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BTG and GoodFuels exploring options for joint investment to convert pyrolysis oil to low-carbon fuel for ships

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Biomass technology group BTG plans to set up a new high-tech technology company that can convert crude pyrolysis oil into diesel fuel suitable for the shipping sector. Pyrolysis oil is made from biomass-based residues such as sawdust and roadside grass cuttings and is a sustainable alternative for replacing fossil fuels.

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VTT-led project to develop enzymes found in India’s wildfire-prone areas for biorefineries; IndZyme

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An EU- and nationally-funded project led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, called IndZyme, is investigating if these enzymes are capable of breaking down agricultural waste better than current commercial enzymes. Lignocellulosic agricultural waste is among the most common renewable biomass resources.

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Neste Oil and Raisioagro to research the potential of straw as a renewable diesel feedstock via microbial oil

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Large quantities of waste straw are produced as agricultural residue in Finland and elsewhere, and only a small proportion of this is currently used. The project will study whether a logistically effective and efficient, large-scale straw harvesting chain could be created in Finland. Earlier post.).

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Neste Oil and St1 to Collaborate in VTTs TransEco Development Program; Focus on Bio-ethanol and Bio-components for Gasoline

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Neste Oil and St1 have begun working together on a fuel project as part of the TransEco development program coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. As part of this, we have built a demonstration facility in Varkaus with Stora Enso to process and refine forest-derived biomass into traffic fuel.

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New protocol to enhance photosynthetic production of hydrogen from green algae

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A research group from the University of Turku, Finland, has developed a new protocol to deliver sustained hydrogen photoproduction in green algae under a train of strong white light pulses interrupted by longer dark phases. This led to techniques such as sulfur-deprivation to extend hydrogen production.

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Neste Oil holds grand opening of Europe’s largest renewable diesel refinery in Rotterdam

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Like Neste Oil’s three other NExBTL plants, the refinery in Rotterdam is ISCC-certified and capable of producing also renewable aviation fuel in the future. stearin), as well as waste oils and fats which all meet the sustainability criteria included in the EU Renewable Energy Directive. Earlier post.)

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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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