Tag: Sweden

Gaia Biomaterials receives $5 million rights issue to help scale limestone-based bioplastic

April 8, 2024 | Rebecca Gendron

In Sweden, bioplastics maker Gaia Biomaterials has secured a $5 million rights issue backed by the Swedish state-owned greentech venture capital fund Almi Invest Greentech and private international and domestic investors. Funds will be used to expand market penetration in the United States, India, and other targeted markets. Gaia Biomaterials’ home-compostable, limestone-based material, Biodolomer, can […]

Stockholm Exergi gets environmental permits to build one of Europe’s largest BECCS facilities

April 8, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Sweden, Stockholm Exergi recently received permission to build one of Europe’s first large-scale facilities for capturing carbon dioxide through bio-CCS (Bio-energy with Carbon Capture and Storage) in Värtahamnen, Stockholm following approval for the environmental permits from the Land and Environmental Court. In March 2023, Stockholm Exergi submitted its application to the Land and Environmental […]

Chalmers University researchers develop a sustainable method for gold recycling using biodiesel

March 30, 2024 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In Sweden, Chalmers University said that researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed an environmentally friendly method for recycling and purifying metals. “Pure metals have a number of uses in a modern society, not least for the development of green technologies. Our research shows how the metal industry can accelerate the transition from fossil […]

Wärtsilä report says sustainable shipping fuels could reach cost parity by 2035

March 26, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Sweden, sustainable shipping fuels could reach cost parity with fossil fuels as early as 2035 with the help of decisive emissions policy such as carbon taxes and emissions limits, according to a new report launched recently by technology group Wärtsilä. The report, titled ‘Sustainable fuels for shipping by 2050 – the 3 key elements […]

Chalmers University of Technology researchers using gold scrap to purify biodiesel

March 25, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Sweden, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed an environmentally friendly method for recycling and purifying metals. Using gold earrings from a pawnshop in Gothenburg and biodiesel from the nearest filling station, the discovery could change an industry that is currently dependent on large amounts of fossil oil. In the researchers’ […]

Nordion Energi and St1 signing biogas supply agreement for Sweden

March 18, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Sweden, Nordion Energi and St1 are signing an agreement to supply more biogas to the transport and industrial sectors. Nordion Energi is planning a new facility in the Port of Gothenburg where biogas will be liquefied and transported to customers in different parts of the country. It aims to replace fossil fuels in shipping, […]

Vattenfall to capture 150,000 TPY of CO2 at Stockholm biomass heat plant by 2028

February 28, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Sweden, in Jordbro outside Stockholm, Vattenfall plans to have a facility in place by 2028 that will be able to capture up to 150,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the biomass fuelled heat plant. Now Vattenfall is taking an important step by submitting an application for an environmental permit for its first full-scale […]

Scania’s new biogas engines bring 5% fuel savings

February 13, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Sweden, Scania first hinted about its new biogas engines at last year’s IAA fair, but when the state-of-the-art engines arrived they came with a twist – they are now paired with two-thirds of the successful Super-based powertrain. The well-composed and harmonized trio – the new biogas engines plus the G25 gear-boxes and axles from […]

Stena RoRo’s latest vessel runs on multiple fuels including biodiesel and batteries

February 12, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Sweden, Stena RoRo’s tenth E-Flexer series was delivered from the CMI Jinling, Weihai Shipyard. The vessel, named Ala’suinu, will be on a long charter agreement with the Canadian state-owned Marine Atlantic and operate a ferry line in eastern Canada between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. The vessels’ engines are of the multi-fuel type and can […]

Topsoe to develop Preem’s SAF production

January 23, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Sweden, Topsoe has signed a licensing and engineering agreement with Preem, Sweden’s largest fuel company, to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel, using Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology. The demand for SAF is rapidly growing. According to the International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Scenario, over 10% of fuel consumption in aviation by 2030 needs to be SAF to stay on course for net zero […]

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