fossil fuel made from 100% renewable sources such as waste cooking oil. The principal technical change from current vehicles is an adjustment of the fuel injection system to increase fuel volume.

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MAY 19, 2022

Co-processed marine fuel in Scandinavia, a solution helping the maritime sector to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The ISCC PLUS-certified marine fuel enables up to 80% GHG emission reduction over the lifecycle compared to fossil fuels without compromising the product quality and performance. low-sulfur marine fuel.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

Neste Oil’s NEXBTL renewable diesel was used to generate electricity at two major events in Finland this summer: the Flow Festival in Helsinki and the Neste Oil Rally Helsinki Battle street circuit race. Using the fuel resulted in a 22 ton reduction in emissions, equivalent in emission terms to nearly three round-the-world flights.

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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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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

To intensify its activities in e-mobility, Finland-based Valmet Automotive is increasingly focusing on the fuel cell. The company now under the lead of its Business Line Engineering has established a Center of Competence Fuel Cell. We want to be one of the leading development service providers in the field of fuel cells.

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Fuel Finland 2019 Chinese 207

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

As a part of the initiative, the Swedish Government announced on 11 September the introduction of a greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction mandate for aviation fuel sold in Sweden in 2021. There will be enough capacity on the market to supply the anticipated volumes of sustainable aviation fuel to Sweden and Norway. biofuel blending mandate.

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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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MAY 17, 2023

million tons annually of which up to one million tons can be sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Amsterdam (AMS) in the Netherlands, and Helsinki Airport (HEL) in Finland. Neste is also supplying SAF to various fuel marketing companies, broadening its availability outside its own airport network.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

Allianz Capital Partners, on behalf of Allianz insurance companies, has signed an agreement to acquire a minority stake in Ren-Gas Oy , a green hydrogen and power-to-gas project developer based in Finland. Allianz will provide funding of €25 million to Ren-Gas to support the company’s project portfolio towards execution.

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Gas Hydrogen Green Power 259

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MARCH 16, 2021

The company has now concluded a thorough study phase concerning the two possible locations, Porvoo, Finland and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. In any case, the company is investing significantly in Finland, and in particular to the Porvoo site, driven by the commitment to reach carbon neutral production by 2035.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

The plant is to be built by Koppö Energia Oy, a joint venture company between Germany’s Prime Green Energy Infrastructure Fund and CPC Finland Oy, in Kristinestad, Finland. Technology group Wärtsilä will provide the front-end engineering design (FEED) for the liquefaction and storage of liquefied synthetic methane (LSM).

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Partners from Germany and Finland in the SOLETAIR project are building a compact pilot plant for the production of gasoline, diesel and kerosene from solar energy, regenerative hydrogen and carbon dioxide. A direct air capture unit developed by the Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT) extracts carbon dioxide from air.

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MAY 5, 2015

Novozymes will supply enzyme technology to a new biorefinery that will be built by St1 Biofuels in Kajaani, Finland. NEOT is sister company to NEB, and it is the most significant independent fuel supply company in the Baltic Sea region.

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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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DECEMBER 20, 2021

Oy Kati Ab, a long-term drilling contractor of Keliber, a company developing a European lithium project ( earlier post ), has started to use Neste MY Non Road Diesel renewable fuel oil in the drill rig at Keliber’s exploration site in Central Ostrobothnia. was caused by fuel usage. tonnes of CO 2 e, of which 95.2% t CO 2 e or 51% less.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Germany’s Sono Motors confirmed on Thursday that it has 20,000 direct consumer reservations for its upcoming Sion solar-supplemented EV that, if you don't drive much, might seldom if ever cost you anything to "fuel."

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JUNE 28, 2022

million tons annually, of which sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production capability will be 1.2 million tons by the end of 2023, and make Neste the only global provider of renewable fuels and renewable feedstock for polymers and chemicals with a production footprint on three continents. million tons. million tons by the end of 2026.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

The plant, with a total input capacity of 200 MW, will be built in Kristinestad, Finland for the production of green hydrogen and synthetic natural gas (SNG). We urgently need synthetic fuels in large quantities if the decarbonisation of global supply chains is to succeed. Earlier post.)

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JULY 4, 2021

Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel (RD) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has launched Neste MY Renewable Diesel in the Belgian market. The fuel, produced from 100% renewable raw materials, is brought to the Belgian market in collaboration with the channel partner EG Group.

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MAY 31, 2022

The technology group Wärtsilä, and its collaborators WEC Energy Group, (WEC), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Burns & McDonnell (B&McD), have been contracted to carry out hydrogen fuel testing at the A.J. The parties will aim for testing fuel blends of up to 25 vol.% Mihm power plant in Michigan.

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JUNE 13, 2017

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. —Sam Holmberg, Vice President responsible for Neste's Marketing and Services business area in Finland.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

In addition to producing renewable diesel, all Neste’s renewable product refineries are able to produce renewable aviation fuel and raw materials for various polymers and chemicals materials. Of this total, more than one million is produced in Singapore, the same amount in Rotterdam in the Netherlands and the rest in Porvoo, Finland.

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JULY 3, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä, in close customer cooperation with Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and Repsol, as well as with the Sustainable Energy Catapult Centre, will commence the world’s first long-term, full-scale, testing of ammonia as a fuel in a marine four-stroke combustion engine. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 1, 2023

In an open-access paper in the journal Energy & Fuels, a team from VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, with colleagues from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Ghent University, provides an overview of co-processing options for such bio-liquids.

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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 6, 2018

Replacing fossil fuels with Neste’s renewable fuels reduced global climate emissions altogether by a 8.3 The emission reduction is calculated by comparing the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of the renewable fuels that Neste produces in a year to the life cycle emissions of conventional European diesel.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle (EV) maker, has re-started production of the THINK City—one of the first urban EVs—at a new facility with manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive in Uusikaupunki, Finland. Valmet Automotive also produces Garia and Fisker alternative-fuel vehicles as well as Porsche AG’s Boxster and Cayman.

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JUNE 7, 2011

Neste Oil’s NExBTL renewable diesel is to be trialed in day-to-day use in Finland by a fleet of road tanker trucks from the beginning of June onwards. —Kaisa Hietala, Neste Oil’s Vice President, Marketing, Renewable Fuels. Its use also reduces local emissions significantly and helps improve urban air quality.

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