In Finland, NG Nordic and ABB Oy, Wiring Accessories, Porvoo have partnered to bring electrical accessories products made from carbon dioxide-based plastic to market as a first in the world. The companies will focus on the product development of carbon dioxide-based INGA plastic for the manufacture of light switches and sockets, for example. The aim […]
In Finland, a carbon capture pilot plant came online in June at Metsä Group’s Rauma mill, where the company is testing the capture of pulp mill flue gases in cooperation with the technology company Andritz, the supplier of the pilot plant. Carbon capture is an existing technology, but it has not previously been used for […]
In Finland, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its CI Advanced Bioenergy Fund I (CI ABF I), has taken final investment decision (FID) on what will be Finland’s largest industrial biogas plant, Nivalan Biokaasu. The investment in Nivalan Biokaasu is CI ABF I’s third investment, and the first outside of Denmark. CI ABF I is thus […]
In Finland, Viking Line has started to run it’s two ro-ro vessels Viking Glory and Viking Grace on bio-LNG in order to generate compliance for Gasum’s FuelEU Maritime (FEUM) pooling service. This move is based on the Letter of Intent (LOI) that Viking Line and Gasum signed at the end of 2024 on developing the […]
In Finland, Liquid Sun is launching a globally unique pilot project to produce renewable, sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) from biogenic CO₂ emissions. Originating from research at Tampere University, Liquid Sun has developed an innovation based on low-temperature electrolysis (LTE) technology that converts CO₂ emissions and renewable hydrogen into eSAF. For this pilot, Liquid Sun has […]
In Finland, CN Logistics and Finnair in Finland have launched a collaboration to support the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). With this initiative, CN Logistics has co-funded a batch of SAF with Finnair to help reduce the scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions associated with our cargo shipments. “This marks a significant step for CN […]
In Finland, Stora Enso has brought Europe’s most modern consumer packaging board production line online in Oulu. The new, €1.1-billion line will serve the growing demand for renewable packaging globally and contributes to the transition to a circular bioeconomy. The mill produces folding boxboard, kraftliners, paper bag material, and unbleached softwood pulp. Board materials are […]
In Finland, the Helsinki Times newspaper reports UPM, Neste and St1 are moving forward with their plans to jointly produce sustainable aviation fuels from wood residues, with UPM’s Lappeenranta facility preparing to start production by refining the renewable diesel it currently produces from crude tall oil. Currently, they are waiting on ASTM approval for crude […]
In Finland, Gasum and Finnish shipping company Wasaline have agreed that Gasum will provide only liquefied biogas (bio-LNG) to Wasaline’s vessel Aurora Botnia going forward. The vessel transports passengers and freight daily across the Baltic Sea between the port of Vaasa in Finland and the port of Umeå in Sweden. This move to using only […]
In Finland, green chemistry firm Brightplus has raised €2 million to accelerate the development and industrial scaling of its recyclable, biobased textile coatings. The funding round was led by impact investor Collateral Good, with co-lead investment from Nordic Butterfly Ventures. Additional investors include E.A.T. Holdings, FF-Future, Nordic Option, and FutureLab-X. Brightplus’ BrightBio® technology transforms industrial […]
