Project types

To enable strategic planning for a fossil free energy system transition, broad and scientifically based knowledge is needed for decision support. f3 carries through system-oriented and interdisciplinary research in connection to every step in the renewable transportation fuel value chain. The projects complement ongoing research in the field and are applied for internally within the centre. The f3 board decides on funding and the projects are carried through by the centre partnets in collaboration with relevant stakeholders. More information for the centre partners is available here.

Through the host organisation Chalmers Industriteknik, f3 finances the collaborative research program Renewable transportation fuels and systems together with the Swedish Enery Agency. Calls for projects within the collaborative research program are announced separately.

f3 has been active since 2011. The first phase of the collaborative research program Renewable transportation fuels and systems ran from 2014 to 2017. The second four-year phase started in January 2018.

All projects are categorized in five areas.

Short facts about the project portfolio

70 f3 projects

55 project within the collaborative research program Renewable transportation fuels and systems

87 organisations have participated in different projects

320 individual project participants

54 scientific publications

2010 the year of the first f3 project to be carried out: a pilot study identifying the R&D challenges for Swedish biofuel actors

RESEARCH AREAS

  • Comprehensive technological, economical and/or environmental system studies

  • Stakeholder, policy and strategy studies

  • Comparative system studies

  • Process integration and efficiency improvement potentials

  • Research syntheses

Research Projects

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SunAlfa – System-oriented analysis of processes for renewable fuels form forest raw material

In this project, a new method for conversion of biomass to renewable jetfuel has been assessed. Parts of the technology…

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Project Manager: Christer Gustavsson

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2021-05-19

KNOGA – Cost and risk distribution among key actors for defossilized long-haulage freight transports on road

Electric driven long-distance freight transport is a surprisingly good alternative for fossil free transition, both from a…

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Project Manager: Kristina Holmgren

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2021-05-03

Electrolysis assisted biomass gasification for transportation fuels

Combining gasification with electrolysis can make biofuel production 30 percent more efficient. To optimize the conversion of forest biomass to…

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Project Manager: Sennai Asmelash Mesfun

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2021-04-12

Förnybar bensin – En kunskapssammanställning

I december 2019 tillsatte Regeringen utredningen Utfasning av fossila drivmedel och förbud mot försäljning av nya bensin- och dieseldrivna bilar,…

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Project Manager: Erik Furusjö och Johanna Mossberg

f3 Project  | Slutfört | 2021-04-08

BioFlex – Bio-based flexible production of transportation fuels in a combined pyrolysis and gasification plant

A new combination of thermo-chemical processes can contribute to reducing GHG emissions from the transport sector. In the Bioflex project,…

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Project Manager: Efthymios Kantarelis

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2021-04-06

Drop-in fuels from black liquor part streams – bridging the gap between short and long-term technology tracks

Strategically important drop-in biofuels can be produced from pulp industry by-products in a costeffective way, creating profits for economy and…

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Project Manager: Elisabeth Wetterlund

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2020-10-09

How can alcohols contribute to a fossil-independent non-road machinery fleet?

If diesel fuel in work vehicles such as tractors and wheel loaders was replaced or complemented with renewable alcohols, CO2…

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Project Manager: Gunnar Larsson

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2020-06-26

Climate-positive and carbon-efficient bio jet fuels, are they possible? – a systematic evaluation of potential and costs

Producing biofuels from biomass means that only part of the carbon atoms from the biomass end up in the product.

