In April 2018, we could publish a conclusing report in Swedich from the project Techno-economics of long and short term…
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News | 2019-02-22
The project An innovation policy framework and policy options for the development of biorefineries that finished in June 2018 is…
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News | 2019-02-20
On 29 January, a unanimous general assembly decided to welcome VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, as…
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News | 2019-01-30
On 16 January 2019, the Swedish Energy Agency and f3 offer an opportunity to ask questions and generally discuss applications…
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News | 2018-12-03
On 22 November, the yearly conference for the Swedish Energy Agency and f3 collaborative research program Renewable transportation fuels…
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News | 2018-11-23
Take part in developing the use of sustainable renewable transportation fuels through system analyses Today 5 November 2018, a new…
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News | 2018-11-05
Current EU policy calls for decreased emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by i.e., replacing fossil fuel in the transportation sector…
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News | 2018-10-05
The call for projects in the f3 and Swedish Energy Agency collaborative research program Renewable transportation fuels and systems earlier…
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News | 2018-09-27
The registration for the 2018 conference within the Swedish Energy Agency and f3 collaborative research program Renewable transportation fuels and systems,…
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News | 2018-09-19
The number of possible combinations of feedstock, feedstock pre-treatment, and downstream processes for large-scale production of different types of biofuel…
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News | 2018-09-19
In April, the summarized results from the f3 project Gasification-based biofuels – Greenhouse gas emissions and profitability analysis with general…
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News | 2018-09-18
Today’s road freight vehicles are mainly fuelled with diesel and use a significant fraction of the global fossil oil production.
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News | 2018-09-13
The project Methanol production via black liquor gasification with expanded raw material base was finished earlier this year and a report…
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News | 2018-08-16
One of the first projects to publish results from the first phase of the Swedish Energy Agency and f3 collaborative…
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News | 2018-08-07
The sustainability performance of bioenergy and biofuels is debated, both within the scientific community and in society. Sometimes conflicting views…
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News | 2018-06-19
The interest for renewable liquid methane as a fuel for heavy duty road and marine transports has risen in Sweden…
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News | 2018-06-12
The global greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping sector should be reduced by 50% by 2050 compared to 2008, according…
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News | 2018-06-04
A biorefinery co-produces various high-quality products such as biofuels, chemicals, electricity and heat from a biomass-based commodity. Although there are…
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News | 2018-05-15
In a new report from an f3 project, a certain case of business development for production of second generation transportation…
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News | 2018-05-08
For Sweden to reach national goals of fossil independency and a climate neutral society, it is essential that the production…
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News | 2018-05-03
Gasification-based biofuel production systems have a large potential to contribute to climate change mitigation in the transport sector. The commercial…
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News | 2018-04-19
On April 12, the Swedish Parliament’s Committee on transport and communications had an open hearing concerning the publication of an…
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News | 2018-04-12
The Swedish Energy Agency has identified different transport biofuel production technologies based on forest feedstock as strategically interestingin the future.
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News | 2018-04-09
2017 was a busy year for f3. Activities, seminars, publications, projects and more are now summarized in an annual report…
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News | 2018-04-04
Today, the first call for project proposals within the second stage of the Swedish Energy Agency and f3 collaborative research…
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News | 2018-03-16
In December 2017, f3 published a report from the project Evaluation of biofuel production costs in…
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News | 2018-03-14
What is the current view of the technical and economic development for long-haul road transports fuelled by electricity and hydrogen?…
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News | 2018-03-14
The production and use of vehicle fuels results in both environmental and socio-economic impacts. The EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED),…
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News | 2018-03-13
The project Biofuels and ecosystem services, carried out within the Swedish Energy Agency and f3 collaborative research program Renewable transportation fuels…
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News | 2018-03-05
Two out of several potential marine feedstocks for biofuels production that can be cultivated in Sweden are the macroalgae sugar…
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News | 2018-02-27
To replace fossil fuels with second generation biofuels, it is crucial that biomass material is made available. However, there is…
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News | 2018-02-27
Just before christmas, it was announced that Ingrid Nohlgren will be the new f3 centre manager. – I feel…
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News | 2018-02-15
Replacing fossil fuels with sustainable fuel from biomass requires both innovative technological solutions and a feedstock that does not put…
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News | 2018-02-05
Compared to combustion in a recovery boiler, gasification of black liquor with downstream synthesis to biofuels in Kraft pulp mills…
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News | 2018-02-02
A potential future production route for renewable transportation fuels is to produce bio-oil from forest raw material through i.e. fast…
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News | 2018-01-29
In order for Sweden to reach its goal of a fossil free transport sector by the year 2030, the forecast…
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News | 2018-01-18
During the fall of 2016, a project carried out within the Swedish Energy Agency and f3 collaborative reserarch program…
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News | 2018-01-17
In a new report written for f3 by Per Hanarp and Mia Romare, Volvo Group, a life cycle assessment (LCA)…
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News | 2018-01-10
A high implementation rate of additional iLUC-free (indirect Land Use Change) feedstock for biofuel production is needed to realize biofuel…
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News | 2018-01-09
Just in time for Christmas, we are happy to announce that the new manager for f3 will be Ingrid Nohlgren.
