Tag: Sweden

Nordion Energi and St1 signing biogas supply agreement for Sweden

Nordion Energi and St1 signing biogas supply agreement for Sweden

March 18, 2024 |

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, […]

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

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

February 28, 2024 |

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 […]

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Scania’s new biogas engines bring 5% fuel savings

Scania’s new biogas engines bring 5% fuel savings

February 13, 2024 |

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 […]

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

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

February 12, 2024 |

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 […]

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Topsoe to develop Preem’s SAF production

Topsoe to develop Preem’s SAF production

January 23, 2024 |

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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See-through wood eyed for smartphone displays

See-through wood eyed for smartphone displays

January 8, 2024 |

In Sweden, researchers from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the University of Maryland think see-through wood could be a viable alternative to glass and plastic for device displays like smartphone screens. The international group has developed a process that removes or bleaches lignin, the source of wood’s brown color. Epoxy resin is then […]

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Stena RoRo orders yet another flex-fuel vessel

Stena RoRo orders yet another flex-fuel vessel

January 8, 2024 |

In Sweden, Stena RoRo has placed an order for yet another RoPax-class E-Flexer vessel from the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling (Weihai). The vessel will be delivered in the first quarter of 2026 to Corsica Linea and will operate between Marseille and Corsica. This is Stena RoRo’s thirteenth vessel in the E-Flexer series and the first […]

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Westport Fuel Systems successfully demos its H2 HPDI in heavy transport in Sweden

Westport Fuel Systems successfully demos its H2 HPDI in heavy transport in Sweden

December 28, 2023 |

In Sweden, Westport Fuel Systems Inc. recently announced the successful completion of a heavy transport demonstration with KAJ Inrikes and others, of its H2 HPDI fuel system-equipped prototype truck hauling a trailer filled with IKEA home-furnishing products in Älmhult, Sweden. This is the second validation of the H2 HPDI system in a heavy haul application […]

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Preem exports fully renewable HVO for the first time

Preem exports fully renewable HVO for the first time

December 20, 2023 |

In Sweden, Preem began its transition to renewable production ten years ago and now for the first time, a fully renewable HVO produced at the Gothenburg refinery has been exported, an important milestone on the company’s journey towards a climate-neutral value chain by 2035. Preem is currently undergoing the biggest transition in the company’s history. […]

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Essity joins Sustronics project to develop circular economy through the use of eco-design, bio-based materials

Essity joins Sustronics project to develop circular economy through the use of eco-design, bio-based materials

December 12, 2023 |

In Sweden, hygiene and health company Essity has joined the European research project Sustronics, which is supporting the development of circular electronic products. Companies and universities from 11 countries will, together with Essity, develop sensor-based digital solutions for self and professional care.  The main purpose of Sustronics is to transform the European electronics industry and […]

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