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Project Manager: Erik Furusjö

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Biofuels from fast growing deciduous trees – a synthesis study from biomass to fuels

The costs for producing bio-based fuels are to a large extent associated with raw material prize, which, in turn, depends…

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Project Manager: Henrik Böhlenius

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

The connection between policies and biofuel production and consumtion in Europe and how it affects Sweden

Biofuels are important for reducing climate impacts of the transport sector in the short term through blend in of biofuels…

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Project Manager: Liv Lundberg

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Circularity and security of supply – Development of methodology

Quantifying socio-economic benefits can complement business-related aspects in decision-making. Examples of relevant decision-making situations are public procurement and long-term strategic…

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Project Manager: Tomas Lönnqvist

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Routes for production of transportation fuels via deoxygenated bio oil

Biomass is the main source of renewable carbon, enabling production of a wide variety of valuable energy carriers and chemicals,…

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Project Manager: Shareq Mohd Nazir

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Bio-electro-fuels – Technology that can offer improved resource efficiency

Use of electrical energy in biofuel production can give large benefits through improved production potential, resource efficiency and sustainability. This…

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Project Manager: Erik Furusjö

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Electric and fuel cell powered construction transports in cities – Analysis of systems set-up

Load capacity is important when it comes to bulk freight vehicles. For transports within cities, there is a general need…

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Project Manager: Ingrid Nordmark

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Impacts on producers and customers of conflilting rules for LCA

Fuel producers are increasingly affected by conflicting rules for life cycle assessment (LCA). The EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED), the…

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Project Manager: Tomas Rydberg

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Most efficient use of biomass – for biofuels or electrofuels?

Non-fossil carbon-based fuels can be produced based on biomass (biofuels) or based on carbon neutral electricity and CO2 (electrofuels). Biofuels…

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Project Manager: Fredrik Hedenus

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Is liquid biogas part of the solution to greenhouse gas emissions from shipping?

In 2018, the International Maritime Organization, IMO, adopted an initial strategy to reduce and later phase out greenhouse gases from…

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Project Manager: Karl Jivén

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Multi filling stations

Despite the large use of hydrogen in various industrial sectors, the use in transport applications has so far been very…

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Project Manager: Anton Fagerström

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Climate impact of car travel moving towards climate neutrality

Many studies have quantified GHG emissions from cars and car travel. Syntheses are hampered by the use ofdifferent methods, delimitations,…

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Project Manager: Göran Berndes

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

A review of the synthetic step in the production of advanced biofuels

One of the most important routes for the future production of synthetic transport fuels is the gasification of biomass. A…

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Project Manager: Henrik Kusar

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2020-05-25

Renewable fuels for waterborne public transport

In Sweden, renewable fuels have been used in public transport applications for years with one exception: ferry traffic. Some initiatives…

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Project Manager: Linda Styhre

f3 Project  | Ongoing

Actor networks, local policy instruments, and public procurement that support biogas development

Cities and regions can play an important role in supporting an increased use of biogas in the transport sector. The…

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Project Manager: Tomas Lönnqvist

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2020-02-01

Drop-in the tank or a new tank? A comparison of costs and carbon footprint

The potential of transportation fuels to contribute to the transition of the transport sector depends on their overall performance as…

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Project Manager: Tomas Lönnqvist

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Sulfur-Free MARine LIgnin FuEls (SMARt LIFE)

Aiming to decrease the pollution from shipping, new rules from the U.N. International Maritime Organization (IMO) will come into force…

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Project Manager: Dimitris Athanassiadis

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Future fuel choices for low-carbon shipping, aviation and road transport

To reach the climate targets in the Paris Agreement, i.e. preventing a temperature rise that exceeds two degrees Celcius, the…

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Project Manager: Julia Hansson

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Future-proof biofuels through improved utilization of biogenic carbon – carbon, climate and cost efficiency (K3)

Often, only a fraction of the biomass feedstock carbon ends up in the product in biofuel production. This means, in…

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Project Manager: Elisabeth Wetterlund

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Implications of electrifying municipal transportation systems: Regional consequences for biogas production

In many Swedish municipalities, current public transportation bus fleets are primarily fueled with renewable fuels. Nationally, recent figures show that…

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Project Manager: Michael Martin

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Mitigating environmental impacts from biomass production by producing more biomass

