Short Takes in Biofuels for April 29: UPM, Volkswagen, renewable diesel
April 29, 2013
| Jim Lane
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UPM and VTT, wood-based diesel and Volkswagen cars. UPM, VTT and VV-Auto Group will start fleet tests of renewable domestic diesel next month Biofuel will be produced by UPM, fleet tests will be coordinated by VTT and cars will be supplied by VV-Auto Group (which imports and markets Volkswagen, Audi and SEAT vehicles in Finland). The model chosen for the test drive is the Volkswagen Golf 1.6 TDI. Fuel is UPM’s BioVerno renewable diesel.
In 2012, UPM began the construction its renewable diesel refinery, located in Lappeenranta, Finland, to be completed in 2014, with a capacity of 120M litres per year.
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