Wood is a versatile raw material that can be used for various applications in the paper, packaging, furniture, housing and other sectors. According to a Parliament briefing, in 2012 52.9…
The REHAP project is transforming agricultural and forestry waste into high added value products for the construction sector, reducing energy-use and CO2 emissions. Agricultural and forestry residues are being used in…
Gas, oil and lignite are widely used in Eastern Europe. The efficient generation of heat and electricity using woody biomass, however, is still in its infancy. The EU Horizon 2020…
The EU-funded Horizon 2020 ROSEWOOD network enhances sustainable wood mobilisation from all sources by bringing together key players of the domain. The final aim is to stimulate the exchange of…
(UPM, Helsinki, 7 February 2019 at 16:00 EET) – The Finnish Parliament has yesterday 6 February 2019 approved a law that sets a gradually increasing 30% biofuels target for 2030.…
The Interreg EU-funded BIO4ECO project aims at deepening the role of biomass within programs and emerging regional plans for the bioenergy and the bioeconomy. The constant growth of the world’s population…
The uP_running project is a market uptake project focused on promoting the energy utilization of Agricultural Prunings and Plantation Removals (APPR) biomass in Europe. The biomass potential from Agricultural Prunings and…
MacroFuels H2020 project aims to develop technologies to produce advanced liquid biofuels from seaweed for transportation, i.e. aviation, cargo and truck fuels. MacroFuels specific objectives are: to improve the production of ethanol…
An interdisciplinary research project addressing the development of commercial biorefinery in Sweden has been carried out between June 2015 and May 2018 by the Luleå University of Technology (LTU), the…
The European Union has set ambitious targets of raising the share of EU energy consumption produced from renewable resources from 20% by 2020 to 27% by 2030. A study by…
