13 July 202311 July 2023 The carbon footprint of Fortum Circo® recycled plastic is nearing zero, says study verified by VTT Fortum Circo® is a series of plastic recyclates made from post-consumer plastic waste collected from Finnish consumers
8 May 20233 May 2023 Fortum Battery Recycling opens Europe’s largest closed-loop hydrometallurgical battery recycling facility in Finland Fortum Battery Recycling has started commercial operations at its state-of-the-art hydrometallurgical battery material recycling facility in Harjavalta, Finland
Fortum Battery Recycling eröffnet Europas größte hydrometallurgische Batterierecycling-Anlage in Finnland Fortum Battery Recycling hat in Harjavalta, Finnland, eine hochmoderne hydrometallurgische Recyclinganlage für Batteriematerialien in Betrieb genommen - die erste kommerzielle und in Bezug auf die Recyclingkapazität größte hydrometallurgische Anlage in Europa
26 July 202220 July 2022 Significant next step in developing sustainable methanol for chemical industry Consortium "Project Air" with Perstorp, Fortum and Uniper aims to move the chemical industry from using fossil raw materials to recycled and bio-based feedstock
20 July 202215 July 2022 What will the future of plastics be about? The world of plastics is changing as traditionally the manufacturing of plastics has been based on oil refining side streams. Our expert Mikko Koivuniemi, Business & Technology Development Manager, shares his insights about how we at Fortum see the future of plastics recycling
27 April 202221 April 2022 Creating a sustainable Finnish textile industry with bio-based and recycled fibres The Telavalue project continues the line of previous projects of the Telaketju network and have promoted the creation of a Finnish circular economy of textiles
15 March 20229 March 2022 Perstorp and Project Air renew EU application for major green chemistry investment Thanks to an innovative usage of biogas, hydrogen from electrolysis and residue streams, as well as carbon dioxide recovered from Perstorp’s own facilities, to produce the methanol, the project will utilize carbon atoms that otherwise become CO2 emissions
20 January 202217 January 2022 Neste’s aim of 100% renewable electricity use to be achieved ahead of schedule in Finland ⎯ new hydropower agreement with Vattenfall Neste has signed its first renewable hydropower purchase agreement with Vattenfall, one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Vattenfall will deliver the hydropower from its Nordic hydropower plants and the deliveries will start at the beginning of January 2022
17 August 20209 September 2021 Klimaschutz: Norwegen darf CO2-Abscheidung mit 2,1 Mrd. Euro fördern Die Aufsichtsbehörde (ESA) der Europäischen Freihandelsassoziation (EFTA) hat Norwegen gestattet, das CCS-Projekt Northern Lights mit bis zu 2,1 Mrd. Euro zu subventionieren
ESA approves Norwegian Full-Scale Carbon Capture and Storage: up to €2.1bn in aid to meet climate goals Norwegian government together with the European Commission to support the project "Northern Lights"
16 April 202011 April 2020 VTT to assess bio- and waste-based oils suitable for power plants and ships The aim is to determine the most ecologically and economically sustainable way to replace fossil fuels
24 February 20209 September 2021 Circularity in the Chemicals Industry: Drivers, Challenges and Solutions The chemical industry is the third-largest industrial CO2 emitter after steel and cement and is responsible for about 4% of total global direct emissions
22 January 202019 January 2020 Finland’s Fortum rolls out recycled, bio-based PP The first product made out of Fortum Circo PP CF is a school chair
26 April 201920 April 2019 Fortum complements its value chain in biorefining by investing in Infinited Fiber Company Company developing and to license technology that is used to manufacture cotton-like fibre for the textile industry from recycled fibre and cellulose
30 January 201925 January 2019 VTT develops a new sustainable way to turn forestry waste into transport fuels and chemicals New approach uses gasification to turn biomass into intermediate products like liquid hydrocarbons, methanol or methane
18 May 201817 May 2018 Chempolis Seals Deal for Indian Biorefinery Together with Finnish energy company Fortum, and Indian NRL, joint venture to construct a bamboo biorefinery in Assam
10 May 201711 August 2020 KiOR – In Hindsight Connecting dots with one of the largest ventures in the bio-fuels space
2 December 201630 November 2016 Protected forests in Europe felled to meet EU renewable targets – report Europe’s bioenergy plants are burning trees felled from protected conservation areas rather than using forest waste, new report shows
9 September 20158 September 2015 Fortum’s first export batch of Finnish bio-oil to E.ON in Sweden Company's bio-oil is produced from wood-based raw material, like forest residue, wood chips or sawdust
3 December 20132 December 2013 Fortum’s bio-oil plant commissioned in Joensuu – first of its kind in the world Unique in being integrated with Fortum’s Joensuu combined heat and power plant