News

Bio4Energy Gathers in Luleå to Strengthen Collaboration and Share Research Progress

Bio4Energy researchers came together in Luleå on 26–27 May…
From left: Lina Hällström, Roberts Joffe, Ivan Carabante, and Linn Berglund at the Jubileumsfonden award ceremony on 14 May 2025 at Vetenskapens hus in Luleå. They had just received their research grants from the fund. Photo: Petra Älvstrand.

Transforming Forest Residues into the Future: Bio4Energy Researcher Awarded Prestigious Grant

Linn Berglund, senior lecturer in wood and bionanocomposites…
Katarzyna Olovsson and her doctoral research on fossil-free lime production. The photo collage shows Jutjärn limestone quarry in Dalarna, Sweden, and her dissertation defence at Umeå University (Photos: Katarzyna Olovsson), as well as a portrait of the researcher (Photo: Jonas Olovsson)

A Fossil-Free Future for the Lime Industry – New Research Lights the Way

Quicklime production is one of Sweden’s most carbon-intensive…

New Bio+ Projects to Bio4Energy Researchers

Bio+ is a research and innovation program funded by the Swedish…
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Season’s Greetings from Bio4Energy

As the season draws to a close, Bio4Energy wants to wish you…
Participants of the Nature Refines project on their way from Sweden to Finland, both of which Scandinavian countries are represented. Photos by courtesy of Francesco Gentili and Sarah Conrad.

Water Filtration, Electrodes Expected from EU Project on Smart Use of Biomass Residue

Bio4Energy researchers and partners are laying the groundwork…
A so-called photobioreactor with microalgal content, in the laboratories of Christiane Funk and Martin Plöhn, both Bio4Energy. Photo by courtesy of Plöhn and Funk.

Researchers to Map Composition of Green Algae, Pave Way for Biotechnology Breakthroughs

Bio4Energy’s research team dedicated to creating applications…
Linn Berglund and Kristiina Oksman share a smile in the hydrogel development laboratory, with kelp on display. Photo by courtesy of Kristiina Oksman.

Innovator of Year Award to Bio4Energy Nanotechnology Experts

Bio4Energy experts at nanotechnology have been selected to receive…
Coke-oven coke. Tour of car maker Volvo's GTO Foundry at Skövde, Sweden in insert. Photos by courtesy of David Agar.

Creation of Value Chains for Biochar as Alternative to Fossil Fuels in Industry in New Project

A grouping of Bio4Energy experts on systems analysis have won…

Events

PhD candidate Van Minh Dinh at Umeå University

PhD Thesis defence: Valorization of biomass byproducts: the potential of chitin and lignin through solid catalysts

Thesis title: Valorization of biomass byproducts: the potential…
A Spring 2025 Researchers' Meeting will be held in May. Photos by ©AnnaStrom.©AnnaStrom

Bio4Energy Researchers’ Summer Meeting 2025

Bio4Energy researchers meet twice a year, to hear about each…
Marjan Bozhagian Bäckman, Bio4Energy, performing an experiment at the Balder beamline, MAX IV Laboratory. Photo by courtesy of Nils Skoglund.

Workshop on Synchrotron Measurements

This workshop aims to inspire researchers to explore the application…
Bio4Energy Advisory Board with guests Alice Kempe, Karin Johnson, 3 September 2024.

Bio4Energy Advisory Board Meeting

Theme: “Energiberedskap och försörjningstrygghet”. Meeting…
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PhD Thesis defence: Steam explosion technology for valorisation of softwood bark

Thesis title: Steam explosion technology for the valorisation…

PhD Thesis Defence: Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Waste-To-Energy Processes

Thesis title: Exploring the Occurrence, Distribution and Transport…
PhD student Chaojun Tang defends her thesis, which targets an aspect of the pre-treatment of woody input material. Photo by Anna Strom.©AnnaStrom

PhD Thesis Defence: Redox environment in LPMO-supported bioconversion of pretreated lignocellulose

Thesis title: Investigations of the importance of the redox…
Systems' Perspectives on Biomass Resources, of the Bio4Energy Graduate School on the Innovative Use of Biomass. Class of 2019. Photo by courtesy of Luleå University of Technology.

Course Start: Systems’ Perspectives on Biomass Resources

This is the systems analysis course of the Bio4Energy Graduate…
Profile image for PhD thesis, Techno-Economic Analyses of Energy and Phosphorus Recovery Focusing on Implementation Challenges. Illustration by courtesy of Elisabeth Wetterlund.

Thesis Defence: Techno-Economic Analyses of Energy and Phosphorus Recovery Focusing on Implementation Challenges

Thesis title: Sewage Sludge Treatment Scenarios -- Techno-Economic…
Felix Barbut and Ewa Mellerowicz prepare for thesis defence. Photo by courtesy of Ewa Mellerowicz.

PhD Thesis Defence: Unraveling the role of xylan in the integrity of secondary cell walls

Thesis title: Unraveling the role of xylan in the integrity…