Biomass resources are of major significance for the economy in many countries. Sweden has a very high proportion of bioenergy…

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Project Manager: Göran Berndes

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Well-to-wheel LCI data for HVO fuels on the Swedish market

The objective of this project is improved data for LCA of fuels. The project is an update and addition to…

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Project Manager: Albin Källmén

f3 Project  | Finished | 2019-05-31

Sustainable transportation fuels – a techno-economic Well-to-Wheel analysis

Increased use of wood-based biofuels and electricity for transportation is singled out as a key part of the transition towards…

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Project Manager: Karin Pettersson

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2019-04-29

f3 Annual reports

Here you can read and download annual reports, summarizing the acitivities within f3 during specific years. From 2018, the annual…

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Biogas in the transport sector – An actor and policy analysis

Biogas vehicles have been used for decades but nevertheless the biogas market is small. The aim of this project has…

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Project Manager: Stefan Grönkvist

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2019-03-05

Techno-economics of long and short term technology pathways for renewable transportation fuel production

Sweden has the ambition to have a fossil-free vehicle fleet by 2030. From a short-term perspective, biofuels are needed that…

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Project Manager: Erik Furusjö

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2019-02-22

Synthesizing LCA reports on transport fuels for heavy duty trucks

Road freight vehicles are key economy enablers, they are employed for the movements of goods, such as food, electronics or…

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Project Manager: Ingemar Magnusson

f3 Project  | Finished | 2018-09-29

Sustainable biofuels – critical review of current views and case studies using extended systems analysis providing new perspectives and positive examples

The project is a further development of ongoing research on sustainable bioenergy systems at the departments of Fysisk Resursteori (FRT,…

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Project Manager: Göran Berndes

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2018-09-27

Sustainable HVO production potential and environmental impact

Hydrogenated vegetable oil, HVO, is today the most important biofuel in Sweden. Despite Sweden’s rich assets on biomass, HVO is…

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Project Manager: Hanna Karlsson

Collaborative research program  | Ongoing

Long-term sustainability evaluation of fossil free fuels production concepts

The development of fossil free fuels will take place in a situation with successively, probably radical, changing conditions regarding surrounding…

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Project Manager: Simon Harvey

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2018-08-21

Prospects for renewable marine fuels

In order to reduce the environmental and climate impact of shipping, in the short and long term, the introduction of…

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Project Manager: Julia Hansson

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2018-06-18

Prospects for renewable LBG in Sweden in 2030

The interest for renewable liquid methane as a fuel for heavy duty road and marine transports has risen in Sweden…

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Project Manager: Anders Hjort

f3 Project  | Finished | 2018-06-01

An innovation policy framework and policy options for the development of biorefineries

This project investigates how different policy instruments contribute to the commercialization of future biorefineries and the production of renewable transport…

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Project Manager: Hans Hellsmark

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2018-05-14

Methanol production via black liquor gasification with expanded raw material base

Effective utilization of by-products of biochemical fuel production is crucial for its development and there is a need to expand…

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Project Manager: Joakim Lundgren

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2018-05-09

Electrolysis and electro-fuels in the Swedish chemical and biofuel industry: a comparison of costs and climate benefits

To reach the national goals of a fossil-independent vehicle fleet by 2030, a 100 % renewable power production by 2040…

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Project Manager: Anna-Karin Jannasch

f3 Project  | Finished | 2018-05-08

Transportation fuels from lignocellulose in a process combination

The continuous evaluation of business opportunities for Agroetanol has identified a patented pro­cess combination for the production of second-generation transportation…

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Project Manager: Anders Holmbom

f3 Project  | Finished | 2018-05-07

Gasification-based biofuels – Greenhouse gas emissions and profitability analysis with general and sector-specific policy instruments

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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Project Manager: Kristina Holmgren

f3 Project  | Finished | 2018-04-19

Integrated assessment of vehicle fuels with sustainability LCA – Social and environmental impacts in a life cycle perspective

