In Finland, acting on behalf of North European Bio Tech Oy (NEB), St1 has begun the analysis and signed letters of intent with Alholmens Kraft and UPM on a sawdust-based ethanol plant in the Alholma industrial area in Pietarsaari. The planned production capacity of the plant is 50 million litres of advanced bioethanol per year. […]
In Finland, UPM engaged with ICCT, ECF and other partners to discuss sustainability requirements of biofuels, policy needs and the opportunities of advanced biofuels for several years. Discussion among the platform – named Biofrontiers – were very timely, as the European Commission is preparing policy goals for renewable energy up to 2030. The project was […]
This season, The Digest is hosting the Strategic Intent webinar series, looking at the plans, progress and future milestones of strategic stakeholders in the Advanced Bioeconomy. In this slide deck, we looked at Unilever and UPM and their direct investments, partnerships and alliances with companies both heralded and unknown.
In Finland, UPM is to start field tests of its novel wood-based diesel fuel in urban buses together with Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) and the VTT Technical Research Centre. The field tests are also supported by St1, Volvo and Transdev Finland. The new round of tests with UPM BioVerno fuel will start in October and […]
In Finland, UPM’s ValChem project has received EUR13.1 million funding from the European Union. The project will be done in cooperation with Sekab, METabolic EXplorer and Technische Universität Darmstadt. The total budget of the project is around EUR 18.5 million. ValChem (Value added chemical building blocks and lignin from wood) is an ambitious project combining […]
As a frontrunner of the new forest industry UPM “leads the integration of bio and forest industries into a new, sustainable and innovation-driven future.” UPM’s structure consists of the following business areas: UPM Biorefining, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Paper Asia, UPM Paper ENA (Europe and North America) and UPM Plywood. UPM uses fibre and […]
In Finland, the world’s first wood-based renewable diesel biorefinery has started commercial production in Lappeenranta, Finland. UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery is based on a hydrotreatment process developed by UPM, and produces approximately 120 million liters of renewable UPM BioVerno diesel yearly. The UPM BioVerno diesel is produced out of crude tall oil, a residue of pulp […]
In Finland, Finnish Bioethanol who recently was awarded a $35 million grant by the national government to help build an ethanol plant, is negotiating with UPM to buy the Myllykoski paper mill site, including the remaining equipment. The facility has been mothballed since 2011.
In Finland, UPM and WWF Finland have developed a list of joint measures to promote sustainability int he wood-based liquid biofuels industry in Finland. The parties will jointly conduct a scientific forest carbon impact study related to wood-based biofuels. UPM and WWF Finland also commit to further developing the FSC standard and promoting its credibility […]
In Finland, the Biofore Company UPM and the conservation organization WWF Finland have agreed on versatile cooperation to promote sustainable wood-based biofuels, forest management, and sourcing of raw materials in Finland. “Sustainably produced, wood-based biofuels provide a promising alternative to decrease both emissions in traffic and oil import, as well as to increase national energy […]
