BioCarbonValue Final report published!
BioCarbonValue final report has been published and it can be downloaded at VTT website.
Siipola, V.; Salo, E.; Rauhala, T.; Rintala, V.; Punttila, E., Martikka, O. & Ghoreishi, M. 2025. BioCarbonValue – high-value carbons from agricultural biomass. VTT Technical research centre of Finland. VTT Research report VTT-R-161-25. Available at BioCarbonValue – High-value carbons from agricultural biomass Final Report – VTT’s Research Information Portal
BioCarbonValue Publications
List of publications produced by BioCarbonValue project:
Pulkkinen, M. & Punttila, E. 2025. Peltobiomassojen ligniini- ja hiilihydraattimääritykset. LAB Pro. Available at https://www.labopen.fi/lab-pro/peltobiomassojen-ligniini-ja-hiilihydraattimaaritykset/
Punttila, E. 2024. Energy crops for biochar production. LAB Pro. Available at https://www.labopen.fi/en/lab-pro/energy-crops-for-biochar-production/
Punttila, E. 2024. Wheat straw and oat husk volumes and use in Finland. LAB Pro. Available at https://www.labopen.fi/lab-pro/wheat-straw-and-oat-husk-volumes-and-use-in-finland/
Punttila, E.; Rahtola, M. & Elo, A.-K. Quality definition of feedstock for circular bioeconomy. LAB Pro. Available at https://www.labopen.fi/en/lab-pro/quality-definition-for-field-biomass-in-the-circular-bioeconomy/
Rintala, V. Agro-based Activated Carbon for Wastewater Treatment of Micropollutants, Master’s thesis, Aalto University, 2025. Masters_Rintala_Väinö_2025
Ruokamo, K. & Punttila, E. 2024. Pajun esikäsittelymenetelmien testausta. LAB Pro. Available at https://www.labopen.fi/lab-pro/pajun-esikasittelymenetelmien-testausta/
Ruokamo, K. Ligniinin esikäsittely ennen pyrolyysiä. LAB Focus. https://blogit.lab.fi/labfocus/ligniinin-esikasittely-ennen-pyrolyysia/
Salo, E., Weber, K., Hagner, M., & Näyhä, A. (2024). Nordic perspectives on the emerging biochar business. Journal of Cleaner Production, 475, 143660. Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652624031093
Salo, E. 2024. Biohiilen kuljettamisessa huomioitava VAK-vaatimukset – Yhteenveto kansainvälisestä ja kotimaan tilanteesta. Bioenergia ry. Available at https://www.bioenergia.fi/2024/08/19/biohiilen-kuljettamisessa-huomioitava-vak-vaatimukset-yhteenveto-kansainvalisesta-ja-kotimaan-tilanteesta/
Salo, E. 2024. Suosakki podcast: Mikä ihmeen aktiivihiili ja voisiko siitä tulla Suomen seuraava vientihitti? Available at https://www.neova-group.com/fi/suosakki-podcastissa-mika-ihmeen-aktiivihiili-ja-voisiko-siita-tulla-suomen-seuraava-vientihitti/
Wehrenbrecht, N. Techno-economic assessment of biochar production in Finland using straw. LAB, Bachelor’s thesis. Available at https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024120332385
BioCarbonValue Final Seminar in Lahti & Online 26/11/2024
Welcome to the Final Seminar of the BioCarbonValue project! Registration is now open!
The Final Seminar of the BioCarbonValue project provides the most recent research information of carbon materials produced from agricultural or food industry side-streams to replace fossil-based carbon in high-value applications such as energy storage systems, biocomposites and and water purification processes, including business and market perspective.
From the event page you will find information about the event and registration, program and venue.
8th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference
The 8th Green and sustainable Chemistry conference will take place in Dresden, Germany 13.-15.5.2024. BioCarbonValue will attend presenting the carbonization and activation results of the agricultural feedstocks selected for the project. The presentation is titled “Sustainable carbons from agricultural biomass for high-value applications”.
Vesihuoltopäivät 15-16.5.2024
Finnish Water Utilities Association (FIWA) arranges a two day seminar in May at Oulu. BioCarbonValue will be presenting their water purification results titled: “Kotimainen biopohjainen aktiivihiili jäteveden haitta-aineiden poistamisessa” (Utilizing domestic biobased activated carbon in waste water micropollutant removal) on 15.5.2024. The full program can be found from the seminar website: https://www.vvy.fi/koulutukset-ja-tapahtumat/vesihuoltopaivat/ .
Biochar Summit 2023 in Helsingborg 12-15.6.2023
Biochar Summit 2023 in Helsingborg cathered almost 400 biochar enthusiasts from 25 countries and 4 continents to share and learn the most interesting findings in the fields. Lively discussions, excellent presentations and shared interest in biochar created the most inspiring conference to date. BioCarbonValue participated the conference, and VTT project member Esko Salo was also one of the conference organizers and acted as a session moderator. We want thanks all the organizers for their hard work!
The venue was organized by The European Biochar Industry Consortium EBI, the Nordic Biochar Network, and the City of Helsingborg.
ISO TC 238 meeting & research visit to Vancouver 7-18.5.2023
BioCarbonValue project member Esko Salo participated in a 4-day ISO meeting in Vancouver as Convenor. ISO Technical Committee 238, Solid Biofuels has a task group on biocarbon that is currently developing a standardization strategy for biocarbon. For more information, read Esko’s blog post (in Finnish) published by the Bioenergy Association of Finland.
The research visit was organized through Boreal Alliance Network. During the visit, Esko met with researchers that work with biocarbon, bioproducts, and other forestry-related topics from FPInnovations, The University of British Columbia and BioProducts Institute. Moreover, Esko visited multiple research laboratories such as pyrolysis laboratory.
Esko would like to thank the Boreal Alliance Network and all mentioned research organizations for hosting the meetings and making the research visit possible.