The sustainability of biofuels for transport is often expressed as their possibility to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions compared to…

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Project Manager: Elisabeth Ekener

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2018-03-14

Vehicles and infrastructure for heavy long-haul transports fueled by electricity and hydrogen

A lot of research, development and demonstration efforts are directed towards electric roads and fuel cell vehicles and two of…

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Project Manager: Stefan Grönkvist

f3 Project  | Finished | 2018-03-12

Knowledge synthesis on new value chains by thermochemical conversion of digestate for increased biofuel production in Sweden

To be able to replace fossil fuels with second-generation biofuels and reach the goal of a fossil-fuel independent vehicle fleet…

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Project Manager: Anna-Karin Jannasch

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2018-02-27

Marine feedstock based biofuels and ecosystem services

Climate change mitigation is prioritized in numerous national and international policy decisions and action plans, particularly in relation to the…

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Project Manager: Karin Hansen

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2018-02-15

Phosphorus recovery in algae-based biofuels

Replacing fossil fuels with sustainable fuel from biomass requires both innovative technological solutions and a feedstock that does not put…

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Project Manager: Stavros Papadokonstantakis

f3 Project  | Finished | 2018-02-05

Determination of potential improvements in bio-oil production (ImprOil)

An important route for renewable transportation fuels is to produce bio-oil from forest raw material through e.g. fast pyrolysis, which…

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Project Manager: Marie Anheden

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2018-01-26

Biofuels and ecosystem services

Climate change mitigation is high on the agenda in numerous national and international policy decisions and action plans, particularly in…

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Project Manager: Karin Hansen

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2018-01-17

Biofuels from biomass from agricultural land – land use change from a Swedish perspective

An international debate is taking place on indirect land use change (iLUC) triggered by biofuels, which could lead to large…

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Project Manager: Serina Ahlgren

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2018-01-17

Comparison of diesel and gas distribution trucks – a life cycle assessment case study

This work presents a life cycle assessment (LCA) of a distribution truck for urban applications, with either a diesel or…

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Project Manager: Per Hanarp

f3 Project  | Finished | 2018-01-10

Evaluation of biofuel production costs in relation to the new reduction obligation quota system

In the year 2017, the Swedish government proposed to introduce a reduction obligation for trans­portation fuel distributors. This would imply…

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Project Manager: Erik Furusjö

f3 Project  | Finished | 2017-12-20

BeWhere – Stake-holder analysis of biofuel production in Sweden

Sweden has set ambitious targets for conversion to a fossil-free transportation sector. Advanced, so-called second generation, biofuels are an important…

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Project Manager: Elisabeth Wetterlund

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2017-11-08

Barriers to an increased utilisation of high biofuel blends in the Swedish vehicle fleet

The aim of the Swedish government is a fossil fuel-free vehicle fleet to 2030. In order to meet future environmental…

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Project Manager: Åsa Kastensson

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2017-10-16

Methanol as a renewable fuel – a knowledge synthesis

Methanol use in various applications is on the raise globally and there are several examples on how methanol is used…

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Project Manager: Ingvar Landälv

f3 Project  | Finished | 2017-09-18

Fresh and stored crops – a new way to organize all-year substrate supply for a biogas plant

Arable crops account for a large proportion of the identified potential for increased biogas production in Sweden. This project can contribute to…

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Project Manager: Carina Gunnarsson

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2017-08-30

Industrial symbiosis and biofuels industry

Industrial symbiosis involves collaborations among diverse, and predominantly local and re­gional, actors that create additional economic and environmental value through…

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Project Manager: Murat Mirata

f3 Project  | Finished | 2017-08-23

Techno-economic analysis of biomethane production with novel upgrading technology

The use of upgraded biogas as vehicle fuel is considered as one of the most efficient means of utilizing renewable energy to…

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Project Manager: Xiaoyan Ji

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2017-08-07

From visions to smart ICT – Local transitions to renewable transportation

There is large uncertainty regarding how to succeed in the transition to fossil free fuels. In municipalities and regions, there…

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Project Manager: Cecilia Sundberg

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2017-06-27

The role of electrofuels: a cost-effective solution for future transport?

