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Fueling the energy transition with waste heat

Some are trying to solve the energy supply – others are squandering it. Even though there are millions to be gained in capturing residual heat, it is a relatively untapped resource according to Adven experts. A conclusion that is supported by the Swedish Energy Agency's calculations. There are exceptions, one…

Collaboration for industrial symbiosis in Avesta, Sweden – Part 1

The essence of the decades-long partnership between Adven and Outokumpu lies in harnessing waste heat from Outokumpu's steel production. Together, the companies have established an energy system that benefits all stakeholders, ensuring no byproducts go to waste. This scenario creates a win-win-win situation for businesses, residents, and the environment. "Utilizing…

40-year partnership boosted with a new sustainable investment

The over 40-year partnership with the steel company Ovako has not only led to energy savings but also to prominent technical solutions at several industrial sites. At Ovako in Hofors, Sweden, where Adven has been recovering waste heat for a long time, a new hydrogen plant was inaugurated in autumn…

Robust energy boosts the growing battery industry in Europe

A robust energy solution will heat the concentrator plant of Sibanye-Stillwater's Keliber lithium project in Kaustinen, Central Ostrobothnia, Finland. Here, the Keliber lithium project aims to produce spodumene concentrate from own mined ore and refine it into lithium hydroxide in the lithium refinery that is currently being built in Kokkola…

Terrafame energy emissions dropped by 9,000 tonnes

Terrafame and Adven will collaborate to reduce the annual CO2 emissions of the energy production at Sotkamo mine by almost 9,000 tonnes. A drop of more than 90% in emissions is expected to be reflected in practice in the emission levels of 2021. The new energy plant, the recovering of…

Finnish Minerals Group and Adven aim for industrial recycling of sodium sulphate

The parties intend to carry out a plant-scale project that would make it technically and economically feasible to partially recycle water containing sodium sulphate at a battery material facility. Discharging industrial water containing sodium sulphate into water bodies has been a topic of discussion in Finland for decades. Now, in…