Jan 5, 2016 | Archive, News from the members
Today, the vast majority of biofuels used in vehicles with petrol engines are made with first generation bioethanol produced using resources such as wheat, maize, sugar beet and sugar cane. However, an EU-funded project is creating second generation biofuel from...
Jun 16, 2015 | Archive, News from the members
The first Etanolix® plant delivered to the international market by St1 Biofuels Oy was inaugurated today in Gothenburg, Sweden. The plant delivered to North European Bio Tech Oy (NEB) recycles feedstocks such as biowaste and process residue from local bakeries and...
Jun 11, 2015 | Archive, News from the members
This short movie describes how we developed our own biomass pyrolysis technology and worked at taking it to a commercial scale. In january 2014 we started construction of our first commercial pyrolysis oil production facility, Empyro in Hengelo, the Netherlands....
Mar 3, 2015 | Archive, News from the members
UPM Biofuels was awarded the Commercial Scale Plant of the year in the WBM Bio Business 2015 competition on 2 March in Amsterdam. The award was received thanks to UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery in Finland… For further informations read here the complete Press...
Jan 12, 2015 | Archive, News from the members
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… For further informations read here the complete Press...
Dec 5, 2014 | Archive, News from the members
European Commission recognised UPM Biofuels as the winner of the EU Energy Europe Awards 2014 for its wood-based renewable diesel, UPM BioVerno, and filmed the project in...