Projects

The main goal of the project is to increase Swedish production of sustainable biofuels by efficiently combining and refining various bio-liquids, including…

Biomass combustion with carbon capture and storage/utilization (BECCS/U) can deliver negative CO2 emissions from industrial boilers and district heating/CHP in Sweden. Oxy-fuel…

This research project explores a novel process for converting biogas CO2 directly into methanol and hydrocarbon electrofuels using hydrogen from renewable electrolysis,…

Efficiently using biowaste to meet electricity and heat demands in farms is becoming critical for achieving future fossil free agriculture. The project…

Advanced biorefineries and negative emissions (BECCS) are key elements in the energy system transition, yet investments are few and many initiatives are…

The project aims to develop knowledge and strategies for sector coupling between bio-based systems and variable electricity production. It explores integrating bio-methane…

This project synthesizes and analyzes the unique long-term hybrid aspen trial in southern Sweden to quantify nutrient removal and soil status changes…

Biogas production is a key part of Swedish and European strategies to achieve climate and environmental goals, while also strengthening energy self-sufficiency…

Sweden’s future electricity system will rely heavily on renewable but intermittent sources like wind and solar, which increases the need for flexible…

This project aims to develop a camera-based monitoring system that can be used to improve the combustion efficiency in Grate-fired boilers. Experiments…

The project aims to increase Swedish biogas production through biological methanation at existing plants. The technology converts carbon dioxide in raw biogas…

Despite that many Swedish households have had separate collection of food waste for a long time, a large share still ends up…

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is needed to decarbonize the aviation industry, as traditional jet fuel is a fossil fuel contributing to climate…

The project develops sustainable, bio-based drop-in fuels for the maritime sector through upgrading of pyrolysis oils from Swedish biomass. By combining industrial…

In the project, the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) has been mapped to identify which types of value chains leave room for interpretation…

The project has adopted a holistic perspective with the aim of producing quantitative results in the form of so-called substitution factors. These…

The activities in this project aim to contribute to the development of efficient biological methanation of gasified woody biomass in a unique…

Standards in the field of liquid and gaseous fuels as well as lubricants are developed to make the production, functionality, control, and…

Sewage sludge is a bio-based resource that contains phosphorus, potassium and carbon. Currently, the sludge is largely spread on fields, thereby recovering…

The EU Commission has a target of production of 350 TWh biomethane by 2030, and in Sweden a target of 10 TWh…

Biobased ethanol as feedstock for the chemical industry is a promising alternative to fossil oil products, but the transition requires development of…

Sweden strives to become fossil-free, and biomass is a key component in this energy transition. By mapping the biomass potentials, this project…

Variations of operational parameters are one of the most critical uncertainties in practical thermochemical conversion processes. Diagnostics and feedback control of these…

The construction sector in Sweden stands for about 22 % of total greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing the embodied carbon in new buildings…

The project aims to increase understanding of how competing claims on biomass and biogenic hydrocarbons can be managed in the transition to…

The chemical industry accounts for ±14 % of industrial greenhouse gas emissions and is the largest industrial consumer of fossil oil. This…

Graphite is widely used in process industries, E-mobility and digitalisation. Its consumption has increased rapidly due to increased production of lithium-ion batteries…

In the route to mitigate global warming and phase out fossil energy sources, solar and wind power represent an increasing share of…

A long-term and sustainable raw material supply of forest biomass is affected by policy instruments, but also by the behavior of different…

Textile manufacturing contributes to 10 % of global CO2 emissions where two-thirds of the textiles are fossil-based. Current bio-based raw materials –…

As the world moves toward achieving net-zero emissions, the contradiction between the demand for high-quality graphite products and its unsustainable production process…

The aim of the project is to shed light on the possibilities and consequences of forest fertilisation at different intensity. In a…

The project aims to investigate the interaction between the chemical pulping industry and the future energy system under different energy scenarios. The…

The circular bioeconomy is focused on a sustainable and resource-efficient use of biomass as residues and waste and to optimize its value…

Forestry and agricultural residues are attractive raw materials to make biofuels from. The biomass can be liquefied into bio-oil via pyrolysis, but…

Bright Day Graphene has developed a process to mass produce a biobased, high-quality graphene material. The material was developed with the intention…

In recent years, drones have become popular and are beeing used in various applications in society. However, there is a lack of…

The overall aim of the project is to (a) outline scenarios for the aviation fuel supply that provide a greatly reduced climate…

The industries of the green transition in especially northern Sweden, are in demand for labor, specialists and equipment from an increasingly large…