Electrofuels are synthetic hydrocarbons produced from carbon dioxide and water with electricity as the main source. They are interesting for…

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Project Manager: Maria Grahn

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2017-06-27

Bio-SNG production by means of biomass gasification combined with MCEC technique

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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Project Manager: Klas Engvall

f3 Project  | Finished | 2017-06-07

Overview of the proposed changes to the Renewable Energy Directive, RED

On November 30th, 2016, the European Parliament, as part of its so called Winter Package*, issued a…

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Project Manager: Ingrid Nyström

f3 Project  | Finished | 2017-05-16

Assessing positive social impacts – organizing and structuring the data collection

This project aims at examining the availability of data on positive social impacts for renewable vehicle fuels. The data collection…

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Project Manager: Elisabeth Ekener

f3 Project  | Finished | 2017-05-10

Public procurement as a policy instrument to support the diffusion and the use of renewable transport fuels

Many municipalities in Sweden have requirements on green cars in the procurement of municipal vehicles and some also have requirements…

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Project Manager: Jamil Khan

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2017-04-26

Optimization of biofuel supply chains based on liquefaction technologies

Traditional bioenergy supply chains design considers a centralized facility around which the bio­mass is collected. In the centralized supply chain…

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Project Manager: Elisabeth Wetterlund

f3 Project  | Finished | 2017-04-05

Environmental and socio-economic benefits from Swedish biofuel production

The Swedish Energy Agency reported in 2014 a greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 1.95 M tonnes of CO2-eq due to…

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Project Manager: Michael Martin

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2017-04-03

Electrofuels from biological processes – A knowledge synthesis

Sweden aims to have a 100% renewable power production by 2040. This will primarily be achieved by largely expanding the…

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Project Manager: Anna-Karin Jannasch

f3 Project  | Finished | 2017-03-28

Enabling the transition to a bio-economy: Innovation system dynamics and policy

This research project has focused on the following question: “What promotes and hinders transition pathways to the development and deployment…

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Project Manager: Lars Coenen

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2017-01-23

Methane as vehicle fuel – a gate-to-wheel study (METDRIV)

Today, the global interest in methane as a transportation fuel is growing rapidly due to the expanded recovery of shale…

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Project Manager: Pål Börjesson

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2017-01-01

A comparative analysis of P2G/P2L-systems for the combined production of liquid and gaseous biofuels

Power to gas (P2G) means that power is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen by electrol­ysis. The technology…

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Project Manager: Anna-Karin Jannasch

f3 Project  | Finished | 2016-12-19

Implications of EU regulation on Swedish biofuel stimulus

The use of biofuels in Sweden has increased dramatically during the last decade and the country is now one of…

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Project Manager: Kersti Karltorp

f3 Project  | Finished | 2016-10-25

Examining systemic constraints and drivers for production of forest-derived transport biofuels

Diversification of forest industry activities into transport fuels is important for Swedish climate and energy policy goal achievement, and biofuel…

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Project Manager: Philip Peck

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2016-10-12

Accumulated impacts from increased biofuel consumption in Sweden

Through ambitious targets and goals, Sweden has surpassed targets set by the EU for biofuel con­sumption and is a European…

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Project Manager: Michael Martin

f3 Project  | Finished | 2016-10-04

Value chains for production of renewable transportation fuels using intermediates

This project compares forest raw-material value chains for conversion to transportation biofuels, with respect to energy efficiency, climate impact and…

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Project Manager: Marie Anheden

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2016-08-29

Life cycle assessments of arable land use options and protein feeds

This summary is an extended abstract for a Master of Science in Energy Environment Management thesis performed at Linköping University,…