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News | 2017-12-22
In 2017, the Swedish government proposed to introduce a reduction obligation for transportation fuel distributors. This would imply an obligation…
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News | 2017-12-18
In May, a list was put together by the f3 office, concluding links to scientific articles published in projects…
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News | 2017-11-21
The project Public procurement as a policy instrument to support the diffusion and use of renewable transport fuels, carried out…
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News | 2017-11-20
On 27 October 2017, the Steering Committee of ETIP Bioenergy, in which f3 is represented, reached an agreement on the…
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News | 2017-11-14
Despite over 20 years of use as a transportation fuel in Sweden, and a production, distribution and use established at…
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News | 2017-11-13
Future biofuel production opportunities in Sweden can be analysed in various ways. The BeWhere Sweden project series has had three…
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News | 2017-11-08
In April 2017, an extended summary of the project Environmental and socio-economic benefits from Swedish biofuel production was published.
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News | 2017-11-06
On October 25-26, 2017, the concluding program conference for the Swedish Energy Agency and f3 collaborative research program Renewable…
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News | 2017-10-30
Since January 2014, the Swedish Energy Agency and f3 have financed the collaborative research program Renewable transportation fuels and…
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News | 2017-10-24
In May, a report from the project Barriers to an increased utilisation of high biofuel blends in the Swedish…
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News | 2017-10-18
With financial support from Vinnova, f3 acts as the Swedish advocacy platform towards Horizon 2020, The EU Framework Programme for…
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News | 2017-10-05
Despite the fact that biogas vehicles have been used for decades, the biogas market is small. A newly finished project…
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News | 2017-10-04
In June, an extended summary was made available the project From visions to smart ICT – Local transitions to…
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News | 2017-10-04
The project BeWhere – Stake-holder analysis of biofuel production in Sweden will soon be finished. It is the third of…
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News | 2017-10-04
We are glad to announce that the Swedish Energy Agency (SEA) recently took the decision to finance another four year…
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News | 2017-10-02
Methanol use in various applications is on the raise globally and there are several examples on how methanol is used…
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News | 2017-09-13
With an intense start of the fall season, preparing for a new, third, phase of f3 and the collaborative research…
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News | 2017-08-31
The full and detailed program for the concluding conference for the Swedish Energy Agency and f3 collaborative research program…
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News | 2017-08-31
Rasmus Einarsson and Martin Persson, Chalmers, who participated in the project Biogas from agricultural wastes and residues – where…
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News | 2017-08-31
For crop-based biogas plants, the cost for buying the crops is a predominant production cost and efficient systems for production,…
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News | 2017-08-30
Industrial symbiosis involves collaborations among diverse, and predominantly local and regional, actors that create additional economic and environmental value through…
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News | 2017-08-30
A new fact sheet on B100 has been produced and is available here. Find other fuel fact sheets as…
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News | 2017-08-14
In March it was announced that the project Techno-economic analysis of biomethane production with novel upgrading technology, carried out within the…
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News | 2017-08-07
Registration is now open for the concluding conference for the f3 and Swedish Energy Agency collaborative research program Renewable…
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News | 2017-06-28
One of the first projects to start within f3 was titled Optimal localisation of second generation biofuel production in…
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News | 2017-06-28
During the spring, seven new small f3 projects were granted funding from f3 partners and started their work. The projects…
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News | 2017-06-27
Local and regional authorities have an important role in the transition to fossil-free transport systems, but there is uncertainty regarding…
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News | 2017-06-27
In the GreenPilot project a pilot boat is converted to operate on methanol, thus opening up to a more…
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News | 2017-06-19
Biomass gasification is an attractive technology that efficiently converts forest biomass, biomass-based wastes and other types of renewable feedstocks into…
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News | 2017-06-08
In order to meet future environmental targets and reduce dependence on fossil fuels, biofuels are likely to represent a significant…
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News | 2017-05-31
How come there is no straight answer to the question of which renewable fuel is the best? The answer is…
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News | 2017-05-23
One of the objectives of the collaborative research program Renewable transportation fuels and systems (Förnybara drivmedel och system) as well…
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News | 2017-05-04
A new renewable energy directive for the period 2020-2030 was proposed by the European Commission on 30 November 2016. The…
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News | 2017-05-04
The fact sheets on DME and Methanol have been updated with new numbers and information on current projects…
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News | 2017-05-04
Since 2014, f3 has been functioning as the officially appointed Swedish advocacy platform towards renewable fuels R&I in Horizon 2020…
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News | 2017-05-02
Many municipalities in Sweden have requirements on green cars in the procurement of municipal vehicles and some also have requirements…
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News | 2017-04-26
In 2014, the Swedish Energy Agency reported a greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 1.95 M tonnes of CO2-eq due to…
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News | 2017-04-12
The principal products of the bioeconomy are biobased products and bioenergy, while the fundamental technology, introduced to replace petroleumbased refineries,…
