Green Car Congress

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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

With this gigafactory, Umicore is leading the way in battery materials in Europe offering key ingredients for a responsible and sustainable value chain for electric transport. Their number is expected to increase to 400 by the end of 2023, along with the plant's future capacity expansion.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2021

Keliber’s wholly owned, advanced lithium project, the Keliber project, is located in Kaustinen, Kokkola and Kruunupyy municipalities in Finland, which are among the most significant lithium-bearing areas in Europe. Based on assessments by Geological Survey of Finland, there are good indications of further ore potential in the region.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

To close the loop, production waste from the future Cellforce Group battery plant will be recycled at BASF’s prototype plant for battery recycling in Schwarzheide, Germany. The cooperation with BASF is a win-win situation for all parties involved.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Europe’s transport sector is making only mixed progress in meeting its environment, health and climate policy targets, according to the latest European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment which tracks the short and long-term environmental performance of this key economic sector across the European Union.

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Green Car Congress

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. These are milestone moments in Wärtsilä’s transition to future fuels. Hydrogen and ammonia contain no carbon; hence, combustion releases no CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

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. The Member States will provide up to €5.2

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2014

The Council members also requested further examination by the European Commission on instruments and measures for a comprehensive and technology-neutral approach to reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency in transport, for electric transportation and for the use of renewable energy sources in transport after 2020.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2017

The oldest operating ferry in Finland will on Saturday become the nation’s first all-electric passenger vessel after being fitted with Visedo power. This also allows future motor maintenance in shifts, with no interruption to operation. Mobimar oversaw the removal of the boat’s diesel-powered hydraulic motor and the old control system.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The road transport sector is one of the main contributory factors behind the large number of NO x exceedances, contributing approximately 40% of total EU-27 NO x emissions. Finland exceeded its ammonia ceiling. Reductions of NO x from this sector over the last 2 decades have not been as large as originally anticipated.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2020

Road transportation accounts for a significant part of all transportation-related emissions globally. The Technical Research Centre of Finland, VTT, then analyzed the data, after which HERE and PTV algorithms were used to scale and study the data further. The experiment was conducted in Finland in the Helsinki region.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

A study carried out by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland indicates that extreme weather conditions cost EU transport system at least €15 billion (US$19.7 In Southern Europe, one future cost factor may be heat waves, leading to decreased pedestrian traffic and cycling, and to increased motorized traffic. billion) a year.

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Green Car Congress

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. Ore is first mined at the open pit mine, then crushed, agglomerated, transported and stacked to the bioleaching heaps.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Rolls-Royce and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd have formed a strategic partnership to design, to test and to validate the first generation of remote and autonomous ships. VTT has the first 5G test network in Finland. Rolls-Royce is also a founding member of the Finnish ecosystem for autonomous marine transport (DIMECC).

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Mariner Finland Universal Legal 150

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JUNE 20, 2017

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing safe steering for the remote-monitored and controlled autonomous ships of the future. The ships of the future will largely be controlled by artificial intelligence.

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Green Car Congress

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. The Member States will provide up to €5.4 billion in public funding, which is expected to unlock additional €8.8

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OCTOBER 27, 2018

The plant, which will produce chemicals used in electric vehicle batteries (EVB), will be located at the company’s current industrial site in Sotkamo, Finland. The company’s Board of Directors considers this a good time for making new decisions regarding the future. —Lauri Ratia, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Terrafame.

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JUNE 2, 2021

Neste is piloting its first electric vehicle charging service targeted to logistics companies in Finland. at their site in the Konala area in Helsinki, Finland. The pilot project supports Neste’s and Niemi’s climate strategies and helps Niemi, the leading moving and logistics company in Finland, to reduce its climate emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

Preem’s objective is to produce three million cubic meters (793 million gallons US) of renewable fuel yearly by 2030, which would account for the bulk of the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in the Swedish transport sector. Vattenfall can provide hydrogen gas required for the production of drop-in biofuels.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

A European research consortium under the management of the Volkswagen Group launched the four-year L3Pilot project to test the viability of automated driving as a safe and efficient means of transportation. The project focuses on large-scale piloting of SAE Level 3 functions, with additional assessment of some Level 4 functions.

