Lappeenranta Biorefinery is in commercial production
The world’s first wood-based renewable diesel biorefinery, UPM Laappenranta, has started commercial production.
The BioVerno diesel is produced out of crude tall oil, a residue of pulp production, in the UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery. A big portion of the raw material come from UPM’s own pulp mills in Finland.
The renewable diesel reduces greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 80 per cent compared to traditional diesel. Based on research, high quality BioVerno works with all diesel motors just as well as any regular diesel.
UPM has a sales agreement with North European Oil Trade, a wholesale organisation of oil and biofuel products.