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f3 Project  | Finished | 2016-06-30

Sustainable biofuels today and in the future

In 2012 f3 was asked to contribute to the official report of the Swedish Government “Fossilfrihet på väg” (Fossil independency…

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Project Manager: Ingrid Nyström

f3 Project  | Finished | 2016-05-20

Flexibility in ethanol-based lignocellulose biorefineries

This project has produced a knowledge synthesis addressing flexibility in ethanol-based biorefinery processes using lignocellulosic feedstocks from the Swedish forestry…

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Project Manager: Robin Kalmendal

f3 Project  | Finished | 2016-05-10

Overview of value flows in the present Swedish forest-based industry

The intensified focus on bio-based economy has revived the interest in forest industry as a very important factor in the…

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Project Manager: Jonas Joelsson

f3 Project  | Finished | 2016-02-25

How can forest-derived methane complement biogas from anaerobic digestion in the Swedish transport sector?

Forest-derived methane may contribute significantly to a vehicle fleet independent of fossil fuels by 2030. There is sufficient technical knowledge…

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Project Manager: Stefan Grönkvist

f3 Project  | Finished | 2016-02-18

Biogas from agricultural wastes and residues – Where and how much?

In the last years the number of gas-fuelled vehicles has increased rapidly in Sweden. The purpose of this project has…

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Project Manager: Martin Persson

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2016-01-07

The method’s influence on climate impact assessment of biofuels and other uses of forest biomass

There are potentially significant climate benefits with fuels derived from Swedish forest biomass. The assessment of these benefits strongly depends…

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Project Manager: Gustav Sandin Albertsson

Collaborative research program  | Finished | 2016-01-07

Review of North American biofuel production, policies and research

The production of biofuels has increased dramatically in North America in recent years. The United States (U.S.) is leading this…

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Project Manager: Michael Martin

f3 Project  | Finished | 2015-12-17

Synthesis gas from agricultural feedstock – a review of possible technical pathways

Syngas, or synthesis gas, is a fuel gas mixture consisting of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2) in different proportions.

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Project Manager: Serina Ahlgren

f3 Project  | Finished | 2015-11-26

Carbon Vision? A review of biofuel environmental systems analyses research in Sweden

To ensure that biofuels are produced sustainably, an increasing body of scientific literature has become available in recent years focusing…

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Project Manager: Michael Martin

f3 Project  | Finished | 2015-11-12

Fuel options for public bus fleets in Sweden

Sweden has set the ambitious goal of acquiring a fossil-free vehicle fleet in 2030. This is a key step towards…

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Project Manager: Semida Silveira

f3 Project  | Finished | 2015-10-12

LCA and techno-economical analysis of on-site enzyme production in 2nd generation bioethanol

Production of ethanol from lignocellulosic materials is a very complex process, which consists of various interdependent steps, such as pretreatment…

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Project Manager: Ola Wallberg

f3 Project  | Finished | 2015-09-25

Renewable transportation fuels in Västra Götaland – Challenges and possibilities

This study has been made at request of the secretariats for Environment and Development within Region Västra Götaland, as part…

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Project Manager: Ingrid Nyström

f3 Project  | Finished | 2015-08-25

A future biorefinery for the production of propionic acid, ethanol, biogas, heat and power – A Swedish case study

Today there are a number of renewable chemicals under development, both biofuels and platform chemicals. Several studies have shown advantages…

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Project Manager: Pål Börjesson

f3 Project  | Finished | 2015-08-10

Beyond LCI: Towards EPD-conforming LCAs for vehicle fuels

Environmental product declarations (EPD’s) of vehicle fuels, based on LCA, will likely be increasingly required by the market in the…

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Project Manager: Lisa Hallberg

f3 Project  | Finished | 2015-07-07

Inventory and comparison of Swedish and international biobutanol projects

Butanols are four carbon alcohols available in four isomeric forms that mainly find use as solvents or as starting chemicals…