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Land Rover Automobile Universal Finland 230

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APRIL 17, 2018

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, which is developing future manufacturing concepts, has succeeded in 3D printing a smart shaft, combining sensor technology, wireless data transfer, and condition monitoring in the same package. 3D printed shaft with sensing element and wiring.

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JUNE 1, 2016

Pöyry Forest Industry Oy in Finland, noted that: The magnitude of the recovery process is often not fully appreciated. Since black liquor is derived from wood, it is the most important renewable bio-fuel, particularly in Sweden and Finland. tons of black liquor dry solids. Vakkilainnen, from. Globally over 1.3 Earlier post.)

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APRIL 5, 2013

Neste Oil is beginning the commercial use of tall oil pitch as a feedstock for refining into transportation fuel. A 1978 study by researchers in Finland estimated the tall oil pitch yield from the tall oil refining process at between 15-40%, depending upon the quality of the original tall oil. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

In Norway, 90% of all Panamera customers order a hybrid model, while in Finland the figure is 85%. Electromobility is the future ,” Albrecht Reimold, Member of the Executive Board for Production and Logistics at Porsche AG, said at a presentation of the new Panamera plug-in hybrid models. Porsche is investing around €1 billion (US$1.2

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JULY 2, 2012

As emissions can rebound during periods of economic recovery, countries need to make positive efforts to limit any increase of emissions in the future. These were Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. —EEA Executive Director Jacqueline McGlade.

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JUNE 11, 2010

UPM, one of the world’s leading forest products groups, recently began an official procedure for an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a second-generation biofuels plant in Lappeenranta, Finland. The main end products of the plant would be renewable diesel, and bio- gasoline, kerosene and naphtha.

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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. x 3 m sea container and easily transportable. The pilot plant is coupled to LUT’s solar power plant in Lappeenranta.

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JANUARY 23, 2016

The initiative has been driven by the requirement for the aviation industry to work towards a sustainable, low-carbon future. It acknowledges the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) aim to achieve carbon neutral growth by 2020 and a 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050. —David Gilmour, CEO for Air BP.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

A three-year biofuel trial organized by Neste Oil, Helsinki Region Transport (HSL), and Proventia has recently been completed, and the results have shown that Neste Oil’s NExBTL renewable diesel can significantly reduce local emissions that have a direct impact on urban air quality.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Neste Oil’s and Stora Enso’s joint venture, NSE Biofuels Oy ( earlier post ), will begin environmental impact assessments for a commercial-scale biomass-to-liquids (BTL)biorefinery at Porvoo and at Imatra in Finland. Trial runs will continue at the Varkaus facility until next year at least.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. coli bacteria. Although we have only produced tiny amounts so far, the fuel we have produced is ready to be used in an engine straight away.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Results from this study will support ongoing discussions with potential providers of nickel feed material as well as engineering studies for a future low carbon nickel plant, capitalizing on an existing hydrometallurgical plant, hydroelectric power and seasoned construction and processing teams.

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JUNE 26, 2015

million) research project, selected for funding under the Horizon 2020 Programme, to advance the biocatalytic production of drop-in liquid hydrocarbon transportation fuels, requiring only sunlight, CO 2 and water. Neste Oil Corporation, Finland. Volkswagen AG is coordinating a new €6-million (US$6.7-million) A4F Algafuel SA, Portugal.

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JANUARY 2, 2012

Picosun Oy, Finland-based global manufacturer of atomic layer deposition (ALD) equipment, reported successful final results of the European Union 7 th Framework Programme-funded research project ROD-SOL (Rods for Novel Solar Cells). The 3-year (2009-2011), €4.08-million million (US$5.3-million) The 3-year (2009-2011), €4.08-million

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APRIL 28, 2010

None of the EEA scenarios considered delivered the targeted reduction in transport GHG emissions. Based on analysis of long-term trends, a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report calls for a clear vision defining Europe’s transport system by 2050 and consistent policies to achieve it. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 25, 2016

The network involved governmental, road and other authorities from the participating countries (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden), truck manufacturers, umbrella organizations (ACEA, CEDR, CLEPA, EReg and IRU) plus a range of common interest groupings and consumer bodies. Earlier post.)

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MAY 24, 2024

In cities like Rome, Barcelona, Paris and Athens, they are scheduling sightseeing in the cooler morning and evening hours, and arranging air-conditioned transportation. “We Dreaming up a future getaway or just armchair traveling? Check out our 52 Places to Go in 2024.

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