This project focuses on the development of a novel two-step process of forest residual materials to produce fossil free jet fuels. It…

Lignol® is a lignin based bio-oil designed to be compatible with existing refinery infrastructure. Being a lignin based product allows for production…

Fish farm makes use of residual heat and oxygen from hydrogen plant In this study, the processes, sustainability, production costs, and handling…

Long-term test and evaluation in a large scale real environment drying is done with combustion heat in dryers that supply heat directly…

With new technology, we aim to explore the possibility of significantly increasing methane production during anaerobic digestion. Recent studies have shown that…

Bioenergy is renewable, can offer flexible power in the electricity system and domestically produced fuels. However, the use of bioenergy risks causing…

Meeting Swedens’s climate target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, requires an urgent transition from fossil to biobased economy wherein…

Forestry can counteract an increase in greenhouse gases through its large capacity to store carbon and through the substitution of fossil fuels….

Organofuel Sweden AB aims to commercialize a new, innovative and sustainable conversion process for biofuel production for road traffic and aviation. The…

Kraft recovery boilers, i.e., boilers burning pulping industry spent liquor (black liquor) and recovering pulping chemicals, generate both electricity and heat. Black…

In the time when the awareness of the biomass as a limited resource drives the efforts to increase resource efficiency (in the…

The Swedish forest sector faces demands for increased carbon storage in the forest and changed management methods that result in reduced production,…

This project aims to streamline recycling of biogenic ash to forest land, but also to study how different ash transformations affect their…

The main goal of the FUSE project is to generate knowledge and green technologies to enable assembly of sustainable furan platform chemicals…

Utilisation of forest biomass will have a leading role in Sweden becoming a fossil-free and bio-based economy. The amount of forest biomass…

This project aims to The research objective is to study how thinning for many goals can be done in young dense stands…

Today’s geopolitical situation and roadmaps towards fossil freedom have increased the demand for domestic forest fuels in Sweden. There is an ecological…

At present, the metallurgical industry is using large quantities of fossil-based carbons. For example, manufacturing of anodes and cathodes for the primary…

Sustainable production of forest resources is central to the development of sustainable energy systems. Increased use of clear-cut-free methods is often suggested…

Site preparation promotes tree growth and increases carbon storage in tree biomass. Extraction of bioenergy from the forest, such as slash and…

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) binders make up around 2-3% of a lithium-ion batteries (LIB) electrode’s mass and are crucial for battery integrity, safety,…

The UNLOCK project aims to meet the EU’s Renewable Energby Directive (RED) II by transforming Brewer’s Spent Grain (BSG) into advanced biofuels…

Aromatic chemicals are produced via many-step processes from fossil-based feedstocks. 96% of hydrogen, H2, is derived from fossil fuels. Green hydrogen costly…

This project marks the beginning of a pioneering effort to develop a novel bio-based value chain for biofuel and proteins in Sweden….

Cost-effective GHG reduction with several renewable fuels This project provides an updated summary of the CO2 abatement costs for different types of…

The increasing demand for sustainably produced biomass for various products places high demands on the circular use of both micro- and macronutrients….

What are cost-effective ways to use biomass from agriculture and forestry for energy purposes? This project has broadened the perspective and analysed…

In Sweden, around 7Mton of waste is yearly incinerated for energy recovery. Currently around 60 % of the carbon available in that…

The Swedish Government’s Climate Action Plan 2019 underlines the need for creating a common understanding about the transition to bioeconomy and knowledge…

Gotland has been commissioned to drive the transition by acting as a pilot area for a sustainable energy system. The industry and…

This project explores how Sweden’s forest residues and industrial side-streams can be more efficiently utilized to produce renewable fuels and deliver negative…

There is currently a lack of suitable bio-based raw material to cover the need and demand that exists for bio-based plastics. In…

Anaerobic digestion is a sustainable process that combines waste management, nutrient recycling and clean energy production. However, a significant portion of the…

Saving money and resources by drying timber with microwaves In this project, MicroDri AB has studied how their microwave timber drying technology…

How can Paulownia be commercially grown in Sweden? This project has investigated what is needed to succeed in cultivating Paulownia in Sweden….