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Project Manager: Niklas Strömberg

f3 Project  | Finished | 2015-07-07

Well-to-wheel LCI data for fossil and renewable fuels on the Swedish market

Commercial fuels in the market are blended out of various constituents. Biomass-based components are part of practically all commercial fuels…

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Project Manager: Lisa Hallberg

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-12-15

Ethanol production in biorefineries using lignocellulosic feedstock – GHG performance and energy balances

Sustainability performance of biofuels is often evaluated using life cycle assessment (LCA). Based on this method standardized guidelines…

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Project Manager: Serina Ahlgren

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-08-26

Factors that influence the development of biogas

Sweden is one of the leading countries in the development of upgraded biogas for use in the transport sector. The…

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Project Manager: Stefan Grönkvist

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-07-14

LCA of biorefineries. Identification of key issues and methodological recommendations

A current trend in biomass conversion technologies is towards more efficient utilization of the biomass feedstock in so called biorefineries. One…

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Project Manager: Serina Ahlgren

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-07-10

Valorization of by-products and raw material inputs in the biofuel industry

As biofuel production increases worldwide, the market value for by-products has continued to change. By-products originally having strong market value…

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Project Manager: Michael Martin

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-05-25

Impact of biogas energy crops on GHG emissions, soil organic matter and food crop production – A case study on farm level

Use of arable land for energy crop production is already a reality in some countries. To meet future sustainability criteria…

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Project Manager: Lovisa Björnsson

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-04-04

Scenarios for large-scale integration of renewable fuels in the Swedish road transport sector

The high oil dependence and the continuous growth of energy use in the transport sector have in recent years triggered…

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Project Manager: Erik Ahlgren

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-04-03

Optimized logistics for biogas production

Biogas has a unique potential to reduce fossil fuel dependency and the climate impact from waste, manure and fuel supply.

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Project Manager: David Ljungberg

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-03-13

Optimal localisation of next generation biofuel production in Sweden – Part II

Sweden with its rich forest resources is of significant interest concerning future large-scale production of next generation biofuels. Large plant…

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Project Manager: Elisabeth Wetterlund

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-02-26

Social and socioeconomic impacts from vehicle fuels

A desire in society to reduce the use of fossil fuels has led to a search of renewable options. Lately,…

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Project Manager: Elisabeth Ekener

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-01-22

Upgrading biogas to methanol or DME in farm-based facilities

Biogas is currently used for production of heat and electricity, or it is upgraded to e.g. fuel gas. In 2012,…

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Project Manager: Per-Ove Persson

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-01-17

Mapping biofuel research and development activities in Austria

The project provides an overview of R&D activities in Austria, starting with the current situation and legislations concerning biofuels. The…

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Project Manager: Joakim Lundgren

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-01-15

State of the art of algal biomass as raw material for bioenergy production

Algal biomass is a promising future source of sustainable fuel, and efforts are being taken all around the world to…

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Project Manager: Johanna Berlin

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-01-08

Biogas hydrate – Novel systems for upgrading, transportation and storage of biomethane

A general problem for biogas of vehicle fuel grade is cost- and energy efficient transportation and storage. One potential option…

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Project Manager: Ida Norberg

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-01-07

The value chain for biomethane from the forest industry

The overall goal of the project has been to identify technically feasible and economically and environmentally sustainable concepts for …

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Project Manager: Anna von Schenck

f3 Project  | Finished | 2014-01-07

Comparative system analysis of carbon preserving fermentation for biofuel production

A challenge in the use of biomass for fuel production is loss of mass from the forest or field to…

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Project Manager: Robert Nilsson

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-11-28

Transport biofuel futures in energy-economic modeling – A review

The scientific literature presents an increasing number of energy-economic systems analysis modeling studies treating the transport sector as an integrated…

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Project Manager: Martin Börjesson Hagberg

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-10-10

Policy instruments directed at renewable transportation fuels – An international comparison

The production of transportation fuels from renewable primary energy sources requires ongoing support if it is to reach commercial maturity.

