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Dear Bio4Fuels supporters,
Here's a short summer greeting from Bio4Fuels wishing you all some well deserved time off.
Among a few other news, we'll give you a brief update from our ongoing work as well as a reminder of Bio4Fuels Days 2023, introduction to a new member our management team, and an invitation to our next webinar, Advanced Biofuels and the EU Directives.
We would like to thank our partners and supporters for your contributions this year and wish you a wonderful summer ☀
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Updates from the Bio4Fuels management team
The last 2 – 3 months were eventful due to some key decisions and updates of particular relevance for research implementation towards advanced biofuels and related "sustainable fuels".
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These included:
- In Europe, the decision towards setting targets for sustainable aviation fuels was finally voted on as part of RefuelEU ambitions as part of the "Fit for 55" package. Thus goals of 70% of sustainable aviation have been set, with equivalent ambitions to reduce emissions from the marine sector.
- This decision was closely followed by a vote in the Norwegian parliament, for which the government was asked to work towards Norway taking a leading position in sustainable transport fuels and increase the production of advanced biofuels.
- The Norwegian Environmental Agency published its updated report on climate mediation towards 2030 "emissions reduction potential, barriers and possible remedies".
This provides an important basis for our initiative towards our application for the new Centre SusFuels where we our ambition is to address the urgency for drop-in sustainable fuels to impact the 36% of emissions from the transport sector.
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Bio4Fuels Days 2023 -
Technology Implementation
15-16 November we invite you all to join us in Oslo at Scandic Sjølyst for the annual Bio4Fuels Days.
The Bio4Fuels Centre has been active since 2017. In this years’ Bio4Fuels Days we will focus on Technology Implementation - What do we know / not know at this stage in Bio4Fuels.
In addition there will be stakeholder presentations, poster session, and group discussions. |
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Jon Hovland joins Bio4Fuels
We're happy to share that Jon Hovland has joined Bio4Fuels' management team.
Jon has been a project manager or participant in biofuel projects since 1995, at that time in Norsk Hydro. From 2008 in Tel-Tek that became part of SINTEF in 2017. Examples are biogas from farm yard manure, food waste, kelp. Biofuel from woody materials through torrefaction, gasification and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Jon has also participated in the development of the Telemarksreaktoren biogas plant, designed for small scale farms in Norway.
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Webinar
Advanced Biofuels and the EU Directives
We suspect our next webinar, Thursday 24 August 09:00-10:00 CET, will be a hit with all of you.
The Norwegian Environment Agency will present their latest report on climate mediation towards 2030 "emissions reduction potential, barriers and possible remedies" and law firm Schjødt will explain EUs Renewable Energy Directive.
There will also be time for some questions from the participants. |
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Forward looking Norwegian supply industry
As part of a summer conference in the region of Steinkjer, Centre Leader Duncan Akporiaye gave a presentation in a section dedicated to "Technology for a more secure society – the interplay between civil and military sectors with high technology industry development".
The focus was on national supply of sustainable transport fuels. This presentation was followed up by a debate on the topic by among others the Defence Chief and the Ministry of defence.
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New newsletter format
If you have received newsletters from us before, then this one might look quite a bit different.
We are trying out a new format which also allow new followers to subscribe to these quarterly updates. It also allows subscribers to easily unsubscribe. But we hope you'll stick with us for a bit longer ;) Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. |
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