Nature Refines

 – Organic residues as raw material for water-cleaning and energy​ storage devices

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INVITATION 
Final conference in Vaasa

We invite you to explore how a Swedish-Finnish research project is turning biomass residues into sustainable solutions for energy storage and water filtration
- driving innovation and future business opportunities

Time:                 October 22, 09.00 – 15.00, ​

Location:           Novia, Wolffskavägen 31, 65200 Vasa, Auditorium Florence​

Target group:   Everyone interested in biochar and biogas ​

Co-organizers: TuKKBio ​

Register             No later than October 14

Preliminary program
09.00  Welcome and about Nature Refines​
            Biomass residues ​
            Carbon and biogas ​ 
            Carbon for water filtration and energy devices
10.45    Coffee break ​

11.00     Demo environments: Visit 3 “stations”: Biogas Test Plant for Technobothnia, 
            Water cartridge, Sustainable Development Goals ​

12.00    Lunch at Novia​

13.00    Guest speakers: unlocking biochar potential

14.30    Final words ​and coffee

15.00    End of conference

16.45    Ferry to Umeå ​

A warm welcome from the Nature Refines project team

SLU, Novia UAS, SLU, BioFuel Region & Luleå University of Technology

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Project information

Duration
2023-09-01 – 2026-08-31

Total Project Budget
853 282 Euro

EU-Funding, Interreg Aurora:
853 282 Euro

Website
https://www.interregaurora.eu/approved-projects/nature-refines/

Financers

  • Interreg Aurora 
  • Region Norrbotten 
  • Regional Council of Ostrobotnia 
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) 
  • Luleå University of Technology 
  • Novia University of Applied Science 
  • BioFuel Region

Project partners
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) - Lead Partner

Alejandro Grimm, alejandro.grimm@slu.se

  • Luleå University of Technology 

Sarah Conrad,  

  • Novia University of Applied Science 

Cynthia Söderbacka,

  • BioFuel Region 


Articles & infosheets



Infosheets about the articles

  1. Measuring microalgae fats quickly with infrared light
  2. Cleaner water with improved biochar
  3. Birch wood becomes electrode material for future supercapacitors 
  4. Birch sawdust becomes electrode material for future batteries 
  5. Sustainable carbon materials made from pulp waste 
  6. Birch wood becomes electrode material for future supercapacitors 


Articles

  1. Fatty acid analysis in microalgal mono- and polycultures using diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy coupled with partial least squares analysis 
  2. Highly efficient boron/sulfur-modified activated biochar for removal of reactive dyes from water: Kinetics, isotherms, thermodynamics, and regeneration studies. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 
  3. Activated Carbon from Birch Wood as an Electrode Material for Aluminum Batteries and Supercapacitors 
  4. Low-temperature Highly Graphitized Porous Biomass-based Carbon as an Efficient and Stable Electrode for Lithium-ion Batteries and Supercapacitors
  5. Statistics design for the synthesis optimization of lignin-sulfonate sulfur-doped mesoporous carbon materials: promising candidates as adsorbents and supercapacitors materials 
  6. Supercapacitors and triboelectric nanogenerators based on electrodes of greener iron nanoparticles/carbon nanotubes composites 


Contact information:

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Ida Norberg, Project Manager

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Barbro Kalla, Communications

Project Funders:

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