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Project Manager: Stefan Grönkvist

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-10-10

Alternative sources for products competing with forest-based biofuels

Today, there are a number of biofuels in different stages of development: from ethanol, RME and tall oil diesel, to…

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Project Manager: Louise Staffas

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-10-10

Sustainable performance of lignocellulose-based ethanol and biogas co-produced in innovative biorefinery systems

The project summarizes the most promising biochemical production routes for integrated production of ethanol and biogas (together with electricity, heat,…

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Project Manager: Pål Börjesson

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-08-27

Current situation of biofuels development in Sub-Saharan Africa – policy, production and research

Currently there are several on-going biofuel production units and research projects in Sub-Saharan African countries. These differ in respect to…

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Project Manager: Serina Ahlgren

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-08-12

Overview of system studies on biofuel production via integrated biomass gasification

A large number of national and international techno-economic studies on industrially integrated gasifiers for production of biofuels have been published…

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Project Manager: Joakim Lundgren

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-06-14

Biofuels and land use in Sweden – An overview of land use change effects

The project investigates the current state of knowledge and identifies knowledge gaps related to land use linked to biofuel production.

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Project Manager: Jonas Höglund

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-05-27

The fossil fuel reference – A literature review

Many life cycle assessment (LCA) studies have investigated the environmental impact of using biofuel in transportation compared with fossil fuels.

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Project Manager: Serina Ahlgren

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-05-20

Biomass gasification – A synthesis of technical barriers and current research issues for deployment at large scale

Thermal gasification at large scale for cogeneration of power and heat and/or production of fuels and materials is a main…

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Project Manager: Truls Liliedahl

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-05-17

Optimal localisation of second generation biofuel production in Sweden

With a high availability of forest biomass and various types of cellulose based waste, Sweden is of significant interest concerning…

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Project Manager: Elisabeth Wetterlund

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-05-17

Biofuels for transport in Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region

The project provides an overview of ongoing activities, policies and actors related to biofuels in Australia and collaborative activities to…

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Project Manager: Kes McCormick

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-04-29

Glycerol-based isobutanol

In the pursuit of renewable fuels alternatives, several “drop-in” gasoline replacements are discussed. The most common one is ethanol, but…

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Project Manager: Christian Hulteberg

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-04-12

A global overview of bioeconomy strategies and visions

As a consequence of advancing research about biobased energy forms and biobased materials, the concept of biobased economy has evolved.

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Project Manager: Louise Staffas

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-04-10

A pre-study of biogas production by low-temperature pyrolysis of biomass

This project has performed a cross-disciplinary study of the low-temperature route of biogas production from bio­mass, evaluating different aspects of biomass production…

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Project Manager: Stefan Grönkvist

f3 Project  | Finished | 2013-04-05

Policies promoting biofuels in Sweden

Biofuels have been recognised to be one of the key solutions for reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the…

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Project Manager: Kristina Holmgren

f3 Project  | Finished | 2012-11-23

Sustainability criteria for biofuels in the European Union – A Swedish perspective

The aim of this project has been to give an overview of the EU biofuel sustainability criteria within the Renewable…

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Project Manager: Serina Ahlgren

f3 Project  | Finished | 2012-06-15

Mapping of biofuels research and development in Brazil

The project has put together a comprehensive list of ongoing R&D activities and actors related to biofuels in Brazil through web…

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Project Manager: Niklas Berglin

f3 Project  | Finished | 2012-06-15

R&D challenges for Swedish biofuel actors

Climate benefits and greenhouse gas (GHG) balances are aspects often discussed in conjunction with sustainability and biofuels. Every now and…

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f3 Project  | Finished | 2010-06-25