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News | 2017-04-07
The programme for the 2017 International Advanced Biofuels Conference (ABC) in Gothenburg on 17-19 May is now available! The…
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News | 2017-03-29
Electrofuels, also known as power-to-gas/liquids/fuels, e-fuels, or synthetic fuels, are synthetic hydrocarbons, e.g. methane or methanol, produced from carbon dioxide…
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News | 2017-03-14
On 7 February 2017, the unanimous general assembly of f3 chose Annika Åhnberg as the new Chair of f3. She…
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News | 2017-03-07
There is a growing interest for electrofuel processes among biogas producers, that can be associated with a potential for these…
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News | 2017-03-07
The use of upgraded biogas (biomethane) as vehicle fuel has been considered as one of the most efficient means of…
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News | 2017-03-06
The f3 fact sheet on EU sustainability criteria for biofuels has recently been updated with the latest figures and facts…
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News | 2017-02-23
February 9 was the date for the launch of Bio4Fuels, a centre for environment-friendly energy research (FME) based at the…
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News | 2017-02-20
Close to 60 people attended the seminar Feedstock for sustainable biofuel production, co-arranged by f3, Bio4Energy and SLU at SLU in…
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News | 2017-02-19
The latest call in the Swedish Energy Agency and f3 collaborative research program Renewable transportation fuels and systems has resulted…
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News | 2017-02-16
Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. There is evidence that biofuels offer ecosystem services but also compromise…
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News | 2017-01-12
The final report from the project Methane as vehicle fuel – a gate-to-wheel study (METDRIV) is now available. It analyses…
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News | 2017-01-11
The Climate KIC supported project RENJET has investigated future renewable jet fuel supply chains. Sweden was selected as a case region…
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News | 2017-01-10
This is what the latest finished f3 project wants to investigate. P2G is an acronym for Power-to-gas, meaning that power…
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News | 2016-12-19
Registration is now open for the seminar Feedstock for sustainable biofuel production, co-arranged by f3, SLU and Bio4Energy in Umeå…
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News | 2016-12-12
The use of biofuels in Sweden has increased dramatically during the last decade and the country is now one of…
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News | 2016-10-25
Diversification of forest industry activities into transport fuels is important for Swedish climate and energy policy goal achievement, and biofuel…
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News | 2016-10-18
A recently finished f3 project has modeled accumulated environmental impacts of Swedish biofuel production and consumption in order to understand…
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News | 2016-10-07
An increased share of renewable transportation fuels requires utilisation of new low-cost sources of bio-based raw materials other than what…
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News | 2016-08-29
The latest finished project within f3 is a knowledge synthesis addressing flexibility in ethanol based biorefinery processes using lignocellulosic feedstocks…
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News | 2016-06-02
Renewable energy use in the transportation sector will consist of a combination of renewable electricity and biofuels. Hence, biofuels can…
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News | 2015-09-01
With a predicted increasing share of biofuels produced in biorefineries, there is a need for a discussion on critical methodological…
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News | 2014-08-26
Over the years, many LCA studies of bioenergy systems have been performed, but LCA of bioenergy still faces some methodological…
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News | 2014-07-11
The f3 project Social and socioeconomic impacts from vehicle fuels has now delivered a report. The project has been…
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News | 2014-01-29
Reports from three finished projects are now available. Click below to read more on the projects and/or to access reports.
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News | 2014-01-09
More ambitious energy and environmental targets and larger use of alternative energy in the transport sector increase system effects over…
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News | 2013-10-17
The latest report from an f3 project covers the issue of forest biomass as raw material for biofuel as well…
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News | 2013-10-17
Two more project reports are now available on the f3-web!One is among the first projects that were ever introduced by…
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News | 2013-08-27
The EU has declared a 10 percent goal of renewable fuels in the transportation sector by the year 2020. To…
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News | 2013-07-01
This project has performed a comprehensive review of publications regarding industrially integrated biomass gasifiers for motor fuel production. The purposes…
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News | 2013-06-19
While much attention has been paid to every detail of the emissions from biofuel systems, comparatively few studies have investigated…
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News | 2013-06-18
The project Biofuels and land use in Sweden – an overview of land-use change effect has delivered it's report…
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News | 2013-05-28
Two more reports from finished projects are now available, these are Optimal localisation of second generation biofuel production in…
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News | 2013-05-17
The finished report from the f3 syntheses project "Mapping of biofuels R&D in Brazil" is now available in the Renewable…
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News | 2013-01-02
Biofuels have been recognized to be one of the key solutions for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from the transport…
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News | 2012-11-23
A study of the EU sustainability criteria has been performed by Serina Ahlgren, f3 coordinator for SLU (Swedish University of…
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News | 2012-06-15
The mapping of R&D activities within the f3 centre is a continuous work. A report is now available that describes the centre parties, and presents an analysis of their…
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News | 2012-01-24
Viktor Andersson at Chalmers is the project leader of a new f3 project about seaweed-based fuels and how they can be made…
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News | 2007-02-21