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    Road through forest. Image used with permission.

Cleaner cooking and sustainable bioenergy systems can strengthen energy security and improve health in sub-Saharan Africa

Doctoral research explores new links between energy, health…
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Happy Midsummer

2024 Bio4Energy Annual Report Is Out

The 2024 Bio4Energy Annual Report is now available on our website. The…
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Bio4Energy Gathers in Luleå to Strengthen Collaboration and Share Research Progress

Bio4Energy researchers came together in Luleå on 26–27 May…
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Katarzyna Olovsson and her doctoral research on fossil-free lime production. The photo collage shows Jutjärn limestone quarry in Dalarna, Sweden, and her dissertation defence at Umeå University (Photos: Katarzyna Olovsson), as well as a portrait of the researcher (Photo: Jonas Olovsson)

A Fossil-Free Future for the Lime Industry – New Research Lights the Way

Quicklime production is one of Sweden’s most carbon-intensive…
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New Bio+ Projects to Bio4Energy Researchers

Bio+ is a research and innovation program funded by the Swedish…
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Season’s Greetings from Bio4Energy

As the season draws to a close, Bio4Energy wants to wish you…
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From left: Nils Skoglund, Kajsa Sigfridsson Clauss and Konstantin Klementiev; hosting a workshop at Umeå, Sweden in November 2024.©AnnaStrom

Breaking Down Benefits of Using Brilliant X-ray Light to Know Bio-based Materials: Workshop

Bio4Energy scientists and partners are offering an opportunity…
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Participants of the Nature Refines project on their way from Sweden to Finland, both of which Scandinavian countries are represented. Photos by courtesy of Francesco Gentili and Sarah Conrad.

Water Filtration, Electrodes Expected from EU Project on Smart Use of Biomass Residue

Bio4Energy researchers and partners are laying the groundwork…
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UPCOMING EVENTS

PhD Thesis Defence: Toward cleaner cooking and energy security in rural sub-Saharan Africa

2025-09-19

Thesis title: Toward cleaner cooking and energy security in rural sub-Saharan Africa: assessing sustainable bioenergy systems, biomass cookstove emissions, and particle properties Supervisors:Prof. Markus Broström, Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå UniversityAssoc. Prof. Christoffer Boman, Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå UniversityAssoc. Prof. Cecilia Sundberg, Department of Energy and Technology, SLU, UppsalaAssoc. Prof. […]

Course Start: Historical, Technological and Societal Background

2025-10-06

Historical, technological and societal background to forestry and forest-based biorefining in Nordic countries, 4.5 ETCS — Bio4Energy Graduate School

Bio4Energy Researchers’ Meeting, 19–20 November 2025

2025-11-19

Bio4Energy researchers meet twice a year to share progress, exchange ideas and explore new opportunities for collaboration. This autumn’s meeting will include a special focus on early-career researchers, with dedicated time for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers to present their work and connect with colleagues across the programme. The meeting will take place on 20 […]

IO ANTONOPOULOU, Bio4Energy Biopolymers and Biochemical Conversion

IO ANTONOPOULOU, Bio4Energy Biopolymers and Biochemical Conversion

Associate Senior Lecturer

Biochemical Process Engineering
Luleå University of Technology

“Bio4Energy has allowed me to develop new research lines within the field of energy and CO2 sequestration. In the Bio4Energy research environment, I had the opportunity to meet with excellent researchers for building new collaborations”.