This project is about a service for back-up power supply with biogas. It will develop overall technical and business concepts for such…

This pre-study will develop a business and implementation model which will be the basis of a future commercial project aiming to make…

Wood powder fired grain dryers pose low risk to food safety In this project, a test dryer for grain has been developed…

New technology promises higher yield from sustainable and locally produced biomass Phoenix Biopower’s BTC technology, Biomass-fired Top Cycle, enables flexible and robust…

Fuels and oils from any biomass This feasibility study has identified focus areas for the company Votion’s pilot projects and the concepts…

Fast-growing deciduous tree species have been highlighted as an important contribution to increased biomass production. Gray alder can be a hardy alternative…

ECO-FORCE FUELS aims to produce low-emission marine biofuels via complete conversion of forest residues. A continuous organosolv process will be used to…

The overall goal of the project has been to develop methods and decision-support tools that make it possible to identify, quantify, and…

As the metal and steel industries work to reduce fossil dependency, sustainable alternatives to coal‑based binders are of interest for evaluation. Coal…

The overall aimof this project is to transform chemical industries from using fossil feedstock to using renewable biomass. In this project, we…

Bark is an underutilized residual stream from pulp and saw mills and its utilization in biochemical conversion is not well investigated. In…

The project’s overall objective is to produce quality-assured knowledge that can be applied directly in practice and enables increased efficiency in the…

Biofuel markets in the EU are undergoing rapid changes. Changes in the policy landscape due to increased climate ambitions is expected to…

The drying of sawn timber requires a lot of energy and leads to quality losses, a limited production capacity, and high costs…

The large-scale use of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) is expected to contribute to the realization of a fossil-free society that is dependent on…

This project proposes an efficient technology for transforming lignin into sustainable aviation fuels as an alternative to current fossil-based technologies. For this,…

This project examines the possibility to use granulated copper-smelter slag, järnsand in Swedish, as bed material in fluidized-bed combustion. Järnsand is a…

Increased biogas production, e.g. more biogas plants as well as increased production efficiency per plant, is clearly an important approach to reach…

This project examines a novel method for production of hydrogen and biochar from forestry residues. The principal idea is an integrated process…

Deep decarbonization of the society requires rethinking of the production routes and value chains with a radical switch to renewable carbon, utilizing…

Cereal straw is an interesting raw material for biorefineries. Here, we want to investigate the possibility of using straw with increased water…

Ash recycling to fast growing broadleaf tree plantations might generate 45 TWh/year by 2045 were 30 TWh is made possible through application…

Birch bark is a residue from the forest industry containing a variety of different compound with their individual properties and characteristics. All…

CelluXtreme has a unique technology for spinning strong fibers from 100% nanocellulose with green chemistry and with low emissions to air and…

Closer to market with alternative use of product In this project, Biobase Sweden AB has carried out a techno-economic analysis for a…

It is of utmost importance that we become a fossil free sustainable society and an important part is to valorize biomass. Biomass…

To meet a future fossil-free bio-based economy utilisation of forest biomass will have a leading role. Available forest biomass depends on available…

Hybrid aspen is a fast-growing broadleaved tree species that can contribute to the transition towards renewable raw materials and energy sources to…

Green leaves can become both animal feed and biogas The Green2Feed project has explored how green plant biomass (such as forage crops,…

Biomass is often seen jointly with carbon capture in influential studies and IPCC publications. However, uncertainties regarding biomass availability affect the potential…

Domestic sustainable biogenic feedstocks are important in the energy system transition, but their use is severely limited by a lack of investment…

The overall aim is to describe how the role and function of biomass to achieve energy and climate goals will change over…

Large-scale implementation of biofuels will be required if Sweden are to achieve its goals of the phasing out of fossil fuels in…

Bio-oils produced from wood by existing conversion technologies (e.g. pyrolysis) are incompatible with current jet engines and fuel infrastructure. Bio-oil instability, corrosivity,…

Biogas is associated with several benefits, that can support a societal transition towards a circular economy with reduced climate impacts. The national…

Kraft lignin has a great potential to replace fossil-based materials in many applications due to its availability and molecular structure. However, its…

Biochar produced from biomass has large potential to provide negative greenhouse gas emissions as a stable carbon sink in soil. A major…

Bioflex aims at increasing the flexibility, redundancy, and robustness of the energy system by integrating biobased energy carriers (biohydrogen/biogas) with electrolytic hydrogen….

The project aims to develop new natural, water-based organic redox solutions based on lignin, such as electrolytes in a flow coil. These…

The moisture content of wood chips and fuel- and pulpwood is important for both logistics and industrial processes. Today’s methods for measuring…

The overall goal of the project is to enable improved electric efficiency biomass boilers. This project aims to demonstrate and make use…

The project aimed to develop attractive, energy- and resource-efficient value chains based on co-briquetting and co-combustion of straw fuels and sewage sludge…