General Programme Information
Country	Finland
Programme Name	Business Opportunities in Mitigating Climate Change
Programme acronym	Climbus
Programme-Owner and Management	Tekes - The Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation and Technology
Programme start date	2004
Programme duration	5 years - until March 2009
Programme status (planned, executed)	execution phase
Programme website	www.tekes.fi/programmes/climbus

 

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Objective 
Calls
Projects

Objective

The programme aims at developing products and services that are internationally top-class in cost-effectiveness to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The focus areas of the programme are:

• Clean energy production and fuels
• Business services
• Technologies for energy efficiency and non-CO2 greenhouse gases

The programme aims also at generating an overview of the business opportunities that e.g. climate policy creates and the technologies of the future that are winning technologies on the market after 2010.

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Calls

There are no more calls in the programme for public research projects. New industrial projects can join the programme until 31.12.2008.

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Projects

Project database: http://akseli.tekes.fi/opencms/opencms/OhjelmaPortaali/ohjelmat/ClimBus/en/projektilistaus.html 

Overview of project titles:

Topic: Feedstock procurement, handling and preparation
Wood chip moisture on-line measurement system based on the combination of the present methods
Development and inauguration of commercial-scale biofuel processing system
Drying of moist biomass using waste heat from the industry
Development of biomass fuel handling and feeding
Development of pre-processing of biogas
Wood energy business for forest management associations
The development of reed canary grass fuel chain
Waterway transportation of forest fuels by barges
Development of the logistical system for wood fuels

Topic: Conversion technologies of biomass into biofuels
A New Concept for Producing Fuel Ethanol
Development Of Ultra clean Gas Technologies For Biomass Gasification
Liquid Biofuels from Waste and Biomass
Transport fuels from bio-raw materials
NExBTL - Further development of biodiesel technology
Mesoporous materials in production of transportation fuels
Development of pre-processing and hydrolysis of domestic agrobiomass in production of bioethanol

Topic: Power plant concepts and technologies
Development and demonstration of advanced srf co-firing concept for high efficiency fb chp boilers
Development of a CO2-free fluidised bed boiler
Oxyfuel Simulation
Oxyfuel Combustion Concepts
New CFD - based methods for sustainable solutions of energy production
Next generation power plant utilising recycled fuels
Prevention of superheater corrosion caused by chlorine
Additive-based Prevention of Chlorine Corrosion in Boiler Superheaters
Intelligent control of water vapour balance in boilers
Coating solutions for multifuel boilers
Development and optimisation of high efficiency power plant, industrial safety and ergonomics
Research and further development of the Novel power plant
Gasification technology for solid fuels
Waste-based biomass to power plants with high portions
Fossil free pulp mill

Topic: Capture and Utilisation of Greenhouse Gases
Replacing of coal used as a fuel in lime kilns by gasification mixture of plastic and paper waste
Reduction of CO2 emissions and utilization of slag products by producing calcium-based products
Development of refrigerated retail system
Development of cascade heat exchangers in CO2 - refrigeration applications
Replacement of HFC-compounds
Development of Droplet Separator for Flooded Evaporator
Utilisation of flue gases from biomass combustion in greenhouses
Purification of flue gases from biofuels
Utilisation of flue gases from biomass combustion in greenhouses
Production of precipitated calcium carbonate from industrial waste materials
Absorption of CO2 from power plant flue gases
CO2 emissions: mineral carbonation, and Finnish pulp and paper industry, part 3/3
Hybrid reforming process for the recycling of greenhouse gases and for upgrading in the reduction and combustion processes

Topic: Energy efficient technologies
Second generation bus simulator
Heavy gas vehicles in communal use
Gas fuelled waste collection vehicles
Vacon Advanced Technology II
Energy Efficient Grinding Surfaces
Improved energy efficiency in paper mill
The Novel Measurement Method in Electric Arc Furnace
Medium voltage drives using serial
ETO - Heatpump
Low voltage network management using AMR system data
Applying low voltage network in customer based electricity consumption and power quality metering
From remote meter reading to management of low voltage network
Optimisation of the cooling systems in industry in CHP production
Heat and cold accumulators in vehicles
Utilization of plastic materials in frequency
Heavy vehicles: Safety, environmental properties and new technology
RFID technology for reading of electricity measurements
E!2023 ITEA SHOPS - Collection of information on electricity. Part 2/2
Diesel-electrical bus: Optimisation of the hybrid system
Further development of a turbofan equipment
IT-applications in developing the energy efficiency
Energy saving through a novel measurement method
Implementation of real time remote reading of electricity consumption
The Potential of the Applications of Superconductivity in Greenhouse Gas Emission reduction
Next generation open solutions for remote reading of energy meters
Ecolane Car Pool Machine
High-power, medium speed electrical motor drives
Energy consumption in production of mechanical mass
LOKI - Development of analyses of logistical chains
Development of frequency converter technology

Topic: Business services and service concepts
Development of energy certificate service to the www
Climate change and new business opportunities of SME companies
Proportion of biogenic carbon in flue gas by carbon - 14 measurement
From remote meter reading system of households to service business
Establishment of a business model based on funds investing in emissions trading and renewable energy certificate markets
Decision support system for energy and CO2 allowance trading
Software ensemble for energy market
Short-time forecasting of wind power production
Energy sector infrastructures in the Baltic and Nordic countries
Development of ESCO service business
Energy instructions for SMEs
Legal Frameworks for Emissions Trading in the European Union
Measurement of biocarbon in flue gases using C14 methodology
Market Analysis and Risk Management of EU Emissions Trading - MARMET
Development of bench marking services for energy efficiency and CO2 emissions in forest industry
Internationalisation of portfolio management services for CO2 and green certificates
MOPSETUP Modelling, Optimisation, Planning, and Simulation of Energy Production
Price forecast model for emission allowances
ECO2, Emissions Trading Services, development project

Topic: Future technologies and business opportunities of climate change>
Global demand of the Finnish clean energy technology under the developing climate policy
Global forest energy resources, certification of supply and markets for energy technology
Including the climate change aspects in the planning and construction of electric grid
Technology transfer, know how and markets of small scale wood fuel systems in EU
New business concepts of forest and energy
Climate Business and Energy in Finland 2050
Demand for Finnish energy technology and business opportunities in global markets
Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Russia - Finnish Business Opportunities
Preliminary study on development of production value of wind power in Finland and on commercialisation of Finnish know-how
Developing District Heat - Research and Development of District Heat Technology
The Forest Energy Potential and Technology Market in European Union and International Bioenergy Trade
Greenhouse Gas Balances and New Business Opportunities for Biomass-based Transportation Fuels and Agro Biomass
New waste management concepts for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the development of the concepts towards business in the medium term
Effect of Climate Change to Electricity Network Business

Topic: Management of international co-operation agreements
IEA task37 Energy from biogas and landfill gas
IEA Bioenergy Agreement
IEA AMF, DSM and GHG Agreements
Participation in IEAs GHG, DSM, HEV- and AMF- Research Programmes

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