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The timber we take out of forests should go toward constructing houses and furniture. Biorefinery is based on residues. Photo by Bent Christensen.Umea University

‘Getting Prepared to Have Right Material Base’: Chemistry in Biorefinery in New Report

As economies are moving closer to a substantial fossil fuel…
Economics professor Robert Lundmark says that all three aspects of sustainable development should be taken together when assessing the role of forest in climate change perspective. Photo by courtesy of Robert Lundmark.

Role of Forests in Reining in Climate Change, Producing Energy

When it comes to the role of the forest in a perspective of…
Advanced Biofuels Conference 2023, main banner. Courtesy of Svebio Swedish Bioenergy Association.Svebio

Advanced Biofuels Conference 2023: Bio4Energy in Partnership

Sweden is host to an annual event designed to take the pulse…
Scale-up profile picture, by courtesy of BioFuel Region.BioFuel Region

Logistics of Biomass Transport Subject of New European Training

Biomass as an input material for biorefinery needs to be handled…
Do you love nature as much as we do? Let us help manage and use its bounty wisely. Photo by Anna Strom ©2023©AnnaStrom

Greeting to Our Followers

We are taking a break and want to wish our followers and stakeholders…
Carmen Cristescu and Dimitris Athanassiadis are coordinators for Bio4Energy's new training on the history of biorefining. Photo by Anna Strom ©2023.©AnnaStrom

New Training: History of Biorefining in Nordic Countries

Bio4Energy is launching a new course for PhD students and postdoctoral…
PhD students at a Bio4Energy event. Photo by ©AnnaStrom.©AnnaStrom

2022 Bio4Energy Annual Report Is Out

The 2022 Bio4Energy Annual Report is out, breathing optimism…
Traditionally, Bio4Energy has been targeting wood from conifers in its research. Photo by Anna Strom ©2023.©AnnaStrom

Bio4Energy is Delivering Methods, Tools to Industry as Promised

Regional collaboration and research in the areas of thermochemical…
Pierre Oesterle, PhD student, has been awarded a prize for his research to remove micropollutants from wastewater. Photo by courtesy of Pierre Oesterle.

PhD Student Wins Prize for ‘Outstanding’ Work to Capture Micropollutants

A Bio4Energy PhD student at Umeå University (UmU) has won a…
A model of the Vertisà AB vertical gardening module. Photo by courtesy of Vertisà AB.

Inventions by Bio4Energy Researchers Highlighted by Royal Academy for Future Potential

Zeolite membranes for gas separation, vertical gardens and reuse…

Events

Advanced Biofuels Conference 2023, main banner. Courtesy of Svebio Swedish Bioenergy Association.Svebio

Advanced Biofuels Conference 2023

This conference gathers leading actors and stakeholders in the…
Bio4Energy Advisory Board at an excursion to the Biomass Technology Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Photo published with permission.

Bio4Energy Advisory Board Meeting

Bio-based fertilizers and biomass ash recovery to soils will…
Spent pharmaceutical drugs end up polluting the natural environment. Photo by courtesy of Umeå University.Umea University

Webinar: Removal of Micropollutants from Wastewater with Bio-based Activated Biochar

Please click here to participate in the Zoom webinar. Access…
Emil Thorian working at the laboratory. Photo by Florian Schmidt.

PhD Thesis Defence: Kvantitativ laserdiagnostik av kaliumföreningar i gas-fas vid förbränning och förgasning av biomassa

Research platform: Bio4Energy Thermochemical Conversion Tec…
Bio4Energy Researchers' Meeting, 21-22 November at Luleå, Sweden.©AnnaStrom

Bio4Energy Researchers’ Meeting

This is where Bio4Energy's researchers and student researchers…
SPIRIT project programme picture.SPIRIT

Workshop om SPIRIT: MAX IV-laboratoriet och European Spallation Source (ESS)

Välkomna till workshop om SPIRIT, en innovationsarena kring…
Mixed forest. Photo by Anna Strom ©2022.©AnnaStrom

Workshop: Raw Material for the Forest-based Industry in Future

This is a WoodWorks! workshop in the Assess4EST project, to…
Bioeconomy Parliment is recurring conference for the bio-based sector in Sweden, including policy makers. Press picture.Biofuel Region

Bioekonomiriksdagen 2023

Bioekonomiriksdagen tar avstamp i förändringarna i vår omvärld;…
Bio4Energy researchers and students assembled at Umeå, Sweden, 16 June; for their biannual Researchers' Meeting. Photos by Anna Strom ©2022.©AnnaStrom

Autumn 2022 Bio4Energy Researchers’ Meeting

This is an event for researchers in Bio4Energy. Attendance is…