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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…
Fakta RISE pilothall i Örnsköldsvik • 3 våningar • 2 405 m2 • 14 meter hög • Miljöbyggnad Silver (Sweden Green Building Council) • Stora delar byggt i korslimmat trä • Komfort- och proceskyla hämtas från Örnsköldsviksfjärdens botten • Sedumtak (hjälper vattenavrinning och biodiversitet)RISE

Giant Park for Development of Bio-based Products, Materials, Opens in Northern Sweden

Development park Bioeconomy Arena opened today, at Örnsköldsvik…

Events

Back in days timber logs were often transported by waterways. A built up illustration of the beginnings of timber transport in northern Sweden. Photo by Anna Strom ©2023.©AnnaStrom

Course Start: Historical, Technological and Societal Background

Historical, technological and societal background to forestry…
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Bio4Energy Researchers’ Meeting, 19–20 November 2025

Bio4Energy researchers meet twice a year to share progress,…
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden inaugurate the expansion of it test-bed environments for biorefinery. Photo by Maria Fäldt.RISE

Bio4Energy Advisory Board Meeting

Theme: “Pyrolys & förgasning”. Meeting language is…
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…